Craig Birtwistle
Name: | Craig Birtwistle |
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City: | New Jersey |
Country: | United States of America |
Membership: | Adult Member |
Sport: | Football/Soccer |
How to maintain Possession or move forward. Why we need to move the ball in order to move the defender and to create space. When and where we retain possession and were we attacking quickly.
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Set up
Team split into 4 corners with two players on mannequins.
Organization
Ball starts on red cones. Both sides go at the same time. Red passes to black who switches play to white. The other black target turns and collects the forward pass from white. The orginal red player continues straight run and collects ball from black target and dribbles to the back on the line in front of him.
Coaching Points
Weight of pass, first touch
Quality of pass and first touch
Visual and verbal communcation
Black target checks shoulder and uses correct foot / surfaces.
Movement and timing of said movement by players looking to receive the ball in the final 3rd.
See the guidance at the top of this page to understand why you are not seeing interactive Football/Soccer images.
Set Up
4v4 (+4)
Organization
Red and white look to pass the ball though black to the other side. Red and White get a point each each time they are succesful.
Progression
Ball is not aloud to go in the air
Ball is not aloud to stop moving
After 2 passes black can send a defender into the zone to play 4v1
Coaching Points
Movement off the ball and movement of ball
Quality of first touch and passing
Patience in possession vs understanding of when to penetrate
See the guidance at the top of this page to understand why you are not seeing interactive Football/Soccer images.
Set Up
8v4 plus 3 targets
Organization
Ball starts with one of the two red teams. One black shirt is aloud to create a 4v1. Red aim to penetrate to the other red team. Once succesful they must combine with one of the white shirts to go to goal. If the ball is penetrated all black team can recover to defend. Any red can score as well as the white central target, end targets can not score.
Coaching Points
Movement off the ball and movement of ball
Quality of first touch and passing
Patience in possession vs understanding of when to penetrate
See the guidance at the top of this page to understand why you are not seeing interactive Football/Soccer images.
Set up
Field 40 X 30 with regular goals as shown. 4 Gates and a square of cones in the middle.
Organization
Regular game but team must go though a gate before they can score. They can pass or dribble though a gate/square or receive the ball in the center square
Coaching Points
All of points portrayed throughout the session should be enforced in a game situation.
See the guidance at the top of this page to understand why you are not seeing interactive Football/Soccer images.
Finish with regular game by taking away the cones and the gates. Use this time to pick 1 or 2 moments and then evaluate the players to see if they learned the topic.
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Animation Controls (PCs, Macs, Laptops):
Play animation
Play step-by-step
Repeat (toggle)
Full Screen
Pause
Stop
Back/Forward: Drag timeline button
Warm-up (10 mins)
Set up
3v3 with 5 neutrals
Organization
As players arrive for practice get them moving into small sided games early. One everyone arrives play the game above. Teams can use wide neutrals in order to keep possession (central netural opperates for both fields). Teams can not score until they combine with target on the end of their side of the field. Ball can not be played back to this player. Targets however need to be aware of both side of the field and to get avaliable. To ensure this game works make sure the same teams are shooitng up or down.
Coaching Points
Free play warm up with limited coaching. Let players figure out solutions to the games problems.