Football/Soccer Session (Difficult): Tactical Session - Goldie

Tactical (10 mins)

Tactical Shooting:

Organization and Set Up:

• 6 cones about 0.3 meters apart
• 7 different shooting options created by different colored gates about 1 meter wide.
• Goalkeeper in goal

• Be the player with the most points at the end of the time.
• 1 point for scoring through either of the blue gates
• 2 points for scoring through either of the yellow gates
• 3 points for scoring from the orange box. However, you go one-on-one with the keeper
• 5 points for scoring through either of the green gates
• If you miss the target (goal), -1 point
• If the goalkeeper saves the shot, he wins a point, and the player who shot gets none.

Playing the Game:

• Dribble through the 6 red cones, pick one of the shooting options, dribble to it, and take your shot.
• If shooting from any of the gates on side A of the goal, use your Left foot.
• If shooting from any of the gates on side B of the goal, use your Right foot.

Rules:

• Goalkeeper must stay on the line unless the player tries to score going to the orange box.
• Player must dribble through all the cones
• Collect your ball after your shot and join the back of the line.
• You can't start dribbling through cones until the player in front of you finishes dribbling through and is going towards a gate.
• Must shoot in between the gate and not dribble through them.
• Can't Shoot until you pass the penalty spot if going one-on-one with the keeper.

Teaching Points for Attackers:

• Dribbling and close ball control
• Shooting 
• Decision making
• Body position

• Body position and stance
• Position within the goal
• Decision making (when to come out and how)

Progression 1 Transitional Play (10 mins)

Skill Session:

Transitional Play

Organization and Set Up:

• 4 teams of 4 players each lined up behind the goal line.
• 2 goalkeepers in goal.

Aim:

• quick transition play to score a goal.

Playing the Game:

• GK (E) passes a through ball to player A, A runs onto the ball and does a long pass to placer C. The second C touches the ball, and Player D runs in to defend, playing a 2v1 with the red team shooting against GK E.
• Once play is over, player B comes on with a ball working with D creating a 2v2.
• Once both transitions are over, join the back of the opposite line you came from.
  

Rules:

• Use Offside rule.
• 10 seconds to score.
  

Teaching Points:

• Passing
• Receiving and First Touch
• Body Position
• Attacking
• Penetrating
• Supporting Play
• Defender commenting
• Attackers use extra player wisely, exploiting the defender
• Quick transition to attack

Progression 3 Transitional Play (10 mins)

Skill Session:

Transitional Play

Organization and Set Up:

• 4 teams, 2 with 3 players (A, D) and 2 with 4 players (B, C), each lined up behind the goal line.
• 2 goalkeepers in goal.
• 1 player from the red team and 1 player from the yellow team start in the middle.

Aim:

• Quick transition play to score a goal.

Playing the Game:

• GK (E) passes a through ball to player A, A runs onto the ball and does a long pass to placer C. The second C touches the ball, and Player D runs in to defend, playing a 3v2 with the red team shooting against GK E.
• Once play ends, player B comes on with a ball creating a 3v3.
• Once both transitions are over, join the back of the opposite line you came from.
• Then a player from (B, C) will go into the middle to start.

Rules:

• Use Offside rule.
• 6 seconds to score.

Teaching Points:

• Passing
• Receiving and First Touch
• Body Position
• Attacking
• Penetrating
• Supporting Play and Decoy Runs
• Defender Committing 
• Attackers use extra player wisely, exploiting the defender.

Progression 5 Game Related Transition (20 mins)

Game-Related Transition: (20 Minutes)

Organization and Set Up:

• 4 teams of 4 players each.
• 2 teams start on the pitch 2 wait on the side, as shown in the picture.

Aim:

• To be the first team to score a goal.

Playing the Game:

• Reds and pink teams shooting against GK F, and yellow and green teams shooting against GK E.
• Once the team in possession (red) crosses the halfway line, the defending team (yellow) has to switch with green.
• Red and pink always switch with one another, and yellow and green always change with one another.
• The team coming on has to do it quickly, like when transition play occurs (counterattack), to get organized quickly and stop the attack.
• Players on the outside can be used as floaters and cannot be tackled. They can also cross the ball.

Rules:

• Use Offside rule.
• 3 minutes to score, or neither team wins, and both teams switch.
• If a goal is scored, the team that conceded switches. 

Teaching Points:

• Passing
• Receiving and First Touch
• Body Position
• Attacking
• Penetrating
• Supporting Play and Decoy Runs
• Defenders Committing 
• Communication
• Quick Organization