Football/Soccer Session (Difficult): Pre-season session #4 - Patterns of play

Dynamic Warmup (15 mins)

• Light Jog
• Side Shuffle each way
• Side to side accelerations (forward and backwards)
• High knees
• Heels

• High knees
• Straight legs
• Hip rotations in
• Hip rotations out
• Back leg extensions

• Bounding vertically
• Bounding forward 
• Accelerate forward two pylons accelerate back one
• Lateral accelerations in-between red and yellow pylon
• Lateral accelerations around red and yellow pylon

Passing in Numbers (15 mins)

Organization:

2 grids set up as 10x15yards(10x10). Both team have same number of players. Each player numbers themselves in 1-6. Players pass in sequential order. Both Sides are doing same thing. Coach plays balls in from side

Key Factors:

Quality of pass. Pace of pass.

Player's ability to open up to receive from previous number and play to other number.

Player's ability to position themselves to receive pass.

Change of direction

Change pace and direction of run

Restrictions:

PLAYERS CANNOT TURN WITH BALL. 

PLAY THE WAY THEY ARE FACING. 

Progressions:

Have players touch corner before coming back to receive pass. Touch opposite corner to change direction of runs forcing players to keep head up and know who is playing them and who they need to play to. 

Have both sides change sides at the same time. ( watch for players who hang out in middle, have them receive deep in box to set up next runner).

Pattern #1 (15 mins)

Pattern #1:

GK - RB, RB to CDM/RMF, RB to overlap and receive deep in Zone 4, RB to Cross into second 6.

Pattern #3 (15 mins)

Pattern #3:

GK - RB, RB to CDM/RMF, RB to overlap and receive deep in Zone 4, RB to dribble in and shoot.