🎉 Coach Curriculum 57: 5 Week Plan: Phase 5

This 5-week Coach Curriculum focuses on Phase 5: Organised Defending. Following the tactical periodisation principles, each session is designed to ensure your players physical and tactical needs are met to thrive on match day!⚽️ 

Week 1: Session 570: Organised Defending (Matchday+2)

Week 2: Session 571:Organised Defending (Matchday +3)

Week 3: Session 572: Organised Defending (Match Day -3)

Week 4: Session 573: Organised Defending (Match Day -2)

Week 5: Session 574:Organised Defending (Match Day - 1)

🔥 4 Player Passing Combination | 61-P3

Are your players comfortable combining on one and two touch in tight spaces? This technical practice focuses on this element of the game through a short sharp 4 player passing combination. Players will combine in the set sequence, performing go and show movements to receive and rotating positions after certain passes. We will add an extra physical element to the practice to keep players sharp and working at a high intensity! 💪⚽️

🔥 Developing the Counter Attack | 16-P9

Let's take a look at how to develop quick counter attacks and defensive recovery runs. There are two phases of play to this practice. The first phase involves a quick 2 player attack to finish past the goalkeeper. The second phase of this practice starts as soon as the first ends, with the coach playing the ball to the goalkeeper to trigger the counter attack. Speed of play, decision-making and quality on the ball are key to getting the most out of this practice! 💪⚽️

⚽️🔥 Passing & Dribbling Activation | WU-30

It's time to activate your players passing and dribbling in this warmup practice. Working in pairs, players will play one touch passes between the poles before passing across to the next pair to start their run through the circuit. We will progress this to get our players dribbling between the poles individually, ensuring they are ready for the session ahead.💪⚽️

It’s time to develop quality in possession, penetration, and switching the point of attack in this small sided game. We start with a 3 v 3 possession game in the central zone, while each end zone has a striker and a defender. The objective is for the central players to complete 4 passes and make a penetrating pass into either end zone for the strikers to finish. We've also added a progression that will help develop your teams support play for your lone striker! 💪

This physical based practice focuses on developing sprint speed, heading ability and 1 v 1 games. The action kicks off with the first two players sprinting around the two poles and back. Then, they dash around the poles again, but this time, they set off towards the diagonal goal. From the sideline, their teammate throws a ball into the air for them to perform a diving header to finish. Both players react quickly to sprint towards the center of the area where you pass a ball inside for them battle it out in a 1 v 1 scenario, aiming to finish. Sprint speed, precision, and competitive spirit are the order of the day! ⚽️ 🔥

This game focuses on team strategy, combinations and finishing. Here's how it works: Each player on the field starts with a worth of 3 points when they score a goal. However, here's the twist - after each finish, players lose a point from their value. This means that their worth drops to 2 points when they score their next goal. The goal is to foster teamwork. Teams must strategise to get their highest value players to score, as this allows them to rack up the most points. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins! 🤝

This attacking practice develops technical patterns focusing on Winger-Midfielder-Striker combinations in the final third. We begin with three players moving through the attacking sequence, ending in a delivery from the midfielder in the wide channel for two attackers in the box. Getting your head up before delivering, timing runs into the box, and variation in types of finishes are key points in this practice! 💪

Here we have a SSG that focuses on developing attacking plays to finish, and maintaining possession under pressure. The first objective for the team in possession is to combine and finish. After a goal is scored, you will play a ball to the scoring team, and they must make 6 successful passes to lock in their goal. If they manage this, the goal is awarded, and play continues as usual. If the defenders win possession before those six passes are completed, the goal is taken away, and the score remains unchanged. Sharpen your attacking and defending in this small sided game! 💪