Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Playing Through The Thirds

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Connor Adams

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Name:	Connor Adams
City:	Swadlincote
Country:	United Kingdom
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Age - U9-11 (14 players)

Aim - Can the players recognise their roles within their specific position and stick to a philosophy (way of playing) set by the coach as well as working together as a team to make it hard for their opposition.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 1 - Ball work (2v2 possession)

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Learning Objectives

	Technical Range Of Passing, Recieving, ways of striking the ball.
	Tactical Positioning (In and Out of possession), Combination Passing.
	Physical Protect the ball from opponents.
	Psychological Decision Making
	Social Communication.

Screen 1 - Ball work (2v2 possession) (15 mins)

2 v 2 inside the central area who can use the outside players when in possession of the ball.

Progression:

-Cant pass from outside to outside more than once consecutively.

-A pass through the 2 defenders wins the team in possession a point.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 2 - Possession Through The Thirds

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Learning Objectives

	Technical Range Of Passing, Recieving, ways of striking the ball.
	Tactical Range Of Passing, Recieving, ways of striking the ball.
	Physical Range Of Passing, Recieving, ways of striking the ball.
	Psychological Range Of Passing, Recieving, ways of striking the ball.
	Social Range Of Passing, Recieving, ways of striking the ball.

Screen 2 - Possession Through The Thirds (20 mins)

Possession - Playing through the thirds.

Play always starts with defending team retreaving from the ball nests either side of their goal. Both teams are set up in a 2-4-1 formation (or similar) and must try to pass through the thirds and score via the CF.

Progression: The player who passes the ball forward can join into that third to create an overload.

Coaching Process: Fly by- instruct CM's to either drop short and show to feet or play in behind of opposing midfield players.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 3 - Small Sided Game

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Learning Objectives

	Technical Range Of Passing, Recieving, ways of striking the ball.
	Tactical Range Of Passing, Recieving, ways of striking the ball.
	Physical Range Of Passing, Recieving, ways of striking the ball.
	Psychological Range Of Passing, Recieving, ways of striking the ball.
	Social Range Of Passing, Recieving, ways of striking the ball.

Screen 3 - Small Sided Game (20 mins)

SSG with no conditions in the same formation as 'Screen 2'.

Teams must look to play through the pitch as if the thirds were still in place.

if players go away from the coached philisophy of playing through the thirds then conditions will be added (3 touch max etc)

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