Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): 2006 ECNL/ECRL Possesion

Rectangle(Turn/Back Foot) (15 mins)

Set Up: 30x25 Yards;12 Players; 4 Balls; 5 minutes in each direction

Rotation: Follow your pass

Organization: 1st pass goes to the inside foot (Right in this diagram), turn protecting the ball, than pass to the player in the corner. Corner player should be checking away then come to the ball, take it on the dribble to the midway point and finish with a pass to the player at the end of the opposite line.This is mirrored on the other side of the grid.

Progession:

1) Opposite Direction

2) The first pass goes to the back foot of the middle player(Left foot in this diagram) this will allow the player to open up to the next pass.

Coaching Points:

*Demand High ball speed

*Pass to the correct foot

*Time the movement to the pass and the pass to the movement

*Keep the tempo (flow) high-this should be intense

*Last player in line will receive the pass-stay focused

Rectangle(1,2) (15 mins)

Set Up: 30x25 Yards;12 Players; 4 Balls; 5 minutes in each direction

Rotation: Follow your pass

Organization: First pass played into middle player (Inside foot) who than lays the ball off to the starting player, who than plays the ball into the corner player. After Laying the ball off the middle player shows to the Corner player for a give-n-go, Corner player checks and receives the pass on the run, completes the give-n-go with the middle player and continues with a dribble and finishes with a pass to the next corner.

Progession: Opposite Direction

Coaching Points:

*All Layoff passes must be weighted and timed properly

*The movement of the center player must be timed to the corner player and then the pass from the center player must be spot on!

Final Game (45 mins)

Play 11 vs 11 Across the pitch

Working with one team and then the other on playing out of the back using the combinations from earlier in training.