Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Striker playing between lines

Passing drill B with GK (5 mins)

Key Factors

• 1st progression (GK's involved so play to a shot on target)
• Highlight no 9 dropping down to receive ball again
• No 9 turn to play wide (high of the cone) and  wide player to make run inside to finish
• Technical detail of 9 (body open, receive on back foot and weight of pass)
• Technical detail of wide forward (Recognise 9 dropping in, anticipate space behind and timing of run
• Each player takes next player position

Organisation

• x2 groups
• 2 minute block
• rest for 2 minutes while explaining progression
Feedback to be concurrent as well as terminal (demonstrations and detail for each player is vital)

Passing drill D with GK (5 mins)

Key Factors

• 3rd progression (GK's involved so play to a shot on target)
• Highlight no 9 dropping down to receive ball again
• No 9 to drop and recognise he cant turn, lay ball at angle for midfielder to make a split pass for opposite wide forward to run onto and finish
• Technical detail of 9 (body open to recognise he cant turn and weight and angel of lay off paramount)
• Technical detail of wide forward (Recognise 9 dropping in, anticipate space behind and timing of run
• technical detail of midfielder player (support the ball with a good angle, weight and direction of pass to wide forward is key for splitting defense)
  
• Each player takes next player position

Organisation

• x2 groups
• 2 minute block
• rest for 2 minutes while explaining progression 
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•  Feedback to be concurrent as well as terminal (demonstrations and detail for each player is vital)

SSG (20 mins)

Key Factors

Coach Red team, manage Blue team 

Conditions and challenges

Blue team have 10 seconds to score on winning possession

Red team Try to play through central area with an attacker dropping into zone

Work/ Rest 

3 Blocks 6 minutes/ 2 minute rest 

Interventions 

Walk throughs, concurrent and terminal 

Individual details

Front 3  - start high, 1 drop down on angle, body open, trigger of when to drop between lines, other 2 players recognize space, (central or wide)

Midfield players (left and right) if wide player rolls in or drops down, can you release to fill space. 

Defensive balance and covering from the other two midfield players 

Both center backs manage the space in front

Organisation

• Red 1-2-3-3 (missing full backs) V Blue 1-3-3-2 (missing wing backs) defenders in end zones with 3 v 3 in central zones. 

Block 1 

Defending team to play mid block.

In Possession

- 1 of front 3 drop into central zone between the lines.

-Midfield players recognize space left by forwards to exploit

Out of possession

- Defensive balance of 2 midfield players and center backs.

Block 2 

Defending team to play high press

In possession- Same patterns, however may play over if opportunity arises.

Block 3 

Remove zone, defending team to play either high or in mid block 

What if's

If 1 of front 3 does not drop into the space, alternative the longer pass beyond opposition back 3