Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): FCN Academy - U10 - Dribble w/Purpose

Phase1 - Warm-Up (10 mins)

Organization of Session

Every player with a ball

Split into two working groups with staff

- Group 1 - Juggling - surfaces awareness - rotate after coach determined rounds, rotate with Group 2

- Group 2 - Ball Mastery - surfaces awareness - rotate after determined rounds, rotate with Group 1

- each set is 2 minutes, rotate 1min, start - so total warmup = 10 minutes hitting economical focus with the ball using all surfaces

Round 1 - Group 1:

- Juggling all surfaces - as many as you can in a row, keeping the ball up - target 50

Round 1 - Group 2:

- Ball Mastery - Dribbling - Fast Footwork - Foundation to end line and back

Rotate Groups and Repeat

Round 2 - Group 1:

- Juggling - Laces only - keep up for as many touches in a row - target 25

Round 2 - Group 2:

- Inside/Oustide of the foot - right footed to half line (red line), then switch to left foot only - repeat

Rotate Groups and Repeat

Round 3 - Group 1:

- Juggling - Headers - as many in a row as possible, if ball drops attemt to keep up with feet, get back up to head - target - 10 headers in a row or more

Round 3 - Group 2:

- Fast footwork moving - oustide/inside alternating feet - so right/right left/left continue

Rotate and Repeat -completed after final round

Key Points

Total contact with ball individually for 10 minute straight, only rest is rotation from juggling to fast footwork/ball mastery

Prideful work and focus on the ball, body movement with the ball

Surface mastery and confidence

Targets matter - make a competition of who can get most touches juggling and ball mastery sequence

Coaching Points

Juggling - suppleness of touch, relate it to the game/context - challenge

Fast Footwork - wake your brain up, body stays in relation with the ball, we control the ball not the ball controls us - texture of touch in relation to moving - ball "paints" a new line everytime it moves and we move it

Phase2 - Progression (15 mins)

Organization of Session

Organize players in a diamond shape - Same as first part of Phase2

Balls in order to keep the flow of the activity going

Players spread out amongst starting points of activity

Key Points

Player #1 passes the ball to #2

After passing ball the passer runs/pressures the receiving player, who moves first touch with any surface of the foot, then looks to either beat the pressure with penetrating or possession move to...

#3 is the TARGET = can my dribble set me up to then pass across the diamond, and/or pass right/left for possession,

AFTER ball is played out of above, passer becomes defender, repeat

Players in support can move and show based on pressure to create left-right-split support

Coaching Points

With 1st/receiving touch do players, move the ball and body away from the initial line of the pass to a new line?

Is touch far enough away we can get head up (make a decision) and be moving YET, close enough we can do something with the ball (skill - shoot, pass, dribble)

Suppleness of touch

Does their dribble/move set them up to shoot/pass efficiently

Pace/textureof pass appropriate

Accuracy matters

DO the 3 players in support recignize angle, distance and movement to support based on pressure