Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Overloading the Midfield (20 minutes) 15U-19U

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Coaching Points:

1) Mobility off of the ball

2) Accuracy and weight iof pass

3) Look to find the target player as quickly as possible

4) Combination play (overlap, give and go, wall pass, takeover and underlap)

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Set Up:

1) Grid: 18x12

2) Groups of two

3) Two target players on each end of the grid

Rules:

1) Find opposite target for a goal - make it/take it.

2) If opposition wins ball, they must play back to their target before going forward

3) Targets should attempt to overload middle area on the dribble

4) Tagets can play each other

5) Play 1 min and switch - only score when finding opposite target - should be competitive!

*Coach within game, natural stoppages, and use freeze method.

*** On a small scale - 3 receiving lines being used.