Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Specific - SSG - In Possession 10

SSG - Final Third (20mins)

Welsh way Principles.

Understand when and how to combine, create and finish in the attacking third of the pitch

Quick switches of play to create wide overloads.

Understand when and how to combine, create and finish in the final third of the pitch.

Pitch size & Organisation.  

Area size 75yrds x 44yrds, tapered at one end.

2 full size at both ends.

Red team attacking GK-2-2-4

Blue team defensive GK-5-2-1

4 x 5 min blocks

Lots of balls placed at locations A,B,C&D, for either head coach or assistant to feed the session from different angles.

Head Coach - Coaching the RED team

Red team objectives.

- Use width and depth to exploit the spaces

- Combination passing

- Good final pass

- Finishing

- Be creative in possession.

- Play through, over and around

- When possible take advantage of overload situations, 2v1s / 3vs2.

Assistant coach - Managing BLUE team

Blue team objectives.

- Protect the middle third.

- Force play wide.

- Stop crosses

- Defend the box and minimise box entries.

Explanation.

The ball starts from the coach or assistant coach every time it goes dead or a goal is scored, they will look to give to both sides randomly to keep some realism but not lose to much from the session principles.

Generally free play but also looking for the red team to keep looking to break in to the final third in as many different ways as possible, crossing, dribbling, combination play, interchanging of positions.

Also looking at the blue team to counter act the red team and defend the final third by staying compact and narrow, protect the middle, stop crosses and minimise box entries, they must put there bodies on the line.

Use the GK's as outfield players, they need to look to support play, communicate with teammates  and command there area, 

Challenges, Conditions & Targets.

Blue team could look to set problems by playing a low blocks or a high press.

Red team can they look to interchange positions to confuse and move defenders around to open up gaps to play through in the middle or out wide for an overlap run etc.

Could the red midfielders get in to the final third and get shots of or a direct assist.

Could the strikers score with first time shots not getting caught on the ball.

Could the BLUE GK have a brave high starting position enabling the defenders to squeeze the reds up the pitch, creating another problem to solve.

Interventions.

Concurrent, 

Terminal

Coaching process.

Walk through.

Q & A , either questions from the coaches or from the players.

Coaching positions.

The head coach may also enter the field of play to get another view of the game or to offer concurrent feedback on both positive and negative aspects of the session.

Or walk throughs to explain any situations that need addressing.

What IF's.

- If a blue CM pressed high with the blue ST, can the red CM drop in flatter and split the CB's to receive the ball.

-If a blue winger presses the red CB can the red WINGER create an angle to receive the ball wide. Or can the red WINGER move inside and rotate with the ST that moves outside. This can create confusion for the blue CB whether to go wide or stay central, this may open a gap for a lofted pass.

- If blue are defending narrow, can we create overloads out wide and exploit them.