Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Individual Attacking Skills

Warm up - Continuos / Dynamic Movement (10 mins)

ORGANIZATION:

All 14 players are in the centre half circle (or equivalant size if circle not available for use)

INSTRUCTIONS:

Without Ball: Walk, light jog, skip, open gate, close gate, butt kix, high knees, shuffles, high fives, shoulder bumps, ..etc

OBJECTIVES:

Elevate heart rate

Warm up different parts of the body

Changing directions often

Tempo of movement

Awareness of whats around them

Warm Up - Technical (Bayern Ball 8v4) (10 mins)

ORGANIZATION:

Set up a 20x20yrd grid, 2 teams, one ball, 4 Players inside and 8 Players outside box

INSTRUCTIONS:

Players play 8v4, moving ball on the outside of grid, try to combine with players in middle

2 - touch restriction, Black playes the ball into area, then back out via wall pass,

Black can pass to both inside players and outside players

White wins the ball, try to maintain posession for 3 passes to score a point.

COACHING POINTS

- Communicate as defenders - pressure, cover, balance / support

- Shift as a Unit as ball travels between opposing team

- Get compact when lose possession

- Angle, Distance in Marking opposing player

- Speed and Timing when anticipating a pass from opposing player

Activity 1- Technical (1v1/2v2) (15 mins)

Set Up:

Area is split into 3 sections. The wide areas are 1v1 zones for full backs vs wide players. The central zone is 2v2.

Instructions:

In wide areas, attacker (white) plays to defender, defender 'gives ball away' to attacker & we go live 1v1. Attacker can score by scoring in the mini goal or by getting past defender & producing a cross. Defender scores by passing ball to other attacker waiting.

Centrally, sequnce begins in the same way, now we go 2v2 to goal.

Coaching Points:

1v1 in wide areas:

- Prevent pass into striker centrally (represented by the shot into mini goal)

- Always force player wide (look at body position)

- Can defender engage attacker & win ball - get bum/body/arm across attacker when possible to gain possession

- Maximum success afforded attacker is a crossed ball, never let the central pass happen.

2v2 centrally

- Closest player always closes ball down to delay

- 2nd defender supports, communicates

- If ball is passed, defenders switch roles with initial defender recovering (don't let attacker see your number)

- Always force wide