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Each month the Capital Football Coach Education department will publish coaching information designed to assist coaches with developing practical training sessions of their own. The information may include relevant coaching articles, interviews, full training sessions, seminar reviews and individual training exercises. The information will be archived and reproduced quarterly as a downloadable online document.

SeSsion 10 - Positioning Game 5 v 2 - The Killer Pass

This weeks exercise was presented by the FFA National Technical Director Han Berger at the recent FFA National Coaches conference. The exercise is a variation on a 5 v 2 exercise. The exercise can be used to effectively coach players to identify the moment when a pass can correctly be played forward. The exercise can also be used to work on passing, positioning, decision making, transition, game speed or defending.
 

 coaching sessions archive

Session 1 - Passing : Improving ball possession and movement forward from the middle to the attacking third of the pitch.
This week's session, presented by Matilda's head coach Tom Sermanni at the 2009 FFA Coaching Conference focuses on passing technique and improving ball possession and movement forward from the middle to the attacking third of the pitch. 

Session 2 - Passing: Improving team passing, receiving and Individual body shape
This week's exercise was presented by Qantas Socceroos Head coach Pim Verbeek on Monday March 2 at the Australian Institute of Sport prior to the Asian Cup qualifier vs Kuwait.  The training session was the Socceroos first full training session as part of a four day camp leading into the qualifier. The featured passing exercise was preceded by a group warmup session and followed by a 6 v 6 possession match exercise in a training session that lasted just over an hour. Coach Verbeek led the exercise, constantly providing the players with technical advice and encouragement to increase the speed and accuracy of their passes and touches. He stopped the exercise on 3-4 occasions to allow the players to recover and discuss how players could improve receiving and distributing the ball more efficiently. The exercise lasted for 20-25 minutes at a very high tempo with the players responding in a highly spirited and enthusiastic manner.

Session 3 - Functional combination play
This week's exercise was presented by interim Australian Joeys coach Jean Paul de Marigny during a training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport on April 8, 2009. The featured exercise was preceded by individual technical work, a group passing exercise and team handball led by the conditioning coach. The exercise can be used as a passing exercise focusing on technique or as a functional exercise targeting central and wide midfielders and forwards.

Session 4 - Transition to attack 4 v 4 Training Game
This week's exercise is a great training game modelled on the rules of the Homeless World Cup and presented by Capital Football Assistant Technical Director Pat McCann. In this sample the focus is on encouraging your team to transition from defence to attack as quickly as possible. The game could also be used to focus on defending while outnumbered, attacking in a numbers up situation or taking a goalkeeper on 1 v 1.

Session 5 - Passing and Receiving
This week's exercise focuses on passing and receiving with a skill practice presented by AFC Coach Education Instructor and former Socceroo Alistair Edwards. The exercise is a fun, fast moving game based exercise that will give your players many opportunities to pass and receive the ball under pressure.

Session 6 - Lofted passing 1
Lofted passing is a difficult technique to teach and to learn. The next few weeks exercises are taken from the FFA Junior Licence and focus on a fun, graduated and game oriented approach to developing your players ability to play an accurate long pass over distance while under pressure. Progressions 1, 2 and 3 are outlined below.

Session 7- Lofted Passing 2
Lofted passing is a difficult technique to teach and to learn. The next few weeks exercises are taken from the FFA Junior Licence and focus on a fun, graduated and game oriented approach to developing your players ability to play an accurate long pass over distance while under pressure. Adding pressure. Progressions 4 and 5.

Session 8 - Lofted passing 3
Lofted passing is a difficult technique to teach and to learn. The next few weeks exercises are taken from the FFA Junior Licence and focus on a fun, graduated and game oriented approach to developing your players ability to play an accurate long pass over distance while under pressure. Pressure with support. Progression 6.

Session 9 - Lofted passing 4
Lofted passing is a difficult technique to teach and to learn. The next few weeks exercises are taken from the FFA Junior Licence and focus on a fun, graduated and game oriented approach to developing your players ability to play an accurate long pass over distance while under pressure. Game related- Switching the point of attack. Progression 7