Road To Regionals - 96 Journal

My big focus over the next month is going to be on moving the ball quickly. We will institute a 3 touch limit in almost everything we do in order to get us moving quicker off the ball and moving the ball quicker.

11 players
Half Field

I. Possession Build Up Game (10 min)

Make the space big so the girls can focus on spreading out and hitting big passes
3 touch limit

II. Possession 4 Goal Game (15 min)

Set up 6v6 to 4 goals in 40x50 yd space
Teams must play a 4-2
Play one game of each: 3 touches, 2 touches
Play games to 2 goals

Key Points

Creating width and depth
Movement off the ball
Changing the field

III. 4v4 (4v2) Keep Away to 4v2 Cross and Finish (20 min)

Set Up

Three teams of 4 players due to a late injury we will only have 11 active players so I'll have our injured player be an all time goalie and make two teams of 4 and one team of three.
Possession grid is 15x40 yards with two pugg goals for the defenders to score in
The team on defense places two players in the possession grid and the other two players are on the line of the possession grid, ready to drop back and defend in the crossing grid
Attacking team starts with all 4 of their players in the possession grid

Procedure

Attacking team plays 4v2 in the possession grid and must complete four passes
After completing four passes they must break into the crossing grid
The fourth pass can be played into the crossing grid
The wide players must stay wide unless they are making a run in to score on a cross
Once the attacking team breaks into the crossing grid they have 5 seconds to score the goal
If the defending team wins the ball they can score on one of the two pugg goals
All defending players are free to go in any grid once they win the ball

Make It Competitive

+1 point for completing 4 passes and getting into the attacking grid
+2 points for completing the 4 passes and getting a shot on goal
+4 points for a goal
+5 points for a one touch goal

Potential IVa. 6v6 (6v4) To Goal
How well we do in the first three activities as well as our energy level will determine whether or not we do this. We will more than likely not do this activity.

Set up the 6v6 (6v4) game a 40x60 yard space
To get into the attacking zone a team must complete 6 passes or play a runner into the space
The 2 defenders on the line can drop off to go with the runners
There are no goalies so you must score off a one touch unless you are played in a break away

Key Points

Possess the ball while looking for the killer pass
Have runners who are looking to get through
Runners will draw defenders with them so it will open up the space to possess through the middle or to switch fields

IVb. Attacking Set Pieces (15 min)

Run through the set pieces (service, wide ball, dummy, lay off)
Go live put them onto teams of 4
Have two teams combine to have 8 Attacking Players versus 4 defending players
Each group gets 5 set pieces (10 total on offense for each team)

IV. 6v6 Get It Wide Scrimmage or 3 Line Finishing (20 min)

Finishing activities would be

Finishing from an angle on the run
1 touch on top of the box from an end line service