Sheffield United F.c. Academy Training Sessions

Training Sessions From Sheffield United Academy Coaches Sheffield United F.C. Academy Training Sessions Free Email Newsletter at worldclasscoaching.com First published August, 2006 by WORLD CLASS COACHING 15004 Buena Vista Drive, Leawood, KS 66224 (913) 402-0030 Copyright © WORLD CLASS COACHING 2006 All rights reserved. No parts of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission of the publisher. Edited by Mike Saif Front Cover - Players receive instruction at the Sheffield United Academy Indoor Center Published by WORLD CLASS COACHING Sheffield United Academy Journal The following sessions are from presentations and training sessions conducted by Sheffield United Academy coaches, Ron Reid, Kevin Fogg and Scott Sellars.  ©WORLD CLASS COACHING Sheffield United Academy Journal Working with Midfielders Ron Reid Qualities of a Midfielder Out of Possession Sound 1 v 1 defensive skills Interceptions and blocking Compete in the air Tracking and recovery runs Maintain shape Understand defensive responsibilities In Possession Secure possession - good passing skills Good dribbling and running with the ball Sound 1 v 1 attacking skills Makes runs off the ball Finishing in and out of the box Understand offensive responsibilities Warm-Up Play keep-away in a circle with two defenders in the middle. Begin with the outside players playing twotouch and then progress to one-touch. Coaching Points • 10 passes for a point • Defenders should not get “nutmegged” • Defenders should avoid having the ball passed between them ©WORLD CLASS COACHING  Sheffield United Academy Journal Whites attempt to play through to grey players. If the blue’s intercept, they attempt to play the opposite direction to the X players. After a while change the end two lines of players with the middle two lines. Practice One Players stay in their own square. Play two-touch with passes under head height. Practice Two Players stay in their own channels across the field. Play two-touch with passes under head height. Practice Three Darks v Whites in the middle two channels. Whites play to the grey players and Darks play to the X players. Coaching Points • • • • Maintain team shape Zonal marking Press and cover Slide side to side as a line  ©WORLD CLASS COACHING Sheffield United Academy Journal 44 Yard s 44 Yards Forward Runs This game focuses on when and where midfiielders should make forward runs. Play 4 v 4 inside the grid and have eight players on the perimeter as shown. The dark players play north to south using the X players as targets and the white players play east to west using the grey perimeter players as targets. Change the inside teams with the outside teams periodically. ©WORLD CLASS COACHING  Sheffield United Academy Journal Game Situation This game progresses the previous exercises and puts the players into a game-like situation. The four dark midfielders play against the four white midfielders in the 20-yard zone as shown. The game starts with the white defender having a free pass to any white midfielder. The midfielders then play within the zone and attempt to play a pass to one of their forwards. The midfielder that mak