Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Passing IV

Warm Up (10 mins)

Organization:

1. 40 x 30 yard area set up as shown

2. 10 players (2 team s of 5) set up as shown

3. 9 balls (Additional around the outside)

Instructions:

1. Teams score by knocking their opposition’s balls off the cones.

2. 1st to knock down all 4 balls is the winner

Coaching Points:

1. Supporting foot is next to the ball, pointed at target

2. Ankle locked, toe up

3. Follow through towards target with striking foot remaining open throughout

4. Body weight over the ball

Progressions:

1. P – Make the amount of balls the players have to knock off smaller

2. R – If it is taking a while to knock the balls down, make the field larger so there is more room to play

Main Theme (15 mins)

Organization:

1. 30 x 20 yard area set up as shown

2. 4 players (1 Attacker, 1 Defender, 2 Plus One’s) set up as shown

3. 1 ball (A dditional around the outside)

Instructions:

1. Plus-ones for the attacking team starts with the ball (marked 1 in the diagram )

2. Plus-ones for each team are only permitted to stay within the defensive half of the field

3. Plus-ones are not permitted to tackle or score

4. Attacker must check to the ball and attempts to score in the goal

5. The attacker has the option of using the plus one to combine if they choose

6. If the ball leaves the area the game restarts with the opposition’s plus-one

7. If defending team wins the ball they attack the opposite goal

8. Plus-ones can be tackled if defending player chooses to defend them

9. Rotate players after set time intervals

Coaching Points:

1. Check to the ball

2. Receive sideways on

3. Knowing when to turn and when to shield

4. If defender is tight look to receive the ball in the space behind with a double pass

Progressions:

1. P – Limit the plus-one to one or two touches

2. R – Allow attacking player one free touch to receive the ball before defending player is permitted to tackle

Conditioned Game (15 mins)

Organization:

1. 50 x 30 yard area set up as shown

2. 12 players (4 Attackers, 4 Defenders, 4 Feeders – 2 on each side)

3. 1 ball (Additional around the outside)

Instructions:

1. Teams score points by combining with either of their team’s target players into one of the two pugg goals

2. Ball must go directly to the target player otherwise the ball is out of play

3. Target players are allowed two touches only

4. Target players are not allowed to cross into the field of play nor are defenders allowed to tackle target players

5. Once a goal has been scored play restarts with the conceding team at their goal line

6. Ball is kicked in for a restart

Coaching Points:

1. Angle of approach

2. Head up to observe your target

3. Specific Technique

4. Weight and Accuracy of Pass

5. Disguise your pass

Progressions:

1. P – Target players are only allowed one touch

2. P – Two touches for every player

3. R – Take away restrictions for target players

4. R – Pile of balls by each target so that if the ball doesn’t reach them they can start from w here they are