Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): WK 1 - Final third (Start Time: 2024-08-15 18:15:00)

Pro-Club: FAW Coach Ed

Ashleigh Hudson

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Name:	Ashleigh Hudson
City:	Llanelli
Country:	United Kingdom
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Tech Counter Press

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Tech Counter Press (10 mins)

Organisation:

6v6+4

Area Size 36x30

3x 6 minutes with 90 second rest

Objectives:

Outside team: Bounce players on outside. Two touches max, can only play into the grid, and not around the outside.

• :Team in possession (red). Aim to make four successive passes for one point. If possession is lost, team must react quickly to prevent opposition from scoring in the goals.

• Team out of possession (blue). Aim to win the ball from red. After stealing the ball, aim to score in any of the four goals for two points.

• Teams rotate roles after set amount of time

Coaching points in possession:

Effective movement and body shape to play forward on quarter- or half-turns.

Consideration must be given to back foot/safe side passes to build forward effectively and quickly.

Coaching Points out of possession:

Press in numbers and with intensity. When pressing get the opponent’s head down.

Remaining players should make the area around the ball compact, ready to engage the next player should a pass be made.

Consider how players should be positioned ball side of the player.

Coaching Points in transition:

Players should react immediately to put pressure on the ball quickly with high intensity.

• Other players to swarm the space around the ball to make the area compact and difficult for the opponents to play out.

• Players should be ready to engage with the next pass through being ball side of the opponent and anticipating their next move.

• Effectively communicate, providing information from behind on where to ‘show’ play.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SSG Press to Score

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SSG Press to Score (20 mins)

Organisation:

8v8

Area 48x40

3x 6 minutes with 90 seconds rest

Objectives:

Two teams of seven + goalkeepers.

• One team, red, are in possession and look to retain the ball. Completing six successive passes will earn them one point . If they are able to play through the middle zone as one of their six passes, then they earn two points.

• The team out of possession (blue) aim to win the ball. They have a decision to make as to when to press intensely and hunt, and when to sit off and block and intercept. When blue wins possession, their aim is to score in either goal within six seconds, earning two points if they do so.

• On losing possession, red aim to win the ball back as quickly as possible to prevent blues from scoring inside six seconds. If they win it back, they should look to secure the ball with a simple pass and retain possession.

Progressions:

Teams should swap roles regularly.

• If the defending team are successful in scoring a goal on transition, they immediately become the team in possession.

• When the team in possession misplace a pass and it goes out of play, they lose possession and are now the defending team.

Coaching Points out of possession:

• Hunt for the ball when the opportunity to steal it is there, and do so in numbers.

• Consider where players should position themselves even when far away from the ball to make the area compact and therefore difficult for the opposition to play out.

• Aim to block forward passing lanes.

• Set traps to encourage the press and force mistakes.

Coaching Points in possession:

Effective movement and body shape to play forward on quarter- or half-turns.

Consideration must be given to back foot/safe side passes to build forward effectively and quickly.

Can we play forward and secure the first pass?

Coaching Points in transition:

• Players should react immediately to put pressure on the ball quickly with high intensity.

• Other players to swarm the space around the ball to make the area compact and difficult for the opponents to play out.

• Anticipate the next pass through being ball side of the opponent.

• Effectively communicate, providing information from behind on where to ‘show’ play.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Match Prep-Diamond

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Match Prep-Diamond (30 mins)

Red Team: Ash

RCM and LCM to offer wider options for the six, stretching the midfield horizontally

Six staying deeper to offer options to support the creative phase and option to play through and around

10 and striker (play in between CB and FB) to stay high and pin the defensive line, out of possession 10 to drop into midfield as a four

GK (acting CB) to play opposite side to the six to create angle to play forward

Blue Team: Ian

Back four to stay compact not leaving spaces for through balls, defending the space behind

Midfield two will block the passing lanes between the FB and CB not allowing through balls to the CF

On regain of possession the blues can score in any three of the small goals

What If's?

What if the FB's push high on the RCM and LCM

What if the 6 is pressed high

Q&A:

How may lanes do we fill in possession? in defence?

What is balance behind the ball?

How does it help when we lose the ball?

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