Phase 1: Build The Attack
Building up the attack refers to the tactical approach of gradually progressing the ball forward with the aim of creating scoring opportunities. It involves strategically organising players and developing a methodical plan to advance the ball from the defensive zone towards the opponent’s goal.
Building up the attack involves several key elements, such as:
1. Possession: Emphasizing ball control and maintaining possession of the ball by passing and maintaining good spatial awareness.
2. Movement: Encouraging players to make intelligent movements off the ball, including runs, positioning, and creating passing options to generate space and penetrate the opponent’s defence.
3. Transition: Implementing quick transition plays from defence to offense to catch the opponents off guard and exploit any defensive vulnerabilities.
4. Support: Promoting effective communication and coordination among players to provide passing options and support for the ball carrier.
5. Progression: Gradually advancing the ball forward with purpose, often starting from the goalkeeper or defenders, involving midfielders and forwards to push into the opponent’s territory.
6. Creativity: Encouraging players to think creatively and use their individual skills to unlock the defence, incorporating techniques such as dribbling, combination plays, and exploiting spaces.
7. Exploiting weaknesses: Identifying and targeting weaknesses in the opponent’s defensive structure to create scoring opportunities.
Key Principles
– Make the pitch big
– Width, depth, length
– Body shape to receive (open – 1/2 turn)
– Different lines
– Triangles & Diamonds
– Rotations
– Option A, B, & C
– Drive or pass
– Type of pass
– Ball protection
– Forward passing
– Switching play
– Types of turns
Warm Up (10 Minutes)
Physiological Warm Up
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Technical Practice (20 Minutes)
Switching Play - Technical Practice
This session helps support your principles of switching play under pressure and through evolving decision making.
The session starts by the central players dropping off the mannequins receiving on the back foot and switching play. The central defender will look at putting pressure on the passing lines and create questions for the yellow team to solve.
Possession Based Practice 1 (20 Minutes)
Playing Out From The Back
This phase of play helps players understand their movements to receive when playing out from the back. Due to the tempo of the session it helps support the players understanding on where and why their movements link in to one another
The session will start with a ball being played into the goalkeeper, on this trigger the centre backs will split and drop into specific pockets whilst the fullbacks stretch the pitch and provide width and height whilst the 4, 8 and 10 will rotate to find gaps and triangles to help the team play out.
Possession Based Practice 2 (20 Minutes)
3, 2, 1 Possession
This session develops the teams ability to build up and support play effectively. The ball will always start from the Goalkeepers; in the defensive third the team will need to complete 3 passes before moving forward, once in the middle third 2 passes before going into the final third, once there the team have to create 1 pass prior to finishing. If the ball is won in a different zone the team will only look to go forward rather than going backwards.
This Small Sided possession game helps develop all areas of your teams principles and over time will help support a possession based focus. Challenge the players to focus on the different angles to create to play forward on the last pass. Body shape and angles will be key to playing forward quickly and effectively.
Game Related Practice (20 Minutes)
Reverse Goal Game
This session looks to develop the ability to maintain possession and looking to break lines. Both session acts as a normal game with the difference of having the goals back to back. Incorporating an offside rule in, the teams will need to maintain possession whilst breaking through the opposition and scoring. This session naturally loses the attitude of players just hitting the ball long, timing of runs and pass detail will be vital for success in this session.
Ball will start from the goalkeeper each time who can play either short or through into the oppositions half. Breaking the offside trap will be important for each team to progress.
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