Football/Soccer Session (Advanced): Superiorities and Positioning to Create Spaces to Penetrate

Rondo

SET UP:

- Rondo variation. Central box with 1 player positioned in.

- To score, team in possession must play a pass to teammate in box.

- If required, use Rondo to lead into this (3 touch minimum, 1 defender).

KEY POINTS:

- BODY SHAPE/POSITION/ANGLE (TO BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO SPACE/AWAY FROM PRESSURE/FORWARD WHEN RECEIVING)

- PASS COMMUNICATION (PASS TO HELP PLAYER MOVE INTO SPACE/AWAY FROM PRESSURE/FORWARD)

- BALL CIRCULATION (HOW WILL THE SPEED OF PLAY IMPACT ON THE OPPOSITION?)

- MOVEMENT OFF BALL (DO I MOVE TOWARDS OR AWAY FROM THE BALL? WHAT WILL THE IMPACT BE?)

- CAN I MOVE TO CREATE A NUMERICAL SUPERIORITY (2V1/3V1) WITH THE PLAYER ON THE BALL? CAN I MOVE TO CREATE A NUMERICAL SUPERIORITY AWAY FROM THE BALL (2V0/2V1)?

POTENTIAL PROGRESSIONS:

- Rotation of central box player.

- 3 Defenders in.

Transfer Game

SET UP:

- Transfer game. Team in possession can score by transfering the ball from one end box to the other end box. They can do this in 3 ways:

- 1/ Pass straight through centre box.

- 2/ Pass around into wide box then into end box.

- 3/ Pass and receive in centre box to pass into end box.

- Point from defenders if they are able to force ball out of play, intercpet or tackle.

KEY POINTS:

- MOVEMENT OFF BALL (DO I MOVE TOWARDS OR AWAY FROM THE BALL? WHAT WILL THE IMPACT BE?)

- CAN I MOVE TO CREATE A NUMERICAL SUPERIORITY (2V1/3V1) WITH THE PLAYER ON THE BALL? CAN I MOVE TO CREATE A NUMERICAL SUPERIORITY AWAY FROM THE BALL (2V0/2V1)?

- CAN I MOVE/POSITION IN SUCH A WAY TO CREATE AN OPENING TO PENETRATE? CAN I POSITION SO THAT I CAN RECEIVE FROM A PENETRATING PASS?

- HOW DO I NEED TO POSITION TO HELP MOVE THE BALL FORWARD/INTO SPACE WHEN RECEIVING? (IN FRONT OF PRESSURE/AROUND PRESSURE/THROUGH PRESSURE)

- POSITIONING ANGLE (TO CREATE OVERLOAD/SUPERIORITY, MULTIPLE PASSING OPTIONS AND USE OF WIDTH & DEPTH)

- PERCEPTUAL AWARENESS (WHERE IS AVAILABLE SPACE? WHERE ARE OPPOSITION POSITIONED? WHERE ARE MY TEAMMATES POSITIONED?)

- PASS COMMUNICATION (CAN MY PASS MOVE MY TEAMMATE INTO SPACE/AWAY FROM PRESSURE/FORWARD?)

- BALL CIRCULATION (IF THE BALL MOVES IT IS HARDER FOR THE OPPOSITION TO DEFEND. DOES IT ALWAYS HAVE TO MOVE? - LA PAUSA. CAN WE MOVE THE BALL TO PROVOKE OPPOSITION PRESSURE?)

POTENTIAL PROGRESSIONS:

- 3-team rotation.

- Can only score in 1 way (added constraints).

Conditioned Game (1)

SET UP:

- Conditioned Game with 3 zones and 2 neutral players.

- 1v1 locked in at each zone. the 2 neutral players are free to move into any zone at anytime to create overloads or vertical plassing options.

- no restriction on passes in zones but focus on linking objectives from previous weeks and this week (supporting options/playing ball into space if unable to go forward/creating overloads).

KEY POINTS:

DEFENSIVE ZONE

- POSITIONING TO RECIEVE THE BALL FROM GK OR OTHER DEFENDER (ANGLED TO USE WIDTH AND DEPTH)

- USE OF GK (IF UNABLE TO GO FORWARD,CAN I PASS BACKWARDS/SIDEWAYS TO A FREE MAN)

- BODY SHAPE/ORIENTATION (TO MOVE THE BALL FORWARD/INCREASE FIELD OF VISION)

MIDFIELD ZONE

- POSITIONING (ON DIFFERENT VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL LINES TO INCREASE PLAYABLE SPACE)

- BODY SHAPE/ORIENTATION (TO MOVE THE BALL FORWARD/INCREASE FIELD OF VISION)

- PASS COMMUNICATION (CAN MY PASS MOVE MY TEAMMATE INTO SPACE/AWAY FROM PRESSURE/FORWARD?)

- CAN I MOVE TO CREATE A NUMERICAL SUPERIORITY (2V1/3V1) WITH THE PLAYER ON THE BALL? CAN I MOVE TO CREATE A NUMERICAL SUPERIORITY AWAY FROM THE BALL (2V0/2V1)

NEUTRAL PLAYERS

- CAN I MOVE TO CREATE A NUMERICAL SUPERIORITY (2V1/3V1) WITH THE PLAYER ON THE BALL? CAN I MOVE TO CREATE A NUMERICAL SUPERIORITY AWAY FROM THE BALL (2V0/2V1)?

- CAN I/WE MOVE THE BALL INTO AN AREA WHERE THERE IS A SUPERIORITY/FREE MAN (WHY WILL THIS BE A BENEFIT? HOW WILL THIS HELP US MOVE THE BALL FORWARD?)

- IF WE MOVE TOWARDS THE BALL,WHAT WILL HAPPEN ELSEWHERE ON THE PITCH? (OVERLOAD IN ZONE WITH BALL = MAINTENANCE OF POSSESSION, BUT WILL BE HARDER TO MOVE THE BALL FORWARD WITH LIMITED OPTIONS)

- CAN WE POSITION AND CREATE OVERLOAD VERTICALLY TO MAINTAIN POSSESSION AND PROGRESS BALL UPFIELD.

- CAN I PASS OR DRIBBLE TO MOVE THE BALL FORWARD?

- IF I AM UNABLE TO MOVE FORWARD, AM I ABLE TO PASS SIDEWAYS OR BACKWARDS TO A TEAMMATE IN SPACE?

- IS THIS PLAYER ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD? IF NOT, CAN I PROVIDE AN OPTION FOR A PASS TO TRY AND GO FORWARD?

POTENTIAL PROGRESSIONS:

- Players able to rotate with neutrals into next zone.

- Able to progress ball with pass or dribble in possession.