Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Seacoast United High School Session - Playing out from the back

Passing Pattern 1 (10 mins)

Players following their pass.

Goalkeeper plays into the 6.

6 sets back to the centre back who plays through to the 8/10

Aim: To work on ways of playing out from the goalkeeper/ central defender in a back 3.

Coaching points:

Quality of pass (focus on weight, accuracy)

Work on whether to check to or away.

Key questions:

Where would the defender be pressing from? So how does this effect your movement?

4 v 2 + 1 (15 mins)

Set Up:

4 v 2 with the aim of moving the ball across to the other side.

Each block 6 minutes:

Block 1: 3 passes before the ball moves across

Block 2: Split pass before the ball moves across

Set up twice.

Aim:

Maintain possession.

Realsie opportunites to split - be postive with the pass.

Coaching Points:

One touch combination to create a split.

Coach the players on thinking about moving the defenders with passes.

Variation on the type of pass.

Modified Game (20 mins)

Set Players in the above formation.

3 defenders/ a 6 in the middle and an 8/10 further forward.

Only 2 players per team allowed in the middle zone.