Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Running With The ball
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Description
Early years running with the ball, keeping the ball moving.
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15 mins
Key Factors
- Skill Practice - introducing opposition
- Running with the ball
Organisation
- As per original set up
- Defending players to hold different colour bib to identify as defender for the exercise.
- Black bibs left at side for extra defenders.
Practise - British Bulldog (15 minute)
As per technical session, players are to run with the ball from one side on the pitch to the other, however there are now defenders trying to get the ball off the players running with the ball
- 6 Runners stand with ball by a red cone
- 2 volunteers hold black bib and stand in the playing area.
- 6 runners are to run with the ball as per technical practice to the other side and stop on the blue cones.
- No restrictions are in place on direction to run or how fast. the key is to get to the other side with out being caught.
- 2 defenders in black are to challenge the runners and kick the ball away from them. the ball must clear the area for the runner to be out.
- If the runners ball is kicked out they must fetch their ball and put it by a red cone and pick up a black bib and join the defending team.
- The last runner standing wins.
Continue to repeat practise making sure everybody has had a good go at defending.
Players to put the ball on red cone and go for drinks break, where coach describes the progression.
Progression 1 / through the gates.
- As per above there are 6 runners and 2 defenders.
- The players start on the red cones with the defenders in the middle.
- This time the runners must run with the ball through a gate (yellow cones) before getting to the blue cones and stopping.
- Defenders are to kick the ball away as before.
Progression 2 / Keep score.
- The pitch and exercise is the same set up as progression 1
- However this time the runners gets points for every gate they go through to tempt them to go through more than 1 before getting the the blue cones.
- The defenders do the same kick the ball away and caught runners join the defence.
- The winner isn't the last runner standing, it is the runner who scored the most points.
Drinks break - recap mechanics of running with the ball.
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15 mins
Key Factors
- Small Sided game - repetition
- 4 vs 4 no GKs -
- U7s pitch guidelines for small sided game 28 x 20 yards
Organisation
- Balls around pitch to keep the game flowing and the ball moving
- Red and blue cones can be removed unless being used for pitch lines.
- remove 6 yellow cones from inside the pitch leaving 10 cones 5 gates.
- Coach to remain on the outer edge for full view and help keep the balls around the outer edge.
Small sided Game (15 minutes)
- Reds vs Blues
- players asked to play normal match but consider running with the ball when they receive it.
- Players score goals as normal.
- Play is halted and the coach asks the player to try and run through the yellow gates if they can when they receive the ball.
- Players who successfully run the ball under control through a gate will score an extra goal for their team.
- ARE THE MECHANICS OF RUNNING WITH THE BALL BE USED?
Coach to remind players to still concentrate on other elements of the game such as passing and shooting. Can a player pass to someone in a better position to run through a gate.
Coach can regress the practice by removing goals and adding cones to the end zones for players to run through to score a goal.
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Key Factors
Organisation
Warm Up.
Fun warm up races. no ball
Running with the ball (10 minutes)
- All players to stand on a red cone with ball at feet
- Players then run with the ball to the opposite blue cone and come back.
- Players do this repetitively for 2 minutes. (coach assess players)- Players stop the ball at red cone, coach gives some instructions
- Look Up
- Keep the Ball Close.
- Players continue to run with the ball from red cone to the blue cone with new instructions.During practice coach adds more instructions. stopping the players at the red cones when given these instructions, so questions and demonstrations can be provided.Calls are:1. Stop ball at blue cone and do 10 toe taps before returning to the red cone.2. Stop ball at blue cone and do 10 side to sides before returning to red cone.
3. Stop ball at blue cone and do 10 around the world before returning to the red cone
4. Stop ball at blue cone and do all 5 toe taps, 5 side to sides and 5 around the worlds before returning to the red cone
Balls to red cone then leave them there for drinks break, explain next task in drinks break.
Progression 1 / controlled straight line running adding gates
1. Players start on red cone
2. Players run with the ball towards blue cone in a straight line
3. Players run through yellow gates on their straight line
4. players turn and run back to red cone going through their gate
Repeat.
Balls to red cones and leave them there for drinks break, explain next task in drinks break.
Progression 2 / Running with the ball removing straight line restriction.
1. All players start at red cone
2. Players to run with the ball in any direction, avoiding other players.
3. Players to run through 2 gates before stopping at the blue cone with the ball (players should not stop at the same blue cone)
4. repeat starting at blue cone back to red cone.
Repeat or regress to easier progression if too difficult or becomes dangerous
Mechanics:
Keep the ball close
Vary Surfaces of the foot
Head Up
Change of Pace
Change of direction