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Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Playing through the thirds - Tactical

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Jason Brindley

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Jason Brindley
Name: Jason Brindley
City: Oswestry
Country: United Kingdom
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Breaking lines

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Breaking lines
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Breaking lines (20 mins)

Focus + Session design

  • Breaking lines practice
  • 2 teams of 10 as seen in image 
  • 40x30 yard area (10 yard zones x 4)
  • 2min games
  • Second set of games - play through is 3 points, around is one
  • Last set of games, if can play off player dropped in, either to play through or set to play through - 5 points

Coaching detail

  • Calm in possession
  • Move ball quickly, ball detail is important. 1/2 touch. Miss a player out
  • Can we play forward, disguised passing

Progressions/Regressions

  • The middle zones can press (x1)
  • The middle zone can press (x2) - Players can drop in to receive or link
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Defensive third

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Defensive third
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Defensive third

Focus + Session design

  • Specific practice - layered throughout - building to 11v11
  • Starting with GK, back 4 and CDM (4-3-3)
  • Playing against a 3-1 press (4-2-3-1 formation)
  • Building team looking to travel through a gate to score a point in one of the 5 vertical channels
  • Defending team looking to win the ball and score

Coaching detail

  • Calm in possession
  • Ball detail is important
  • FBs play on shoulders of opposition wingers, touchline wide - provide width
  • CDM play far-side of ball, open body to switch or provide bounce pass to far CB
  • CBs, recognise opposition press, wait for the 9 to get close but not enough to apply pressure, switch to far CB
  • If their winger looks like jumping out to press far CB, far FB is out
  • Important that starting positions are realistic as this is a small part of the 11v11


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Midfield third

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Midfield third

Focus + Session design

  • Adding 2 x 8s and wide players for possession team
  • Adding 2 x 6s and FBs for defending team

Coaching detail

  • Ball - side winger to roll inside, FB to provide wide support. If opposition FB goes with our winger, miss him out and play in overlapping FB
  • 8s to play on the inside shoulders of opposition 6s, open body
  • Far-side wide player to provide width 
  • Far-side FB to play inverted, centrally, create the box - once ball is ahead of him
  • Red team conditioned to defend 3 zones - important to keep realism
  • Far opposition FB to play in own half narrowed off to replicate him providing balance/cover as he would in a game

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Final Third

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Final Third

Focus + Session design

  • Specific 11v11
  • Coaching greens playing 4-3-3
  • Managing opposition playing 4-2-3-1 
  • Creating central overload through rolled in ball-side winger and overlapping FB

Coaching detail

  • Calm in possession
  • Move ball quickly, ball detail is important. 1/2 touch
  • 9 to occupy ball-side CB and threaten behind 

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