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Football: Keeping Possession

Very good interactive coaching drills.

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3 teams of 6: red blue and yellow.

Set up an area starting at the edge of the penalty box, 44 yards wide and about 20 yards long.

2 teams start in the area with the other team spaced evenly around the edge.

Games of 6 vs 6 using the outside players as extras for whichever team has the ball: 3 minute rotation (including the players on the outside)

The aim of this is for teams to keep possession of the ball for as long as possible.

The players on the outside are 2 touch only.

6 games, so each team plays the others twice.

COACHING POINTS

Once a player has passed the ball they should move to make the area clear for other teammates to enter the space.
Body position: players should shield the ball with their body by keeping their body between the Attacker and the ball.
Simple pass: focus on accurate passing particularly in tight areas. Once you have passed the ball clear area for teammate to exploit.
Weight of the pass is important to leave the ball playable.
Communication between the players- making sure they are calling in space.
- This is important in a game situation for helping the person with the ball make decisions under pressure.
Communicate to teammates to clear areas so that newly created space can be exploited to receive the ball.

Discussion:

Have the players quickly feedback about what went well or where they can improve after each game.

Prompt them by asking what caused them to lose possession in certain situations and what they could do differently next time.

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Keep Passing to Shoot:

3 teams of 6: red blue and yellow.
Set up an area starting at the edge of the penalty box, 44 yards wide and about 20 yards long.
2 teams start in the area with the other team spaced evenly around the edge.
Games of 6 vs 6 using the outside players as extras for whichever team has the ball: 3 minute rotation (including the players on the outside)
The aim of this is for teams to keep possession of the ball for as long as possible.
The players on the outside are 2 touch only.
Have a goal at each end with Goalkeepers. The 2 outside players (yellow) nearest the top goal are numbered "1" and those nearest the bottom goal are numbered "2".
One team attacks towards the end with the "1" players, the other towards the "2" players.
Once a team in the area has had 6 consecutive passes then they can play the ball to the players "1" or "2" and then can enter the penalty area to shoot at goal.
Players "1" or "2" only have 2 touches to pass to the player running in.
If players aren't getting enough opportunities to take shots, due to not breaking through Defence then each team can shoot in both goals. This will create more space for both of them.
6 games, so each team plays the others twice.

Possession

Passing through area:

This is nice variation on your regualr circle passing warm up - and gets large groups of players working at the same time (no waiting in queues).

Players on the outside have to keep moving around the outside (not allowed to stand still)

While running around they have to try and score as many points as possible against the player in the middle by passing the ball through the area to their other players.

player losing the ball goes in the middle and the game starts again.

Possession

Minefield Passing:

In both the wide channels put one defender and two attackers.

Both attackers in the same rectangle must touch the ball before trying to pass to the other attackers.

However the ball is not allowed to touch the floor in the minefield area (middle box).

If the pass doesn't find its intended recipient because it falls short or is intercepted the player who passed the ball swaps over with the defender in their area.

Possession

Passing and Receiving:

Split your players into three equal sized teams, with two teams starting inside the area and the third spread around the outside of the grid.

The team on the outside of the grid are neutral players. When they receive the ball they must pass back to a player on the same team that originally passed to them.

The two teams inside the area play a possession game. The challenge for each team is to score 10 (or more) consecutive passes to score a goal.

Possession

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