Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Half Pitch Practice Playing Out From The Back

Pattern 1 (10 mins)

Objective

3 patterns of play ,to give red team ideas over movement, rotaion and decisions

Duration 5 minutes

Pattern 1

Centre backs split wide, (1)

Full backs advance.

Deepest midfielder drops to recieve ball (2)

left side of diamond comes short at good angle to play pass to advanced full back.(3)

Right of diamond comes short to create to space for the pass out wide (4)

Full back plays pass into goal (5)

Coaching Points.

Weight of pass.

Angle and body shape on reciving pass.

Which foot do you receive the ball.

Pattern 3 (10 mins)

Organisation

Rotation to create the pass(3)

Deep midfielder supports higher to recieve pass and play wide left .

Duration 5 minutes

Coaching Points

As previous,

also thinking about match tempo.

Game realism.

Reflection

Reflection.

Players used Penybont youth team

DESCRIPTION.. What happend.....

Using 15 players and 1 goalkeeper

Session worked well, the players involved picked up the principles very quickly.

After showing demonstrations and using a question and answer approach the team did take the patterns and principles on board and the objectives were achieved very quickly.

Feelings....

Before.. I knew I had to rely on the other coach for a little while to keep other players involved unitl they were needed

During... Session was good . Movement was game realistic. Inculding the top of diamond players movements to make space for other midfielders .

During the 20 minute phase it was clear that they had took everything on board that I had asked of them. As well as the imagination and creavity was excellent

After..Players realised that thier movement wasnt always just to receive the ball, but also to create space for others..

EVALUATION.

Good. Players understanding and their movment to effect the pass. Full backs decisions when to advance even further or drop shorter on occasions

Bad. It took a lot of reminding to keep the tempo and movements game realistic

Analysis... How I influenced session....

Observing palyers and thier movement. Diagonsing patterns of movement in the function and reinforcing them in the phase.

Vocally giving instruction and just the odd reminders.

Conclusion...

Session worked well, red team scored in the small goals on many occassions

Action Plan..

Next time we conduct this session I will get players to come up with other movements . Using thier creativity and awareness. Also involve some passive defenders from the start

Limitations..

Not all players were incorporated until 15 minutes into the session. Relied on the other coach to keep players active and interested