Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Attacking in the final third

General Principle Practice: Final Third (25 mins)

Final Third

General (25 minutes)

U19 11 Players (1 Keeper)

organisation

• 35x28 yards playing area
• 2 full sized goals
• Wave game 1v0, 1v1, 2v1, 2v2, 3v2, 3v3, 4v3, 4v4
• No goal keeper for attacking team (red) as they have the overload
• 1 player for each team rests each rep
• Play starts from the goal
• defending team only has 6 seconds to score whether they start with the ball or recover the ball as attacking team has no keeper
• four 5 minute blocks with 1 minute rests

• Create and exploit space by making pitch wide and deep
• sharp, quick and clinical approach in creating goal scoring opportunities

• Nearest player presses while the others cover space behind
• Compact and show attacking players wide

• Stretching and making the pitch wide to create space to move into.

• Switching play and cutting inside

• Movement (Runs behind, cutting inside, dropping in to space to receive
• Creating space by attracting pressure: on the ball by dribbling and holding the ball up, off the ball by dragging defenders away and dropping into space to combine with team mates

Concurrent

Freeze, recreate, demonstrate - minimum twice during session