Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): AP1 - Creating Space and Skipping Lines Ideas

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David Zook

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Name:	David Zook
City:	Phoenix
Country:	United States of America
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Zonal Game - 7v7

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Zonal Game - 7v7 (25 mins)

Setup:

Long, narrow field as shown.

2 teams of 7

2v1 in endzones (2 CBs vs 1 CF)

3v3 in the middle

Activity:

Team scores by getting ball into center forward under control.

Team in possession can use supporting CBs (CF can pressure).

Progression:

+ Score by getting ball into CF and then back to a midfielder

+ Score in big goal after getting ball into CF

Coaching Points:

~ Can I play directly into CF (skip lines)?

~ Can I play forward to furthest CM?

~ Look for opportunties for up-back-thru

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Whole 2: Playing in gaps, b/w lines, to Goal

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Whole 2: Playing in gaps, b/w lines, to Goal (30 mins)

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Set-up:

-Begin with 3 zones of players (both teams set up in 3-3-2)

-Ball always begins with either GK, and you can not skip zones in the build up

-When team plays into an advanced 1/3 the player who passed it in can follow it into the zone (if given away he must drop into his normal zone right away)

-Object is to finish at goal

Teaching Points:

-Creating space with movement

-Playing into feet b/w lines, with the purpose of advancing the ball through zones into scoring chances

-How can we take up defensive positions when we give away the ball

-Successfully taking advantage of numerical superiorty in each zone

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 4v4+3n (Neutral 5-6-9) Positional

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4v4+3n (Neutral 5-6-9) Positional (30 mins)

Objective: Improve triangularization, ball circulation, collective possession, attacking vertically with the ball in possession. Transition.

Equipment: Cones, balls, 3 colors, 11 players.

Organization: (2) teams of (4) players occupy positional lines. Defending team pinches and compacts field. Three neutral players occupy 5, 6, and 9 positionally). Team in posession looks to attack vertically. Team that wins the ball takes attacking positions in transition, and team that lost the ball pinches and defends compact.

Progression:

- Touch limit or minimum

- Can only switch on a turn.

- Can only switch by playing how you face.

- Score by getting ball to 9 and then back to 4-5.

- Score with number of passes.

Coaching Points:

- Use of front/forward/far foot.

- Ready body posture, hips open to field, and support angle.

- Weight and angle of pass.

- Eyes up and looking over field.

- Occupying different lines.

- Playing on defenders blind spot.

- Orientation of first touch.

- Play how you face to find 3rd man.

- Play outside when def is in, and inside when defense is out (if both are open, find interior passes that break lines).

- Skipping lines as a priority.

- Interchanging positionally *older players*

- Finding triangularization.

- Speed of play. Manage the tempo (fast and slow)

- Pressing ((Defensively))

- Transition speeds.

Positional interaction:

- 6 moving in opposite to find ball from 4-5.

- 2/3/6 not in same horizontal lines

- 9/10/8 move in opposite of 6.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Positional Game

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Positional Game

SET UP: 15 Minutes *Rotate with Passing/movement*

4v4 +2 (36Wx38L)

INSTRUCTION:

Starting Point. Ball passed in to black team.

- When out of possession 3/4 players must be in the half where the ball is.

- If the attacking team score in the same side the ball starts they will score two.

COACHING POINTS:

Passes that skip lines to create bigger gaps (Weight and detail faster/harder).

Offer supporting depth/length (Passing lines behind the attack & between the oppositions new line.

Body positioning/orientation to be angled forwards.

Supporting attacking movement (3rd player runs/action)

Search & Scanning for detail to go forwards.

Passing weight - Does it allow for my teammate to move onto the ball. If it is to draw in a defender is it to the players front foot to play back

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Build Up 3 (Skip Lines)

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Build Up 3 (Skip Lines) (15 mins)

Objective:

To work on building out the back with emphasis on skipping the lines

Organization:

As shown.

Pattern. 6-1-2-8-4-10 (10 runs in behind)

Both Sides start at same time

Progression:

Competition to see who can get ball to other side the fastest

Coaching points:

weight of pass from 8 to 4 must be good

10 spins off at the correct moment

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