Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): 9v9 Practice 20: Counter Attacking from Midfield

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Craig Birtwistle
Name: Craig Birtwistle
City: New Jersey
Country: United States of America
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Sport: Football/Soccer
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To help improve the understanding of counter attacking from the midfield in a 1-4-3-3 formation. With the focus on the two holding midfielders #7 and #11


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm Up

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Warm Up

Set Up

As in diagram (alternativly with different numbers you can set up more players in the right 2 squares.

 

Organization

4v1 in one square with Red working with Black. Red must achieve 3 passes before attempting to switch the play. If there are small numbers the two follow their pass into any square. In the event there are more numbers (see diagram) then reds oppeate in each side (one pair opperates in the left and other in the right)

 

Progression: Add a defender 4v2.

 

Coaching Points:

Quality of pass and weight of pass and 1st touch

Decision making of when to posses and when to penetrate

Speed of movement off the ball to support


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Skill Development

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Skill Development

Set Up

Team split into 2 with 2 keepers and 2 targets

 

Organization

Team is involved in a scrimmage with the 2 zones that targets are placed in. Teams can only score once the target is involved in play. Target can not score and can only play with one touch. Anyone can go in the endzone box but target can not come out.

 

Coaching Points:

Quality of pass and weight of pass and 1st touch

Decision making of when to posses and when to penetrate

Speed of play in attack

Movement off the ball and Movement of the target with team in possession.


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 3

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Screen 3

Set Up

As previous but now we add a defender and target can drop out of zone. (One defender can follow).

 

Organization

Same as previous but now targets can score also.

 

Coaching Points:

Quality of pass and weight of pass and 1st touch

Decision making of when to posses and when to penetrate

Speed of play in attack

Movement off the ball and Movement of the target with team in possession.


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 4

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Screen 4 (20 mins)

Set Up

Scrimmage 8v8

 

Organization

Regular game but teams pick a mystery target player. The teams tell the coach their target and the team can only score once the target is involved.

 

Coaching Points:

All the above


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SSG

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SSG (20 mins)

Set Up

Scrimmage 8v8

 

Organization

8v8 players should play a 1-4-2-1 formation

 

Coaching Points:

All the above


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