Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): General Practice working on concentration

Breaking lines (20 mins)

General practice breaking lines transition

Improving concentration

Organisation / Area Size

18mtr x 12 mtr with a half way line

Football behind the Yellow outside players

4 x Blue, 4 x Red and 3 Yellow bibs 

7 x 2 min with time set aside for terminal feedback in the breaks.

The Session Details

4 v 4 + 3 common player 2 outside 1 in the middle.

4 x  BLUE players are inside the box to start off with are locked in to their half as shown, 4 x  RED players are outside and try and play through the opposition and score by transferring the ball from one end yellow player to the other, the inside common player can move to any area within the box.  If they are successful they can maintain possession of the ball. When they lose the ball there will be a quick transition where the BLUE and the RED team switch positions. 

7 x 2 min blocks with break in between

Conditions, Challenges and Targets

1. Goal for every time you switch from one end player to the other

2. Two touch for common players

3. If you lose the ball can they win it back in 5 sec

4. Players can move anywhere within the box.

5. Extra point for a switch from one outside common player to the other, but must retail possession using two touch.

6. All players on two touch

 Key points

Out of possession

1. Defend narrow

2. Force out wide

3. Protect the middle

4. Prevent split passes

5. Make the pitch small

6. Leave the furthest opposition, but protect the space behind

7. Press the ball as a team

In possession

1. Make the pitch big (Width and Depth)

2. Try to play through, around and over

3. Can they move the ball quicker

4. Try to split players with a pass

5. Look to play forward

Interventions

Coaching process

Concurrent

Walk through

Terminal

Offensively we are looking to maintain possession, by attracting opposition to create space, break lines, up back and through, third man running positional width and depth and movement to open up passing lines.

Defensively transition from attack to defence, closing the space, pressing, close passing lanes with good communication.