Technical Tips
Movement to Create & Exploit Space (SSG)
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Taken from the recently published Practical Coaching Sessions - Advanced Technical and Team Play - Digilog - 60 pages with over 40 printable sessions
Organisation: Area of play: 70 yrds x 50 yrds.
Equipment: 2 goals, cones, bibs & footballs placed at convenient points.
Start: Opposition (red) midfield plays ball into Opposition forward - coach observes what happens when team being coached (blue)regain possession.
Key Factors:
- Once possession is regained do players react by creating space by early movement into intelligent space
- If space is created in the defending third be careful of exposing heart of defence, players must know and understand their role in the team
- Good communication lines especially from GK will assist defenders decision making
- Does the player in good possession use good vision to select the best option being made available
- Individual players if tightly marked - movement to create space - movement to exploit space
- Space created - ball delivered - player arrives
- Understanding between units of players - patterns of play
- Furthest attacker must always be in a position to attack or hold possession
- Body stance of player receiving the ball must if possible be
half turned:
- To see a bigger picture
- To see the ball and opponent
- To see the ball & end product - player or goal
- Runs to create space:
- Inside to out
- Outside to in
- Overlap runs
- Cross overs
- Diagonal runs
- Quality of:
- The timing of the run or movement made
- The first touch of player receiving
- The quality and timing of the pass or attempt to score
- Patterns of play must begin to be established between groups of players
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60 pages with over 40 printable sessions that are made up of:
- Skill Practices (SP)
- Functional Practices (FP)
- Phases of Play (POP)
- Small Sided Games (SSG))
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The organisation, structure and key factors are meant to assist and coaches are advised to take notes and be creative, flexible and adapt to suit the requirements of the session being coached.
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