Session #5: Around & Through With Platforms And Speed Of Play

pdf of Session #5: U13-U18 Train To Train / Train To Compete Session#5

Passing in 8’s (two touch) (30×30)

– Divide into two groups of 8 (16) or 4 groups of 7 (28)…if extra can have neutral players or one player stay extra.
– Reverse Pass / No look Pass
– Pass to space, to feet, behind player to force them to open up
– Opening Up & Backing Up

Open Up Around triangles Spinning Passes (10min)

– Allow the ball to run across the body to the back-foot or foot farthest away (“Open Up”).
– Communication. Player should ask for the ball to be played to FEET, and when they pass they should tell the next player to OPEN UP.

4v4 with Player/Team on each Side

– Open Touches but Play Fast (2 max on outside)
– One touch PLATFORMS always available – OPENING UP and playing forward
– PLAYERS CAN RELEASE

4v4 Direction with End Players Opening Up

– Two on each side with one touch…point scored if team in the middle gets the ball back one touch
– Two off end and one other player in the middle can form triangle.
– End players can play together one touch
– No passes over (passes below head height)
– Players can REPLACE as variation.

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4v4 w Keepers Off Back

Back to 4v4 Final Game With Multiple Keepers
When play ‘Starts Over’ through keepers then the keeper passes or dribbles out and the player who passed the ball to the keeper (Platform) becomes a keeper.

– Focus on Platforms, Flattening Out & Breaking the Line (Living in the Triangle) in order to Play

Through or Around
– Opening up to face forward
– Discuss Platforms and Starting Over
– Get to player facing forward Platform (‘build platforms’)
– If too many players defending central then go around…. may have to go back and around.