Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Positional Understanding

Warm-up

Organization:

. Within an area of 50 x 35 yards, sep up 4 squares of 15 x 15 yards as shown.

. Three players per square

. One ball per square ( extra soccer balls strategically placed as shown

Instructions:

. Three players are correctly posiotioned at the corners of the square leaving one as the open space to be occupied when needed.

. The open space will always be the corner which is facing the players who is in possession of the ball accross the field.

. The third man should move to the open space as soon as the ball is been played, not before.

. Passes should be done when the player in possession of the ball has a passing option on either side ( left - right )

. Passes should be played to either player ( left - right ). You don't have to follow any patter. ( make your best decision ).

Coaching Points:

. Quality of the pass / timing of the pass.

. Good Timing of movement into space

. Speed of movement

. Keep your ayes on the ball/defender movement

. Communicate/help player in possession of the ball to make a better choice

Progressions:

Conditioned Game 1

Organization:

. Within an area of 50 x 35 yards, sep up 4 squares of 15 x 15 yards as shown.

. Split two teams: One 4 players team, and one 2 players team

. Soccer balls being placed behind the pugg goals to be used when is needed to keep the game on going.

Instructions for Team in Possession:

. 4 v 2: Team in ball possession have two players per square, and the defending team will have two players in the neutral zone as shown.

. One of the players from the area that does not have the ball must move out into the neutral zone ( against the line { 1 } ) to provide the width, and one to the center of the square { 2 } to provide the depth, players { 1 } to play as a link between the players of both areas when is needed.

. To keep the game on going, when the ball goes out, or a goal is scored, players from the other square should go get a new ball from behind the pugg goal and continue playing.

Instructions for defenders:

. To steal the ball, only one defender is allow to go into the square while the other protects the neutral zone.

. If defender gets the ball, he/she will score in one of the pugg goals located at the end lines , before the team in possession tries to get it back.

Scoring rules:

. Team in possession, will get one point for every time that gets to pass the ball from one square to the other.

. Defending team, will get three point for stealing the ball and scoring a goal.

Coaching Points:

. Quality of the pass / timing of the pass.

. Good Timing of movement into space

. Speed of movement

. Keep your ayes on the ball/defender movement

. Communicate/help player in possession of the ball to make a better choice

Game Time

Organization:

. Within an area of 50 x 35 yards, sep up two 10 yards rectangle along the field as shown.

. 5 v 5 + golie

. Soccer balls being placed behind the pugg goals to be used when is needed to keep the game on going.

Coaching Points:

. Quality of the pass / timing of the pass.

. Good Timing of movement into space

. Speed of movement

. Keep your ayes on the ball/defender movement

. Communicate/help player in possession of the ball to make a better choice