Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): WSSL WK2 G11E

Warm up

Organization:

1 player and 1 ball

Instructions:

Each player has a ball and looks to penetrate the gaps in the defence

Coaching Points:

1. Looking to penetrate with dribble

2. Keeping posession if not by turning

3. Head up to find gaps

4. Change of technique based on pressure

Progressions:

1. Take some balls away so players are looking to penetrate with pass

Endzone Play

Organization:

-30x25 yards, 5 yard endzones on each end

-Two Even teams

Instructions:

-Teams play a normal game. But instead of scoring on goals, players score by playing a through ball to a teammate in the endzone.

-Player and ball must meet inside in the endzone at the same time. If player is in endzone waiting, he is offsides.

Coaching Points:

-Non-kicking foot placed on the side of the ball pointing at the target

-Head up observe target

-Working on inside-push pass: use inside surface of kicking foot, heel down, toe up 4. Strike through the middle of the ball

-Follow through the pass to target with passing foot

-Weight and accuracy of Pass

-Players making runs in behind other groups and finding return pass through "windows"

-Quality of the first touch, in to direction of players run

-Can you lead the player making the run with a pass

Progressions:

Allow players to dribble in to endzone- 1 Point, finding pass now counts as 2 points.