Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): 4-2-3-1 Third man running (Start Time: 24-Aug-2017 18:30h)

Warm Up - 10 mins

Warm Up - 10 minutes

- Divide the players into smaller groups - max 6 per group.

- Players have 5 minutes to complete running and stretching, including dynamic stretching.

- Introduce a ball and rondo for final final minutes.

Third man running passing drill - Part 1

Organisation

9 players. If you have more than 9 extra players can queue on the orange cones.

6 cones / markers. 3 of each colour.

How it works

1.Goes around in a sequence

2.Player on the ball passes into the player on the red cone, driving it into feet

3.Player on the red cones take the pace off the pass and sets it back to the original passer

4.Meanwhile the player on the orange cone starts to make his movement off the cone to be in a position to receive the ball from the original passer.

5.Work on movement and communication of player moving off the orange cone. He then plays in to next man on the red cone of the opposition station.

Coaching points

Effectively it's a passing and movement drill with emphasis on:

- Timing of the run

- Timing of the pass

- Quality of the pass

- Comminication - verbal and non verbal

This lays the foundation of the third man running.

You may need to stop it a couple of times to explain until everyone understands.

To see this in full fllow and explained check this link on twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidBairdSC/status/899254932720590848

Third man running - Part 3

Organisation

- Size - as appropriate - Not full size pitch as shown

- Players - 5 yellow and 4 blues.

- 4 cones to make the two gates

How it works

Purpose is to recreate what we’ve covered in the previous drills and take it in to a more game like scenario.

1.Play starts with the team of 5 playing possession on one half of the pitch for a set amount of passes, i.e. 3 or 5 passes before you can play into the other half.

2.Team in possession is looking to hit the player that is running the line, target man, between the two cones and then you’re looking to receive the ball through one of the two gates.

3.Two ways this can happen. Team with 5 can play into the target man for him to set back and then there is a run forward, just like in the warm up drill. Or it can be played in to target man who receives on the half turn and plays forward immediately.

4.If the opposition win it, they try and score a goal.

Alternative – both teams involved

•Play with two floaters

•One floater is the target man for the team in possession – playing between the gates

•The second floater plays freely with the team in possession. – target man and 4v4. This free’s the target player to support attacks. And the floater takes his place when play comes the other way.

Progressions

Can add more players, for example can be 6v5, 7v6 and so on.

Could add GKs.

Challenge is to play in third man running through the gate. Ball doesn't have to go through the gate but the player does.

Looking for:

Patience in possession

Target man (man in centre circle) to set it back but he can turn to play players in.

Quick play and passing.

Change of direction in play to release runner on other side of pitch.

For a full explanation - view this link: https://twitter.com/DavidBairdSC/status/899284964784701440