Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Heading fundamentals (Start Time: 2025-02-02 08:30:00)

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Name:
Amalia Devane
City:
Canberra
Country:
Australia
Membership:
Adult Member
Sport:
Football/Soccer
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Description

SESSION OBJECTIVE:

  • P - to increase player's technical ability
  • S -  to create goal scoring opportunities from heading the ball
  • T -  to increase understanding of attacking and defending roles of team/ players from crosses in from wide areas
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Heading warm up/ fundamental skills

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Heading warm up/ fundamental skills
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Heading warm up/ fundamental skills (30 mins)

ORGANISATION:

  • Circle 20m across, six on outside, six on inside, ball with each player on outside

HOW TO PLAY:

  • Ball is played into the middle, player receives, controls, plays out.
  • Step Up:  Opposed with six on outside with three balls, six in middle. players in middle are partnered and becomes one v one. If you win the ball you are the attacker. Rotate after 90 seconds. three sets

COACHING POINTS:

  • Perception
    • Scanning
    • Two movements
    • (stay close to your player)
    • (Demand the ball and the space)

  • Decision making
    • If we are looking fo
  • Exection
    • General heading
      • Eyes on the ball
      • Contact between eyebrows and hairline
      • Neck stiff (chin tucked in)
    • Header to shoot
      • Side on to the ball
      • Arms up to protect the ball and the space
      • Drive through with you body, body forward, arms tucked in (chicken dance)
      • Low and accurate
    • Header to switch
      • As you hit the ball, move your head to the way you want the ball to go
      • Hit the nose of the ball
    • Header to clear
      • Hit the chin or mouth of the ball
      • Drive through the ball
      • Make it go high and far
    • For Control
      • Absorb the pressure
      • playing into your own feet

CHANGE IT / PROGRESSIONS:

  • Start with passes to feet, stretch
  • Header to pass, stretch
  • Header to shoot (Distance), stretch
  • Header to switch (close), stretch
  • Header to clear (distance, stretch
  • Header to control, stretch
  • Passive pressure header, stretch
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 1 v 1 passive heading shooting

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 1 v 1 passive heading shooting
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1 v 1 passive heading shooting (20 mins)

ORGANISATION:

  • Mini field second goal on pk spot

HOW TO PLAY:

  • one v one waves
  • Players go from throwing, attacking, defending, out.
  • Ball thrown in from side to pink, headers into opposite goal and then is passive defending. Pink second players throws into blue headers into pink goal, pink defends then goes to the end. Same happens to blue

COACHING POINTS:

  • Perception
    • Identify where the space in the goal is
  • Decision Making
    • As I go to heade, can I have already scanned the pitch to know where the opposition is and know what 
    • As I go to attack the ball, can I push off with my front foot to
  • Exection
    • General heading
      • Eyes on the ball
      • Contact between eyebrows and hairline
      • Neck stiff (chin tucked in)
    • Header to shoot
      • Side on to the ball
      • Arms up to protect the ball and the space
      • Drive through with you body, body forward, arms tucked in (chicken dance)
      • Low and accurate
    • Header to switch
      • As you hit the ball, move your head to the way you want the ball to go
      • Hit the nose of the ball
    • Header to clear
      • Hit the chin or mouth of the ball
      • Drive through the ball
      • Make it go high and far

CHANGE IT / PROGRESSIONS:

  • Time limit to reward delay in defence
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 8v8+2 game - scoring from headers

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 8v8+2 game - scoring from headers
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8v8+2 game - scoring from headers (25 mins)

ORGANISATION:

  • small field. As wide as the half way between by line and 18 yard. second goal on centre circle
  • 1-3-2-3 v 1-3-3-2. Bouncers on each outside

HOW TO PLAY:

  • Ball starts with goalkeeper, if ball goes out, starts with keeper who didn't kick the ball out
  • To score a goal, ball must be played into the wide player who will then throw the ball in for the header.
  • Ball from wide areas worth three, headers worth five. Form central play only one

COACHING POINTS:

  • Perception
    • Defence
      • Man mark, man to man press or mid block
      • Defending the cross - same as where the attacking players are, a little deeper.
    • Attack
      • Shape - left/right/middle/far
      • Make the pitch as big as possible
      • Constant movement into pockets to entice and attract defenders
      • Curve your run
      • goal scoring formation (diamond)
    • Defend,
      • prevent central passes
  • Decision Making
    • Control ball to controll ball
    • Can we play the furthest line
    • If we can progress the ball, off the ball can we get where opposition cannot see you and the ball or in between lines where it is hard to defend
    • If unable to progress the ball, can we get level an underneath
  • Execution
  • General heading
    • Eyes on the ball
    • Contact between eyebrows and hairline
    • Neck stiff (chin tucked in)
    • Header to shoot
      • Side on to the ball
      • Arms up to protect the ball and the space
      • Drive through with you body, body forward, arms tucked in (chicken dance)
      • Low and accurate
    • Header to switch
      • As you hit the ball, move your head to the way you want the ball to go
      • Hit the nose of the ball
    • Header to clear
      • Hit the chin or mouth of the ball
      • Drive through the ball
      • Make it go high and far
  • CHANGE IT / PROGRESSIONS:
  • PLyaers can now cross the ball in with their feet
  • Can only score if entire team is over half way
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Shooting drill - headers

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Shooting drill - headers
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Shooting drill - headers (15 mins)

ORGANISATION:

  • Drill run simultaneously side by side.
  • 2 12x 8m fields, small goals on one end

HOW TO PLAY:

  • Coach throws ball into air, player makes run, headers into end goal, gets ball, ball back to coach

COACHING POINTS:

  • Perception
    • Two movements
    • Protect the ball and your space
    • Attacking the header at it's highest point (jump)
  • Decision making
  • Execution
    • General heading
      • Eyes on the ball
      • Contact between eyebrows and hairline
      • Neck stiff (chin tucked in)
    • Header to shoot
      • Side on to the ball
      • Arms up to protect the ball and the space
      • Drive through with you body, body forward, arms tucked in (chicken dance)
      • Low and accurate
    • Header to switch
      • As you hit the ball, move your head to the way you want the ball to go
      • Hit the nose of the ball

CHANGE IT / PROGRESSIONS:

  • Add passive defender

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