Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Monroe Saturday session(Coaches Practice)

Screen 1

Organization:

-Players are paird up

-One with a ball and one doing the work for 45 seconds

-3 reps per person

Instructions:

-Players are paired up, if numbers are odd three people in one group can work

-Toss ball to players foot about 3-5 yards apart, do not allow players to get to far

-They use the inside of the foot to knock ball back in to players chest, Alternate feet every time

-Player shuffles feet around a cone to have them moving to use Left foot on Left side of cone, and right foot on right side of cone

-Switch after 45 seconds and continue process till all players have gone for 3 turns

-Inside of foot hit, Laces Hit, Bounce/Inside of foot hit, Bounce/Laces hit, Chest/Inside of foot hit, Chest/Laces hit

Coaching Points:

Inside of foot

-Toe up/Heel down

-Watch the ball hit foot

-Adjust body position to allow best angle to knock ball back

-Make sure to bend at knee and at hips to allow foot to make contact

Laces

-Toe down

-Ankle Locked

-eyes watch ball hit foot the entire way

-body over ball, knee over ball

-Must be willing to move feet to allow for proper body shape as this technique is extremely difficult

Progressions:

Screen 3

Organization:

Players on outside of area pick the ball up and serve ball in the air to the 4 defenders(in purple) and 3 attackers(White). Can defenders get in front of ball and knock it out of area before defenders can turn and hit ball

-Defenders want to try and knock ball to one of the players outside of the grid,

-You would never try possession with 3 attackers and 4 defenders so the job becomes to knock the ball out of the area and clear the danger

-If three attackers can get the ball can they work together to get a shot off

-Rotate players as you see fit