Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Attacking Principles (Overlaps/Underlaps & Combinations)

Activity 1a ( Overlap) (10 mins)

-6-8 players, 2 per cone

-It all starts with player A playing a pass to player B and walks to defend, then B passes to player C. On C's touch B looks to Overlap Player C.

-Rotation is as followed, A-B-C-A

-Encourage attackers to drive at defender and perform combo and try to dribble past the blue cone line.

Progressions:

-Add Underlap

-Add Give and Go

-Defender can now jog towards attacker

CP's:

-Dribbling at speed to make it realistic

-1st attackers job is to penetrate by dribbling at the defender

-2nd attackers job is to support

-Communication is key to execute combinations

-Disguise when playing the pass to the 2nd attacker

Technical Drill (unopposed) (5 mins)

Technical Drill

Focus Area

Shooting

Mechanics of Shooting

·        get body in position to strike

·        angle approach

·        non-kicking footbeside ball

·        head over ball

·        select surface & strike

·        follow through

·        accuracy (and aim)

Organisation

Coachesavailable at session: 2

Full area size - 30x20

Technical Area size - 10m(width) x 17m(length) (halfway line for length.  cones for width 

Players- Between,4 and 10 players

Practice

-Group is split into two groups, one group takes position on cone point A, the other cone point B 

-Players on cone A pass the ball towards the 1st player at cone B, they then move forward into the attacking zone(shaded) to receive the ball back and shoot at goal with an early shot (can they perform a first time shot or take 1 touch?)

-After taking their shot at goal the player returns to join the group at cone B while player B goes to line A.

-After each cycle player groups alternate the shooting point from cone A to B, varying the angle of shot at goal.

Conditions

To have as few touches aspossible before taking the shot at goal.

Progression(s)

Aim for one touch pass and finish

Ask players to also use weaker foot

Create area cannot shoot in.

Encourage early shot

Regression(s)

Move the cones closer to attacking zone

Encourage additional touches to set themselves before shooting

Observation/intervention considerations:

Coaches position near goalfacing the shooter to observe the technique or alongside (not behind)

·        individual feedback to players as they collect ball and return to starting position

·        Group feedback during swap over period

Shooting Under Pressure (15 mins)

Organization:

As above

Instructions:

1v1 game. The player who is attacking (red) will go around and ask for a pass from any player on the outside. The red player can turn to take on the defender (yellow) to try and score on the net. The The attacking player can also bounce the ball back and go look for another all to try and score. The player attacking has 60 seconds to try and score as many goals as possible or until all the balls are gone. 

Coaching Points:

- Anticipation and awareness of space and quickly attack

- Variations of runs and changes of speed to lose defender

- Finish!

Progressions:

- If the attacking player plays the ball back to the player on the outside, it turns into a 2v1.

- Two points if it's a 1v1 and one point if it's a 2v1

Cool Down (5 mins)

Instructions

Light jog, side steps, skipping walk & shake, dynamic stretches

Circle up and stretch

 Session Review:

3 things to take away from the session

 Cheer and disband!