Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Rye Brook Stop-Starts

Technical

Organization:

As above

Instructions:

A - Players dribble out to centre line and the perform an 'Outside Cut Turn'. After turning the player raises their head and makes eye contact with their teammate acting as the cue for the next player to begin.

B - Players dribble out and perform a 'Low-wave' at the centre line and then accelerate to the endline where they turn and gain eye contact with their teammate acting as the cue for them to go.

Coaching Points:

- Pinky toe to dribble

- Keep ball close, touch on every step

Outside Cut Turn:

- Emphasize the 'fake' part of the turn

- Step ahead of the ball with non-kicking foo

- Use outside of foot to send the ball back behind you

- Bends knees and get low during turn

- Ball out of feet

- Head up after turning

- Accelerate out of turn

Low-wave:

- Move alongside ball

- Hope on standing leg

- Use outside of foot to fake a turn

- Touch out of feet with inside of the same foot

- Swivel hips and look behind to add to the fake

- Head up after touch

Progressions:

- Use weaker foot

- Competitions between groups

Fully Opposed

Organization:

As above

Instructions:

White team start by passing over to the player in blue. The two go 1v1 with either player able to score in either goal. Keep playing until a goal is scored or the ball goes out and then repeat with the next two players. Players can only shoot once they are betwwen the goal and the red cones (Shooting zone). Swap over attackers and defenders after two minutes.

Coaching Points:

- Quality of first touch (Direction - towards goal, Weight)

- Awareness of defender's position

- Be positive, attack goal if possible

- Decision, Turn or Stop start to lose the defender (Scenarios from warm up)

- Protect the ball with your body at all times

- Finish!

Progressions:

- Flip Goals to face outwards

- Play 2v2