At a glance
- Age
- U13–U14
- Session length
- 80–100 min
- Game formats
- 4v4 to 9v9
Indicative split of focus
- Technique25%
- Individual tactics25%
- Team tactics20%
- Physical and motor15%
- Cognitive and psychosocial15%
These are methodological focuses, not rigid minutes: a single task can work on several areas at once.
Technical progression
Contextual and positional technique, with quality under pressure of time and space.
Tactical and cognitive progression
Team principles, blocks, progression, pressing and transitions. The game model begins.
Physical progression
Structured, progressive strength, speed, initial repeated-sprint ability and mobility, individualised by maturation.
The season in macrocycles
Blocks set priorities, not exclusive content: each one keeps secondary content from the others.
- Adaptation and maturation5–6 weeks
Movement quality, technique under pressure, basic strength and speed.
- Attacking organisation6–8 weeks
Build-up, progression, width and depth, finishing.
- Defensive organisation6–8 weeks
Pressing, blocks, cover and defensive transition.
- Competitive integration8–10 weeks
Transitions, positional games, scenarios and consolidation.
A typical week with 2 sessions
Session 1: development and load. Session 2: transfer and game model.
Structure of a session
A session has one main objective and always ends with transfer to match play. Indicative percentages of its total length.
- Activation and warm-up15–25%
- Main part A: introduce or reinforce the objective20–30%
- Main part B: more opposition, decision-making or specificity20–30%
- Transfer to match play25–40%
- Cool-down and feedback0–10%
Assessment
A rubric plus simple indicators of quality, intensity, tactical understanding and physical development.
Periodisation
Four macrocycles that take growth and maturation into account.
Sample exercises for this stage
- Recreational GamesTreasure raid by teams
- 1x1Go through the gate with a shadow defender
- Finishing / ShootingGround shot at the central strip
- Ball Out3v2: getting past the first press
- Defensive Transition5v5 + goalkeeper: reaction to losing the ball
- GoalkeepersGoalkeeper integrated in a 5v5/6v6 game
This methodology, applied to your team's season
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