Session
12 - 16
Technical / Tactical
SESSION: controlling and progressing possession
- The Boot Room
- 01 April 2019
FA youth coach educator, Tom Curtis, works on controlling and progressing possession with a group of U15 academy players.
This session is currently for reflection purposes only and any current activity taking place must follow government and FA guidelines.
Key objectives
Help develop player understanding of:
- when to play forward and when to be patient and retain the ball
- how to build attacks through controlled possession
- how to provide security and structure behind the ball during attacks.
Controlling and progressing possession
QUESTIONS
After you have watched this session, ask yourself the following questions:
- How would you adapt or tweak the practice to make it appropriate to your own players?
- What additional challenges could you set to make the practice easier or harder for individuals or your group?
This session was first published in The Boot Room magazine in December 2017.
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