Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Attacking Overloads 3v2 (7v7)

2v1 Choice (20 mins)

Play begins with a decision from the red player to pass the ball to the blue or the yellow player.

Which ever color they pass to they then work together in a 2v1 against the other color that did not receive the ball to score in the mini goal at the opposite end of the field.

Rotate each teams starting position every 3-4 minutes.

Coaching Points

• What type of runs can you make to create a 2v1?
• How can your movement effect the defenders positioning?
• Attack the defender at pace
• Decision making on and off the ball
• Should you pass, dribble or shoot?

• Make the game directional and add a second defender who recovers from behind the player that receives the ball to make the game a 2v2.
• Can you score a goal in the 2v1 situation before the recovering defender makes it a 2v2 situation?

Conditioned Game (20 mins)

Overload Transition Game

Players play a normal match 6v6 format. The key to this game is when a ball goes out of play. Lets say the blue team kicks the ball out of bounds the player must chase that ball, in the meantime the red team can get a ball from any of the 8 cones on the side of the pitch and begin a new attack from that position. The player who chased the original ball must place that ball back on top of / next to the cone that was just used to start the new attack. Can the team take advantage of the numbers up situation while it lasts?

Progression

• If the team in the transition scores while the player who is chasing the ball is off the field of play they get 3 points instead of 1. This encourages teams to attacker quicker and use the overload advantage to score goals.
• Ball must be taken from which ever half the ball has gone out in to make it more challenging.

• Can we find the spare player at the correct moment to create chances to score?
• How can we unbalance the 2 defenders?
• Attacking runs to pull defenders out of position
• Willingness to run beyond the striker when needed
• Use of the width to create space for attacking runs in behind
• Strikers ability to link play or turn and shoot
• Decision making on and off the ball