Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Pressing and intensity U14 session 3

5 passes to score rondo/1lap forfeit (20 mins)

5 passes to score rondo/1 lap forfeit

Area: create 2 squares or circles. 10mx10m for approx 8 players in each. 

Equipment : balls, bibs, cones/poles

Objective: Split players into 2 teams equally in each area. simple rondo game where 5 pases equals 1 goal. When a team achieves this the opponent runs out the gate and round the ouside of their area as quickly as they can. Whilst the opponeent are running their forfeit the team in the area try to complete as many passes as possible. Once a player passes they must go and run round a corner cone and then back in play to recieve a pass. This contiunes untill all opposition players retuen through the gate. There are 2 scoring games in this 1 practice. 1st game is the team with the highest number of forfeit runs loses. The 2nd game is the team that achieved the highest number of passes in one attempt whilst the forfeit run happens wins that game. 

Key points:

Emphasise the need to press with intensity out of possesion & get back round quickly as possible to prevent the other team from racking up more passes. Emphasies the need for intensity to rack up as many passes as possible whilst the other team do the forfeit run. Inpossesion be light on your feet, mvoing into space, be alert with head up. keep ball on the floor as much as possible.

Progression:

No progression  

Simplify:

If players are struggling to get the completed passes 1st reduce to only 3 completed passes required. If this doesn't work, then penalise a team who make an unforced error and the guilty player sits out for 30 seconds giving the opponemt an overload advantage. As soon as the passes are completed the 30 second penatly ends and that player either runs round the outside or joins back in with their team to score as many passes as possible.