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Trevor Gummer

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Name:	Trevor Gummer
City:	Presteigne
Country:	United Kingdom
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Blocked

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Learning Objectives

	Technical
	Tactical
	Physical
	Psychological
	Social

Blocked (10 mins)

Blocked Practice

Set Up

Area = 30 x 30

Plavers = 12 players - Pairs 6 Red 6 Blue

Player 1 serves to Player 2 who then does a defensive header back to Player 1.

Player 1 then passes the ball to Player 2 who then serves a defensive header to Player 1 to return to Player.

This playes our for 2mins.

Then to attacking header same again for 2 mins

Once completed 2mins of jumping to head the ball back to the server, rotating after every header.

Technical

Defensive Header - Eyes on the ball, set stance and shape, arms out from body,bottom of the ball connects with fore head, hight on flight of the ball

Attacking Header - Eyes on the ball, set stance and shape, arms out from body,top of the ball connects with fore head, ball headed downwards

Jumping - Eyes on the ball,set on balls of feet, arms out from body,slighty forward with knees bent before jump.The use of above

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Variable

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Variable (10 mins)

Variable - 8 to 10 mins

Set up

Same as blocked with 3 players from both sides inside the square and remainder on the outside with balls

Practise

Players run through the centre cones then depending on player they run to (Red Attacking, Blue Defensive) is the typ of header.

Swap players around every 3 mins

Progressions

Players to call the type of header they wish to have.

Bring 2 outside players in to be passive deffenders.

Coach to call out difference headers to be performed.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SSG

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SSG (15 mins)

SSG

Set Up

40 x 30 size

6 v 6

Two goals

Practise

Small sided game with two channels in the pitch.

A goal is scored by playing an attacker into the channel and they run in to the yellow zone unchallenged then to cross the ball in for an attacker to head in to the goal to score. The defending team then have to defend there goal.

Conditions

- Touch restrictions

- Goalkeepers

- Crosses can be made from any part of the channel

- Wingers can become opposed by a defender.