Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Playing Into and Across the Ball Side

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Ian Sinclair
Name: Ian Sinclair
City: Oakville
Country: Canada
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Technical Activation

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Technical Activation (10 mins)

Organisation: Technical Passing (10 mins) 

Activity:

- C-A-B-D and B follows pass out. E then starts the next sequence from the opposite side (E-C-A-F)

 

Pro:1) Add 1 -2 combo at the end of the action 

Coaching Points:


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Possession Activity

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Possession Activity (15 mins)

Organisation: Play Into and Across the Ball Side (Vision and Awareness)

- 40x40 yard grid with 4 yard 'zones' in each corner

- 2 teams of 7 inside the playing area with 1 yellow neutral inside and 4 on the outside positioned in each corner. 

- Challenge neutral players to play on 1 touch 

Activity:

- The team in possession utilize the outside players to create an overlaod in possession. The only condition is you cannot play play the same neutral player twice in a row. For every 5 consecutive passes = 1 point. 

- 2 min games then change the corner players

Pro:1) 4Targets in the corners – Each team has 2 targets that they can utilize(Diagonal from each other). Toscore, you must link with both your targets in same possession

Pro:2) Allow player to drive out of the corner and into the middle, but, 1 of their teammates must replace them

Coaching Points:

- Consistently maintain an openbody shape to see both your target players, support players andopponents

- Scanning the field before, during and after receiving the ball

- Recognize when, where and how torisk or maintain possession (Penetrate, Secure or Switch play)

- Readjusting after releasing theball and maintain positive support angles for teammate in possession


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

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Modified Game (30 mins)

Organisation: 

- 3 Teams of 5. 1-2-3 positional structure

Activity:

- 2 teams play 5v5 plus GK's with two yellow targets positioned on the outside.

Conditions: Ball must go from 1 side to the other side in order to score or you can make 6 passes and go to goal. 


Pro:1) On Transition - you can go directly towards goal, but, if you make more than 3 passes then the ball has to go outside 


Coaching Points:

- We want to fix the opposition to one side, but, we need create wide overloads by supporting that side with numbers

- Consistently maintain an openbody shape that allows you to see both your target players, support players andopponents

- Always support on angles (underneath or ahead of the ball) -  NO SQUARE PASSES 

-Affect the Switch - Once we change the game - need to get in on goal quickly


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

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Final Game (25 mins)

Organisation: 7v7+3 Six Goal Game 

- 19 players are organized into two teams of eight (including a GK) and 3 neutrals 

Activity:

- Each team are organized into back 3- two midfielders and 3 forwards, and each defend 1 bigger goal and 2 wide minie goals. The +1 player plays for team in possession to create an overload. 

- If teams score in the central goal its worth 2 points, while goal scored in the wide mini-goals are worth 1 point. Play 2x 10 minute games with 1 mins recovery. 


Pro:1) Award teams that score possession again (Make it-Take it) so they can continue their momentum and build again. 


**Fast restarts also challenge the teams in transition and increase 1v1 and overloads. 

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