Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): attacking and defending

warm up (15 mins)

Warm up

Ball mastery with agility

Equipment = 4 hurdles ,2 ladders ,4 stand up cones ,4 poles, 6 red small cones, 5 small yellow ,supply of balls

Setup = spread out the equipment as shown in diagram and make two turning/trick triangles in the space available, next to each activity place a cone approx 5-10 yard depending on ability.

Instructions

Split players into two equal groups, place one group on the cones at the side of each activity, the other group with a ball each and dribble around using the available space, whilst dribbling players are to play a pass to a player on a cone get through the activity as instructed by coach and recive their ball back and carry on dribbling to a different activity and repeat ,players are to use the turning/trick triangle when entering a triangle players peform a trick or turn and carry on dribbling.

swich roles after every 2 minutes

5v5 transition game with 4 mini goals (25 mins)

5v5 transition with mini goal

Setup as shown in diagram 3 defenders and 2 attackers in each half with 2 mini goals on each end

Instructions

play starts with defenders who play a number of passes before trying to pass into the attackers, the defender who passes into the attackers then follows his pass to make a 3v3 in the attacking half ,if attackers lose possession then one of them return to their own half and play continues from the other defenders who then have to play a number of passes before tryin to find their attacking players