USA v England U18 Match Analysis Warm Up

Building out of the back-England Point of view

Organization:

2 GK's, 2 groups of 4 defenders, 1 ball per group

2 penalty areas seperated by blue line

2 goals

Instructions:

Objective of this warm up is to get comfortable with playing the ball around the goal area. Also, implementing speed of play, tempo, times to break forward with a pass or dribble and support and positioning to help teammates control the ball.

1)Players will circulate the ball around via their side of the field.

2)Players will play 3-4 passes before playing to player on the other side.

3) Progress to Main Theme 1-Add pressure

Coaching Points:

-Support player with ball at his feet

-Play at speed/tempo to get ball forward

Support player with the ball

Create an angle to receive the ball to play out of pressure

Player 1 has ball, Player 2 opens up body and gets wide to receive ball

Player 2 receives ball, Player 1 drops a few yards to create a passing angle to play back if necessary

Playing at speed to move ball into middle third

Player 1 does not want to play to GK, Player 2, Player 3

Can Player 1 bypass a player along the backline?

Play directly to Player 3 or 2 to get forward

Playing at speed to get ball into middle third

Player 1 plays directly to 3

Player 2 can drop and support as in previous screen

USA v England Main Theme

Same setup as before

1 ball only

Add pressure

2 added players on each side

If they win ball they can score on goal

If Defenders have ball they must pressure them.

Objective for Defenders is to get the ball forward into the next area away from pressure.