Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Individual Possession Game (Start Time: 2018-01-31 18:00:00)

Arrival Activity (10 mins)

Arrival Activity.

Blue players have a ball each and try to evade the red players who will apply passive pressure - no tackling.

Swap the defending players around every couple of minutes.

Progression:

Make the defenders active. If they steel the ball from an opponent, the player that lost the ball needs to try and sreel one from someone else.

Set Up (10 mins)

This is an individual possession game, played in pairs, 1 red and and 1 blue play against each other throughout.

Inside the red square the 4 reds aim to keep possession of their ball against a blue opponent.

At the same time the 4 blues inside the blue square try to keep possession against a red opponent.

Coaching points:

The player in possession of the ball should use their bodies to help protect the ball.

Can you keep the ball moving? Don't let it stop still.

How might you outfox your opponent?

Progressions (10 mins)

The game plays for a set period of time and once the time expires the winning team is the team with the most number of players in possession of a football inside the corresponding coloured square.

Progressions:

Increase the gap between the 2 squares. Maybe introduce some gates or obstacles between the squares that the players must dribble through. Or the defender must go through the gate to allow the dribbler a bit more of a chance to get to the other square.