Football/Soccer Session (Difficult): Creating Advantages in Wide Areas in Finishing Zone (Start Time: 19-Mar-2024 17:30h)

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JJ Ruane
Name: JJ Ruane
City: Lombard
Country: United States of America
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Sport: Football/Soccer
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Creating scoring opportunities using advantages in the wide areas. 
Individual

Find the free player, awareness, body position, directional control

Group

  • Runs from line behind to disrupt the opponent​

  • Open body shape to use positional advantage​

  • Use of overlaps & underlaps wide to create scoring opportunities​

Collective
  • Anticipate & recognize the attacking moment when opposition is unbalanced
  • Utilize space between opponent lines to progress forward


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 3v3+2

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3v3+2 (20 mins)

3v3+2 End Zone Game. When neutral is played the ball- they can come inside, but decision should be made on the first touch. Treat the end zone line as an offside line. Activation exercise. 

  • Find the free player
  • Recognize the advantage (numerical, qualitative, positional)
  • Body shape
  • Awareness
  • Directional first touch
  • Competitiveness


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Playing with Advantages in Width

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Playing with Advantages in Width (20 mins)

2 or 3 start the play with from the coach. Objective is to end with a cross into space between the posts. Use the advantage to attack the goal. If defense wins the ball, they try to play into the targets. Use the 18 yard box as an offside line. 

  • Use overlaps & underlaps to create scoring opportunities
  • Use combination play & third man combos
  • Runs from behind the line to disrupt the rival


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 7v6

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 7v6
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7v6 (25 mins)

7v6 to Goal-Counter Goal (5 vertical zones). Blues attempt to create chances on goal specifically from the wide areas. If yellows win the ball, they look to play into the targets. Cannot play forward in the same zone. 

  • Use overlaps & underlaps to create scoring opportunities
  • Use combination play & third man combos
  • Runs from behind the line to disrupt the rival
  • Quality of passing, timing of runs
  • Circulation of ball at high velocity to disrupt opponent shape to create advantages
  • Recognize the moment


  • Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 5v5+2

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    5v5+2 (25 mins)

    Finish with a 5v5+2 Game. Neutrals must stay wide, but they can use the wide space or half space depending on the line of the fullback.

  • Use overlaps & underlaps to create scoring opportunities
  • Use combination play & third man combos
  • Runs from behind the line to disrupt the rival
  • Quality of passing, timing of runs
  • Circulation of ball at high velocity to disrupt opponent shape to create advantages
  • Recognize the moment

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