Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Build up

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Jason Brindley
Name: Jason Brindley
City: Oswestry
Country: United Kingdom
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 4v4 (+8)

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 4v4 (+8)
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4v4 (+8)

Focus + Session design

  • 4v4 (+8) tight possession game
  • Possession team locked into their box
  • Chasing team can move boxes to press/win ball
  • 16v16 overall size (Can be adapted to increase/decrease difficulty)
  • Set amount of passes equals a point
  • 2min games - 30sec rest

Coaching detail

  • Awareness on and around the ball
  • Quick decisions

Progressions/Regressions

  • First set of games, defenders in for a set amount of time. If they regain possession, make set amount of passes together to steal point
  • Second set of games, if your team win the ball you become possession team

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 8v8(+2)

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8v8(+2) (20 mins)

Focus + Session design

  • Build-up play practice
  • 8v8(+2) Neutral players to act as FBs in build and Wingers if turnover in build-up phase
  • Must have 2 CBs, CDM and a front 3 in half as seen in diagram. 
  • Building team to make set amount of passes in own half before entering opposition half through gate
  • Wide gate worth 1 point, middle gate 2, if you can switch from one wide channel to the other and enter, 3 points - replicating build one side to attack the other
  • Pitch narrowed off slightly to increase difficulty level for building team

Coaching detail

  • Awareness on and around the ball
  • Quick decisions
  • Patience and calm in possession, don't force things
  • Space appreciation, create it for yourself or your team mate

Progressions/Regressions

  • If too easy to build, can send CDM to press

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