Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Hold up play- indiviudual forward session

Hold up Play (15 mins)

Theme:

Physical exercise testing individuals to hold up play in a 1 v 1.

Set Up:

In a circle 20 yard in diameter (adjust for your age group), split the area into 4 quadrants each with a 1 v 1 situation.

The player in possession must then hold up the ball until the player on the outside is able to support, allowing player 1 to bounce the ball back to the outside.

The attacking player must then switch to another area to receive a pass off a different floater, with defenders remaining in their quadrant.

On the outside a single floater will pass a ball into player 1, and then move to another quadrant on the outside

5 Blocks, 1.5 minutes with 1 minute rest

Block 1,2,3 - Rotate players as follows: red v blues, blues v yellow, yellows v red

Block 4 & 5 - Progress by creating 2 v 2s in each area with 2 support players, one outside player will then rotate between groups, as will one attacking player on successfully keeping possession