Team A
Team B
Goalkeeper
Joker (+1, always plays for the team with the ball)
Ball
Cone
Pass
Dribble
Run
Shot
Activity 1
Technical Warm-Up
Pattern Passing and Combinations
Setup: TRAINING AREA = 30W x 30L. Use players #2,3,4,8. Develop various patterns and combinations, encouraging possession & penetration from wide areas of the field with #2,3. Pass across the line to a player running into the space timed to stay on-sides. Example sequence = #4-8-3-8.
Goal: Players work set passing patterns emphasizing possession and penetration from the wide positions of #2 and #3. The target is to pass across the line to a teammate making a timed run into space while staying on-sides. Repeat each sequence and develop multiple combinations.
Coaching Points
- Application of technique (passing, receiving, dribbling)
- Passing (type of pass) - instep, driven, lofted
- Support - Timing, angle, distance
- Receiving/Control the pass - body shape, angle of 1st touch, surface used to control pass
Activity 2
Small-Sided Activity
5v4 Line Soccer and 2 Goals
Setup: TRAINING AREA = 60W x 50L. Place two lines across the field 25 yards from the center line. On one line place (2) small goals on the left & right side of the field. Play 5v4 in the space. Red (#3,4,2,6,8) score by being played into space (cannot cross the line before the ball). White (4) score on small goals.
Goal: Red (5 players: #3,4,2,6,8) score by receiving a pass played into the space beyond the line, as long as they do not cross the line before the ball arrives. White (4 players) score by passing or shooting through the 2 small goals. Each team earns a point per successful score.
Coaching Points
- What: Individual attacking decisions based on play of #4,6,8
- Application of technique (passing, receiving, dribbling)
- Passing (type of pass) - instep, driven, lofted
- Support - Timing, angle, distance
- Receiving/Control the pass - body shape, angle of 1st touch, surface used to control pass
Activity 3
Expanded Small-Sided Activity
8v7 to Goal Wide Attacking
Setup: TRAINING AREA = 60W x 70L. Red (#1,2,3,4,6,8,7,11) vs White (7). Score by shooting the ball in the goal.
Goal: Red (8 players) and white (7 players) both attack the goal, earning a point by shooting the ball into the goal. Red emphasis is on building wide attacking combinations through #2, #3, #7, and #11 to create shots.
Coaching Points
- Who: #2,#3,#7,#11
- What: Combinations through possession in wide areas
- Passing (type of pass) - instep, driven, lofted
- Support - Timing, angle, distance
- Receiving/Control the pass - body shape, angle of 1st touch, surface used to control pass
Activity 4
Game
Goal: Apply what you practiced today in a real game.
Play 9v9 game with specific formations for each team. Reinforce all points above GK-3-2-3