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Session 1 Overview

Creating Angles to Possess

  • Rondo 4v1 or 3v1
    • 10 minutes
  • Position Play 6v2 or 7v2
    • 15 minutes
  • Zone Game
    • 15 minutes
  • Scrimmage
    • 18 minutes

Rondo (4v1, or 3v1 – Lion’s Den)

Size: 8×8 yds (4×4 den)

Focus on APP

  • Architecture (Shape) – diamonds and triangles
  • Position (Angles) – move to create passing lanes away from defense
  • Profile – hips open to space, receive with far foot, head up
  • Defender cannot move from the Lion’s Den
  • Switch defenders every 1-2 minutes so each player gets a turn being the Lion in the Den
  • Defenders can count touches to compete with the Lions from each round
  • Remind players to stay on toes so they can receive with the far foot—far foot leads to space and the next pass

Coaching Points

  • Position so the space between the ball and player is away from the Lion in the Den—create the angle to accomplish this
  • Use the inside of the foot for a clean first touch with the far foot
  • Open hips to allow the first touch to move into space
  • Pass with a locked ankle and toes pointed up and out
  • Hips should face the target in space

3P INTERVENTIONS

Praise: Brilliant — you created an angle for a passing lane!

Pose: Where could you move to be a passing option?

Perfect: The ideal: perimeter players form a triangle or diamond, always offering angles of support.

Position Play 6v2

Size: 20×30 yds

Offense–

  • Try to move to create angles and open passing lanes to receive the ball
  • Can we play away from pressure to get behind the defensive blob?
  • Score by connecting 5 consecutive passes. If defense touches the ball then offense starts over with their count.
  • If defense wins the ball, offense can try to win it back, in which case the offensive players should close the space. If they win the ball back, offensive players should immediately back pedal to create space and continue play.

Defense– (switch blob every 2 minutes)

  • 2 defenders are a “blob” holding opposite ends of the same pinnie. Pressure the ball to win it back.
  • If they win possession they should drop the pinnie, and try to dribble or pass to each other to stop the ball on the sideline for a point.
  • If offense gets 4 consecutive passes, then the blob can separate. If defense wins the ball and scores, then they reset to a blob and the ball goes back to offense.

Coaching Points

  • Have hips open and facing space
  • Keep head up
  • Move to create the angle so the space between the ball and player is away from the blob
  • Check in, move to the ball to receive
  • Receive with the far foot towards space
  • Backpedal to create space

3P INTERVENTIONS

Praise: Brilliant — you created an angle for a passing lane!

Pose: Where could you move to be a passing option?

Perfect: The ideal: perimeter players form a triangle or diamond, always offering angles of support.

Zone Game

Size: 20×30 yds

Divide players into two teams and assign positions. Each team attacks a designated scoring zone.

  • A point is scored when a teammate receives a pass inside their scoring zone
  • After a goal, the scoring team leaves the ball for the opponent to build out of the back
  • The defending team must retreat behind the halfway line until the ball exits the zone
  • If possession is lost during build-out, the defending team may immediately press and attack

Coaching Points

  • Have hips open and facing space
  • Keep head up
  • Move to create the angle so the space between the ball and player is away from pressure
  • Receive with the far foot towards space
  • Check in, move to the ball to receive
  • Communicate to help teammates see passing options, be scanning/looking
  • Freeze play for 5 seconds to help them see better positioning/angles to move to or pass to, point out triangles of support, then return to play quickly (only as needed)

3P INTERVENTIONS

Praise: Brilliant — you created an angle for a passing lane!

Pose: Where could you move to give your teammate two options instead of one?

Perfect: The ideal: perimeter players form a triangle or diamond, always offering angles of support.

Scrimmage 5v5

Work on:

  • Throw-ins
  • Building out of the back (use the halfway line as the build-out line)
  • Positional relationships

Coaching Points:

  • Create angles and passing lanes away from pressure
  • Create triangles in possession
  • Check in, move to the ball to receive
  • Receive with the far foot
  • Communicate constantly, share what you see

3P INTERVENTIONS:

Praise: Excellent — you held your width and created a passing lane!

Pose: Where could you move to give your teammate two options instead of one?

Perfect: The ideal: perimeter players form a diamond, always offering angles forward, backward, and across.

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