Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Circle work leading to SSG

DRIBBLE (5 mins)

- Circle work - players all starting on the outside of the circle - half with a ball and half with out.

- Player with the ball dribble across the the circle to another team mate and taking their place on the outside of the circle.

Focus

- Players dribbling with both feet

- Dribble at pace

- Keeping ball as close to players feet.

- Awareness of other players in circle - head up

One-Two/Overlap (10 mins)

- Players around edge of the circle, half with a ball and half without.

- Focusing on one-two and overlaps.

One-Two - players driblle into the middle of the circle, before passing to a team mate without the ball, they then make a sideways movement to create an angle to receive the ball again to then lay off for the person on the outside to dribble the ball into the circle and repeat.

Overlap - players dribble into the circle a little before making a long pass to someone on the outside without a ball. They follow their pass and make a run around the person who they passed to befor receiving the ball back and repeating. (after 1 minute change people with the footballs.

- Players make their own decison whether to do a one-two or an overlap.

Focus

- Body shape to receive ball in one-two (angle)

- Weight of pass

- Communication