Warm up
Organization
Objective- Create good passing angles
In a 20 yard square divided into 4 sections
Two teams of 4 two on inside and two out
• Ball is passed in with no pressure and worked
to the target on the opposite side
Central players must never be on the same side
and must be diagonal to each other
On receiving the target passes to the other
teams target and the process continues
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Have the team that is not involved start in the
center of the area
•Check to receive
•Recognition of other players
movement
•Communication to the other target to
switch places
Outside players cannot be on the same side as
the highest player – see across- grey end player
changes places with orange
Remember this shape and how it translates to
the functional piece
Adding pressure
Front back
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Coaching Points
Defenders can only defend in the either front or
back zone
Attackers can interchange their zones
Teams score by passing from target t target
Targets can play directly to targets
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Early movement while the ball
moves
Player changes areas on pass to
opposing target player
Move on the inside with an open
body shape to the field
•Awareness of pressure
•Playing short to go long
•Creating space for a penetrating pass
•Speed of play
Ball
Player
Establishing a Rhythm
Organization
Coaching Points
Area ½ the field
Field is divided into 3 zones 2 wide zones and
one central
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Wide zones are 3 yards in from the edge of the
penalty area
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Remember this shape from the warm up
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Add in a center line making the field now carry
6 zones in attacking and defending
Talk to the players on which zone the ball is in
• Defensive right/central/left
• Attacking right/left/central
• Now allow the ball to be passed twice in the
same zone or it can be passed from zone to
zone
Check to receive
Shape from the goalkeeper
Central defender on opposite side
for goalkeeper
Establish and show the 3
diamonds created by the wide
players
Coach the players awareness of
team mates
Open body shape to the field
•Players start to get a shape and
appear consistently in certain zones
•Encourage the players to stay in the
same central or wide zones going from
defensive right to attacking right
•Now add in speed of play in can you
go slow to go quickly
•Can players connect passes in the
same zone slowly and quickly hit out to
the other zone
Ball
Player
Positive playing habits
Organization
Add in certain roles for each
player in that position
1. Goalkeeper – when the keeper
gets the ball they hold onto it
for 3 seconds on the floor
2. The striker looks to check in
for 3 seconds and check out
3. The wide players create the
overlap
Coaching Points
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Game 10 players
In pairs, players attempt to score
in the goal
The team of 8 scores in these
ways
1. The goalkeeper holds the ball
at their feet for 3 seconds
2. An overlap
3. Finding the striker
4. Central defender breaks into
the attacking central and
receives or makes a pass
The goalkeeper holds the ball for 3
seconds triggering the movement and the
teams need to play away from pressure
Add in the coach as a striker or
GK and play Vs 3 defenders
Goalkeeper – have 1st touch out of feet and
keep head up to see outlets
Wide defenders – when goalkeeper has ball
check towards and wide as early as possible
to support. Be ready to overlap
Central defender Check at an angle to open
up Center mid pass.
Wide midfielders- Hold the ball or dribble
inwards to create space for the overlap
Striker- timing – can you read off checking
players to know when to check in to receive?
Central mid –Make a triangle with Player on
the ball and the player on the opposite side or
in front of you. Make diamonds and triangles
•Coach the players to recognize which one they
should score with
•Coach the players to utilize one to do the other
•Coach the players ability to use speed of play and
slow to execute a goal and quick to hit out
•Can the striker see windows created by movement
of team mates or by pressure reacting to
movement
•Coach transition of shape from attack to defend
and defend to attack
•Speed of play
•Coach the wide player to recognize if the defender
goes with the overlap or stays on the ball
Training priority
• Take apart the end session and work on
• U9-11- technical components of the session
• U11/12- Small group tactics – decision making based on
pressure
1. Overlaps
2. Combination play
3. Playing in zones
• U12 plus – technical tactical components
• U13 plus – Technical functional practices
With all practices look to reduce areas on success to
increase pressure