Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Warriors U10B - Possession - 9/26/13

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Darren Kim
Name: Darren Kim
City: Jamesport
Country: United States of America
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm up

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm up
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Warm up

Organization:

10x10 square. All players with ball.

Instructions:

Progression of touches:

1) 50 touches, any foot and any part of the foot.

2) 50 touches, outside right than 50 touches outside left.

3) 50 touches, inside/out right / 50 touches inside/out left

4) Every player has 3 lives, you lose a life by (a) dribbling out of the area, (b) running into somebody or somebody runs into you, and (c) walking or stopping the ball for a long period of time.

You can vary this warm up any way you want, basically getting the players to get as many touches on the ball as possible, and in a close/tight area for control.

Coaching Points:

Small touches on the ball, close control, using the proper part of the foot to dribble with, dribbling with you head up, recognizing space and players around you.

Progressions:

Make the space smaller or larger depending on the ability level of your players.

Make the touch limit more or less.

Limit the parts of the foot to dribble with (only outside, inside, etc)

Lots of ways to adapt this simple warm up to fit your players ability level.


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 2

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Screen 2

Instructions:

First pass is to feet, second is back to feet, the third is into space. (feet, feet, space OR 1-2 then through)

Coaching Points:

Same as the previous two progressions of this triangle passing activity.

Tying passing "to feet" and passing "to space" together.

Movement off ball is crucial to getting the timing right on the passes.

Progressions:


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Main Activity

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Main Activity (25 mins)

Organization:12 players (6v.6)

40x20 grid (can alter to fit your players ability or numbers), endzones 5x10

4v4 inside endzones, 1 per team in each endzone.

Instructions:

Goal is to connect endzone without losing possession.

Team gets one point everytime they get it from one endzone player to the other w/o losing possession.

Can start at endzone.

Players inside the endzone cannot defend each other, but can move laterally to receive the ball.

Rotate endzone players every 5 min or so. (or when a team reaches a certain point total, ex rotate after a team gets to 5 pts)

Coaching Points:

Opening up quickly to see the field, and to know where you are going next before receiving the ball.

Constantly checking where the pressure is coming from, so the next pass is played well.

Movement off the ball to either relieve pressure or take players away to create space and time for teammates.

Using the entire space given, opening up at the touchline so you can see the entire playing space and always running forward/into space rather than going "backwards"/turning into the touchline.

When to pass and when to dribble and take space.

Communication, communication, and more communication.

Progressions:

When the ball is played the endzone player, the endzone player dribbles out and the player who passed the ball now becomes the new endzone player.

Creates more movement, and no more stoppages to rotate the endzone player.

Teaches players to fill space left by teammates and to maintain "balance".

You can add touch min. or max. depending on the ability of your players.


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 4

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Screen 4

The area above can be altered however you see fit, basically the point of the this set up is to encourage getting the ball forward as quickly as possible.

In order for you get passed the line of cones, the player must either be passed into the "scoring area" or their first touch must take them into the area. Once the player is in, only one defender from the opposing team can go into the area and defend them.

Majority of the game is played in between the cones.

Focus on a positive first touch to get up the field as quickly as possible. The two goals also encourages the player to switch the field instead of just going up one side or one way.

The field is wider than longer to encourage the ball going from side to side as well.


Animation Controls (PCs, Macs, Laptops):

Play animation
Play step-by-step
Repeat (toggle)
Full Screen
Pause
Stop

Back/Forward: Drag timeline button