Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Woodbrige Drag back skill

Warm up (20 mins)

Organization:

-Large grid 30x30 yard

- 8 players, 2 in each corner

- 7 cones (4 red, 3 blue)

-Small boxes in each corner 5x5 yards

-2 players per square

-All the balls in the middle

Instructions:

-On "go" one player from each corner will leave their corner to get a cone from the middle, turn and run back to their corner.

-Once cones are gone from the middle, the players may steal cones from other team's corner.

-Players may only take one cone at a time

-Players cannot block another team from getting a cone from the corners.

-First team to get 5 pints in their corner wins, you have to have 5 points not 6 it has to be 5 so that means 2 red cones one blue.

-Then switch player

Coaching Points:

1. Controlled approach

2. Proper technique on turn

3. Bend the knees to create a platform to accelerate

4. Turn into space

5. Encourage to think and how to get 5 points.

Progressions:

Switch the balls for cones, 7 balls in the middle, same game now players win by getting 3 balls to their corner. Same rules same coaching points.

Main Theme 2 (20 mins)

Organization:

As shown

Instructions:

-1v1 attacking player dribbles ball through two gates. When attacking player performs drag back through the second gate defender can come out and win ball. Attacking team keeps track of all goals second for 5 minutes.

-After 5 minutes teams switch and the atttacking team becomes the defending team and defending team becomes the attacking team. Then one more round of 5 minutes

Coaching Points:

- Perfrom drag back at the correct and the correct execution

- Drag ball towards you with sole, push it back with inside of foot using the same foot

- Add hop to open up hips

- Push out of feet to plan for next move

- Accelerate after move

Progressions:

If make drag back during the game situation team gets 2 pts.