Soccer Training Session

1. Tramore AFC U15A
Preseason training
Wednesday
15 July 15.
90 minute session.
12 Players.
Phil Kirby
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2. On arrival 5 minutes before we start.
Players just
chatting and
passing a ball
about.
Often you’ll
find they start
a rondo without
prompting.

3. Warm up part 1.
Warm up part 1.
One of the players then took the players
for a light jog and some different
movement’s.
Knees up, Heels up, Side to sides
(Front and back) Kick outs etc…
This lasted about 5 minutes before we
we went back to the balls.
Often we do the warm up on the balls
but we like to mix it up every now and
again.

4. Warm up part 2.
Warm up part 2.
The players were asked in this part of
the session to get on the balls and
pass and move about.
A few simple observations led to the ask,
that passes be struck firmly and accurately.
Also the question was raised about
Instruction? Should you give an instruction
with your pass.
The answer from all was yes,
the reason given was to make the game
easier as you are telling the player, Man on,
Turn in, Turn out, Time etc…

5. Games part 1.
Possession based game part 1.
The set up: 20x30 square as shown marked out in
Red cones. 3 teams of 4 players.
Bibs, Balls, Cones
The ask: Using 3 teams of 4 with two teams inside
the grid and one team outside the grid we play a
possession game.
In this scenario the black bibs on the outside are
playing with the Blue bibs team to keep the ball from
the White bibs.
The Blue bibs in the middle have unlimited touched
while the outside players are asked to limit theirs and
play quickly.
One team will be the defending team for 90 seconds
before changing out also if the defending team wins
possession they must now try keep the ball between
their four players.
Each team will defend for 90 second and also be on
the outside for 90 seconds.

6. Games Part 2.
Possession based game part 2.
The set up: 20x30 square as shown marked out in Red cones. 3
teams of 4 players.
Bibs, Balls, Cones
The ask: Using 3 teams inside the grid we play a possession
game.
In this scenario 2 teams will be working together to keep
possession while the 3rd team defends. Shown here the Black
bibs and the Blue bibs are working together to keep
possession away from the White bibs.
One team will be the defending team for 90 seconds before
changing out also if the defending team wins possession they
must now try keep the ball between their four players.
Each team will defend for 90 second and also be on the outside
for 90 seconds.

7. Games part 3.
Possession based game part 3.
The set up: 20x30 square as shown marked out in Red
cones. 3 teams of 4 players.
Bibs, Balls, Cones
The ask: Using 3 teams inside the grid we play a
possession game.
In this scenario 2 teams will be working together to keep
possession while the 3rd team defends. Shown here the
Black bibs and the Blue bibs are working together to keep
possession away from the White bibs.
One team will be the defending team to start the initial
part of the session(Shown as the whites) After this initial
start which ever team loses the ball is now the defending
team while the other 2 teams work together.
Keep this going for 5 minutes and then break for a minute
and then go again. Have plenty of balls available so
restarts are quick. Players are honest when losing the ball
they tell there team to defend.

8.  I wont put in a picture here as everyone knows what a
game of ball looks like.
 I put a small few “rules” in place and they were throw ins
instead of corner as it was only 6v6 on a smaller pitch. Also
players had to play the ball out in any scenario they
couldn’t just get rid. 5 seconds to win back possession and
nearest man to press.
 When ever the play got slow I would stop for a water
break and we would have a chat about things we could try
that would help our game.
The all important game of ball.