Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): OPDL Combination Play

Technical Warm Up (15 mins)

Depending on the age you can add restrictions to the warm up by adding more touches and movement off the ball as shown. You could also add another ball to the other side and have have 2 balls moving at one time.

Player A will pass to Player B who will one touch to A who will touch back to B who will give a pass back to A on making a bending run to the outside who will give to C and start the rotation going the other way.

Focus on Technique of First Touch and playing away to set up for next pass

Can they play a good weighted pass using both left and right foot

Accuracy of Pass

Good first touch

Can the communicate both visual and verbal cues

Speed of Play on one touch and two touch if necessary

Combination Play (20 mins)

Learning Objectives

3 teams of 2 players with 1 neutral.

2 teams play inside area with one team used as target players.

2 middle teams combine and keep possession for as long as possible using outside men and neutral player as overload. Outside player objective to find the spare player.

Same as before but end players only on one touch they can now pass to opposite end player as an extra support player.

Technical

Player awareness on the ball

Move the ball quickly, looking for the spare player

Tactical

Always be available when in possession

Out of possession stay tight to opposition, communicate with team mate

Physical

High tempo, phsically demanding

Psychological/Social

Communication and support play vital in and out of possession