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SESSION 6 : PASSING & KEEPING POSSESSION 31

EMPHASIS: WEIGHT OF THE PASS AND SUPPORTING

DATE : 26 NOV 2020 DURATION : 120 MIN
No of Players : 12

SUB-SESSION DURATION
(i) Warm up 10 min
(ii) Technical 25 min
(iii) Progression 25 min
(iv) Small Sided Game (SSG) 45 min
Transition and breaks allowance 10-15 min

Key Coaching Points:

(i) Weight of pass
(ii) Finding space - supporting

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SESSION 6(i) : PASSING - WARM UP DURATION : 10 min
Diagrams Procedure:
1. Divide players into two teams and divide both
20 y the teams into further groups of three each. Give
each group a ball. Page |
2. Each Player passes the ball in the area within 32
his group and keep moving, creating triangles
among the group.
3. When coach blows whistle, one player from
each group switch position with his team mate of
the other group.
20 y

Ball Movement

Player Movement

Area: 20 y x 20 y marked by cones

No of Players: 12, divided in two teams six Progression:

each, Blue & Red 1. Dynamic stretching in between.
2. Make one group defender, who snatch the ball
from any group, once they snatch it, they become
Equipment: 4 x cones, 6 x blue bibs, 6 x red passing group and the latter become defenders.
bibs, 15 balls

Coaching Points:
- Warm up

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SESSION 6(ii) : PASSING - TECHNICAL DURATION : 20-25 min
Diagrams Procedure:
20 y
1. Follow same teams as in warm up. Divide
players as depicted. Two players from attacking
team stay in area B, Two players from defending Page |
team stay in area C and D each. 33
2. Four players of attacking team and two of
A C defending team play in area A in start. Attacking
10 y players have to complete five passes among them
(one more than no of players) to pass the ball in
area B. Once ball goes to area B, two attacking
players from area A also join area B to make 4 v 2
there. Defending players try to dispossess them.
3. For every switch between the areas, attacking
team scores one goal.
4. If defenders get the ball, they do the same in
B D
area C and D in 4 v 2, two attacking players
switching from the previous area of play to new
area as defenders.

Ball Movement

10 y
Player Movement
Area: 20 y x 20 y, marked by markers

No of Players: 12, divided in two teams six

each, Blue & Red

Equipment: 9 x yellow markers, 6 x blue bibs, 6 x Progression:

red bibs, 6 balls 1. Restrict number of touches per player to three,
then two, then one.
2. Minus one goal for kicking ball out.
Coaching Points:
- weight on pass
- moving for support, creating new zones
- not behind defenders, finding space w/o ball

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SESSION 6(iii) : PASSING - PROGRESSION
Diagrams
20 y
A C
B D
DURATION : 25 min
Procedure:
1. Follow same teams as in previous session. Now
three players only in one area of attacking team
against two defenders. Page |
2. Attacking players have to complete four passes 34
among them (one more than no of players) to
pass the ball in area B. Attacking players do not
10 y join from area A to area B, to make 3 v 2 there.
Defending players try to dispossess them and they
only shift.
3. Defending Players can press from other areas
(C or D) also, inflicting more awareness on
attacking players,
8y 4. If defenders get the ball, they do the same in
area C and D in 3 v 2, two attacking players
switching from the previous area of play to new
area as defenders.

Ball Movement

10 y
Player Movement
Area: 20 y x 18 y, marked by markers, reduce area
B and D in previous game by closing in markers

No of Players: 12, divided in two teams six Progression:

each, Blue & Red 1. Restrict number of touches per player to three,
then two, then one.
2. Minus one goal for kicking ball out.
Equipment: 9 x yellow markers, 6 x blue bibs, 6 x 3. If getting too difficult for players to execute,
red bibs, 6 balls they can use their team players from other areas
as floaters, whose pass does not count, but help in
Coaching Points: possession only from outside the active area.
- weight on pass
- moving for support
- finding space w/o ball

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SESSION 6(iv) : PASSING - SSG DURATION : 45 min
Diagrams Procedure:
1. Game field marked by yellow cones.
5y 5y 2. Four Goal Zones, two marked by red markers
30 y
and blue markers each as shown. Page |
3. Each goal zone is occupied by one player from 35
5y respective teams. Four players from each team
inside the field.
4. Game starts normal football game with use of
all legal body parts as per football laws and all
field rules except off side and goal keeper. Team
30 y in possession try to pass the ball to their team
mate in any goal zone, who receives and passes
back to his team mates.
5. Goal can only be scored once both the goal
zone players of same team have received and
passed back the ball in single possession
5y sequence.
6. For Every goal scored, goal zone player changes
as per numerical order of their team.
Ball Movement 7. Minus one goal for kicking ball out.

Player Movement

Area: 40 y x 40 y marked by cones

No of Players: 12, divided in two teams six Progression:

each, Blue & Red 1. Making it compulsory to have at least one
player in goal zone only for both teams, thus
increasing number of players inside.
Equipment: 4 x yellow cones, 6 x red markers, 2. Eliminating one goal zone from each team.
6 x blue markers, 6 x blue bibs, 6 x red bibs, 8 balls 3. Restrict number of touches per player to three,
then two, then one.

Coaching Points:
- weight on pass
- moving for support
- finding space w/o ball

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