Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): WSSL Camp

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Matthew Kane

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Name:	Matthew Kane
City:	Belfast
Country:	Ireland
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 1

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Screen 1 (15 mins)

Organization:

Players divided into two teams

White team begin as Attackers, Blue team as defenders on opposite side of cones

Instructions:

White team attempts to beat their shadow (blue team) to either the furthest cone away or back to the starting cone

Must stay on your side of the cones, but can use any fakes/feints to lose defender

Play for set time, then switch roles

Add in competition

Coaching Points:

Change of pace to lose defender

body movement to fake out defender and get them off balance/chasing after you

Once you have your defender beat, accelerate away to nearest end cone to score

Progressions:

Add in a ball for attacker

Add in ball for attacker/defender

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Setting Up to Turn

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Setting Up to Turn (25 mins)

Turning - 4 Corners (15 mins)

Organization:

- Players evenly spread out among 4 corners

- Each player with ball

Instructions:

- Players dribble towards middle cone

- Perform specific turn and return to their line

- Next player goes

- Inside Chop, Outside Chop, Pull Back, U-Turn, Cryuff

Coaching Points:

- Controlled Approach

- Execution of Turn

- Body Between Defender / Ball

- Accelerate Out

Progressions:

- Relay Race / Keep track of turns as team

- Perform any turn you want

- Take out middle cone, players must turn on person diagonally

across from them

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Turning towards Goal

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Turning towards Goal (25 mins)

Organization:

Players divided between each corner

Each player with a ball

2 goals set up as shown

Instructions:

Two players from opposite sides, A and B, dribble to the right

of the middle marker, turn and then shoot

As soon as the shot is taken players from the other two corners

set off for the marker

Coach can change the direction of the dribble and turning

technique to challenge players further

Play for a set time limit or certain number of goals. Competition between corners

Coaching Points:

Controlled approach

Quick turning action

Use nearest foot and surface to go into attacking space quickly

Change of speed after turn to get onto the ball quickly

Head up after turn to observe the goal

Progressions:

Change central marker so that players dribble behind each other and then turn to shoot at goal

Central marker is changed for a passive defender

Reg - Reduce the size of area

Reg - Players go one at a time and work in groups of four

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 1v1 Turns

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1v1 Turns (25 mins)

Organization:

Players divided into teams

2 goals set up as shown

All the balls with coach

Instructions:

Coach begins the game by playing the ball out into the field

First players from each team sprint after the ball and try to score in either goal

Game ends with goal or ball out of bounds

Play for set time or first to certain amount of goals

Coaching Points:

Change of direction with the ball to lose opponent

Head up to see defender and open goal

Changes of speed after turn

Progressions:

Rotate goals 90 degrees so they are facing the players

Move goals farther away

Reg - Rotate goals to face away from players

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Skills Challenge

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Skills Challenge

Turning Skills Challenge

Organization:

5x5 yard area

1 player to perform challenge

Coach in position to count

Instructions:

- Player dribbles across the square, starting outside the area

- Player crosses opposite side of area, leaving square

- Point is scored when player crosses area and ball crosses line

- Challenge lasts for 30 seconds