Football/Soccer Session (Difficult): Playing out of the back 8.12

Passing/Receiving Activity (10 mins)

Passing & Receiving (15 min)

Organization:

2 players

2 cones (at a distance suitale to ability)

1 ball

Instructions:

Set Up A:

- Player 1 can only pass the ball through the cones

- Player 2 can only pass the ball outside of the cones

Set Up B:

- Players exchange passes through the 3 gates but cannot play through the same gate consecutively

Coaching Points:

- Keep ball moving with 1st touch

- Experiment with using inside/outside surface to control ball

- Consider body position when using different surfaces to control

- Prepare the ball in as fewer touches as possible

- Quality of pass

Progressions:

- 2 touch only

- Play pass with outside surface (encourage disguise)

Opposed (15 mins)

Narrow Opposition Making Play Predictable

2 Strikers & 2 CM are introduced for the opposition.

Managing the Opposition - Their tactics will be to play as a narrow 4, making play predictable, so shadowing the Blue team, cutting off angles and opportunities to play forward.

NOTE: If there are issues with numbers, Coach will feed the ball into CB, or Defenders will play as 3 CB.

#5 & #6 look to drop deep & one will collect from GK - try to collect at an angle to encourage vision of team mates & opposition & to make it less complex to physically move forward.

Q. CAN THE #5 or #6 DRIVE FORWARD?

If the opposition prevents the ball being played to #5 or #6...

#4 drops deep to collect. Play back to GK, wide to #3 / #2 or if not safe, turn & drive forward. If #4 cannot collect safely....

#2 & #3 are high & wide - at an angle which means they have created either an aerial option to receive or a firm pass from the GK's hands / feet.

If neither of these options are safe, due to the opposition reading the pass or closing the channels...

GK distributes to the highest player - #10