Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Striker Movement

Physical Preparation Agility (15 mins)

Organisation

Sprint start - 20 yards from start to finish with a 5 yard head start

Diagonal sprint - cones 2 yards apart in length 4 in width. 2nd cone only 2 wide of the 1st same for last

Speed Box - 5x5 yards box

Y Drill - bottom to middle cone 5 yards, bottom to top cone 8 yards, top end cones 3 yards from centre

Each station 5 yards apart

Activity

15 minute physical preparation workout designed to imporve agility and reactions.

These movements are designed to work in cohession with the session designed to improve striker movement.

These are short sharp movements should be no longer to 5 to 10 seconds long.

Sprint start - 1st player will start with a 5 yard advantage from the 2nd player. When the first player is ready to go they will sprint to the end cone as fast as they can will player 2 chasing. The first player can check and fake to go to try get away from 2nd player. When players finish at the top walk back recovery then switch

Diagonal Sprint - Players will sprint diagonally from cone to cone going around them. Once players get to the top it will be a walk back recovery

Speed box - Players will start at the bottom left hand cone. The player will sprint to the first cone then go backwards to the starting cone. Once back to the starting cone the player will then sprint diagonally across to the top right hand cone. When at the top the player will go backwards to the bottom right cone then finish with a sprint through the middle.

Y Drill - Players will start at the bottom cone and sprint to the top cone were the coach is standing at. The player will then decelerate and go backwards to the middle cone in a jockeying motion. When the coach feels the time is right they will pick a side for the player to then react and sprint to (right or left).

Players will go once round each station without a ball working for 2 minutes with a 45 second rest inbetween.

Coaching Points

When performing the excercise the players are asked to give 100%.

Looking for a quick reaction when starting the exercise along with fast acceleration.

When going around the cones the players are to shorten their steps and get low to then use the power in the legs to explode out to the next cone.

How quick the player can deccelerate is also improtant for when it comes to changing direction or reacting again to changes.

Component 1 Striker Movement Option 1 What if? (5 mins)

Organisation

Working in half a pitch

16 players - 14 outfield 2 gk

4 players acting as defenders

Activity

Working on finishing & striker movement

Going through 2 different situations in a game and with a few options when in these positions

Looking at firstly linking up with the 1st striker

Pattern of play - Option 1 1st striker what if?

Right defender will start with the ball and pass to the right midfielder

On recieiving the ball the right midfielder will look to link up with the 1st striker

The 1st striker will receiving the ball and lay it off to the supporting midfielder

The supporting midfielder will then play a through ball to the wide midfielder who has continued their run from passing into the striker

Strikers will spin and look to get on the end of the cross

Coaching Points

Strikers looking to work together moving in relation to the ball

1st striker drops checks away and drops in to link up with right midfielder

2nd striker becomes central and lengthens the game

Good first touch and lay off from striker to supporting midfielder

Good weight of pass for through ball

1st striker spins and times their run looking to arrive in the box

2nd striker spins out arcing their run then looking to make a run across to the front post

Opposite wide player timing run into back post

2nd centre mid being the 3rd man runner timing their run into edge of the box

Wide midfielder to get their head up before they cross

Different type of cross (driving, floated & cut back)

Component 1 Striker Movement Option 2 Alternative (5 mins)

Organisation

Working in half a pitch

16 players - 14 outfield 2 gk

4 players acting as defenders

Activity

Working on finishing & striker movement

Going through 2 different situations in a game and with a few options when in these positions

Now looking at linking up with the 2nd striker

Pattern of play - option 2 alternative

Ball will start at the right or left back and passes out to the wide midfielder

The wide midfielder will look to play 1st striker if possible if not then the ball is dropped back to the CM

The 1st striker shows for the ball but the centre mid plays into 2nd striker

Instead of spinning in behind the 1st striker will make a run across the face of the 2nd striker

On receiving a pass from the centre mid the 2nd striker will hold the ball up for the 1st striker run

The 2nd striker will lay the ball off for the first striker who will then shoot at goal

Coaching Points

Use the width of the pitch

Striker work together moving in reltaion to the ball

Good weight of pass

Communication

Timing of runs

Movement off the ball to loose opposition

Compusure infront of goal

Phase of Play (10 mins)

Organisation

16 players - 9v7

9 red players v 7 blue players (creating an overload against defending team

Working in just over half a pitch using full width.

Activity

Free play phase of play.

Coach is looking for times in the game when team don't do what was worked on in component 1.

The coach is then looking to show the team the solution and what could have been done in that situation then let the play go again and hopefully the team will perform better in that situation.

The reds will be shooting into the large 11 a side goal.

If the blues win the ball they look to find the green feeder for a goal.

Each time the ball goes behind for a goal kick the play will re start from the feeder.