Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Eastchester-Senior-Division-Dribbling-week-1

Warm-up 1 (5 mins)

Organization:

-20 x 25 yard area-Players arranged as shown

Instructions:

-Inside the area players are dribbling

-Introduce a few ball mastery techniques---

a) stop with sole/bottom of foot b) Inside/outside c) Messi Touches

-Players try to get 50 Messi touches

Coaching Points:

1)Head up

2)Proper body posture ( knees bent, chest over ball arms out)

3) Ankle locked toe pointed down, dribbling with the pinky toe.

4) quick touches every step

Progressions:

Main-theme-1 (5 mins)

Organization:

-20 x 25 yard space

-Triangles in each corner and 1 in the middle--If there are less or more players adjust the number of triangles

Instructions:

-Player moves around inside the area, the two taggers hold the pinne in the hands.

-The triangles are safe zones, but can only be occupied by one player at a time.

-If someone new enters the safe zone the occupant must leave.

-When someone is tagged they become it--no tage backs

Coaching Points:

1)Check you shoulder and keep your eyes up.

2) Communicate when you are ebtering a safe zone.

3) keep on your toes

 Progressions:

Main-theme-3(semi-opposed) (10 mins)

Organization:

-20 x 25 yard area

Instructions:

-Players now have a ball at their feet, dribbling in the area.

-To get into a safe zone the must pass the ball to the player in the safe zone, that player then dribbles out.

-Taggers just have to touch the ball, with their feet, once they do they become the dribbler and the dribbler becomes the tagger

Coaching Points:

1) Quick touches on the ball.

2) Keeping the ball close to feet in tight spaces.

3) Checking your shoulder

4) messi touches-Pinky toe

Progressions:

R-Taggers carry the ball must hit the dribblers ball with a throw

3 v 3 game (15 mins)

Organization:

-(2) 15 x 20 yard fields, as shown, play 3 v 3

Coaching Points:

1) Reiterate coaching points from previous activities.