Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): W12 S26 17 - BP Maintaining posession into the middle third

Positioning Game (20 mins)

Football Problem

We fail to consistantly hold posession playing into the middle third to ensure we are out of danger and starting to build an effective attack

Session Objective

The objective in this session is to improve the teams posession through the middle of the feild to illiminate a counter attack and start to build our own attacking in the oppositions final third

Organisation

5v5v5 in 2 x 25 x 15 grid and 1 x 25 x 8 grid as shown. Ball starts with the blue team and the players are to pass it 6 times before tryig to transfer over to the yellow team. When the yellow team receive the ball they are to play 6 passes and then try and transfer back to blue the red team can press with two in the grid in BP with three cutting off passing channels. if red win the ball they are to swap to the outside and the team that made the error becomes the defending team.

Progression

limit touches and transfer cannot go higher than knee height

Team Task

ensure there is movement in BP and hold posession. ensure when your grid is about to receive that two players minimum are in passing lanes

Player Tasks

Movement off the ball to present as an option in BP. Ensure if someone comes in your space to move out to another area to keep shape in BP. Ball needs to move quickly

Coaches Cues

runs to receive the ball. team communication.passing accuracy and body position to transfer forward

Conditioning games (25 mins)

Football Problem

We fail to consistantly hold posession playing into the middle third to ensure we are out of danger and starting to build an effective attack

Session Objective

The objective in this session is to improve the teams posession through the middle of the feild to illiminate a counter attack and start to build our own attacking in the oppositions final third

Organisation

7V7+J game. 4 games of 5 minutes with a 1 minute active rest of dribbling in the grid

Progression

Team Task

ensure objective from the session is being met

Player Tasks

ensure objective from the session is being met

Coaches Cues

ensure objective from the session is being met