Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Technical close ball control - Rondo overload & switching play
MWSA (MW SELECTS FC)
Kyle Denam
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10 mins
Topic: Possession - Rondo 6V2 (10 minutes)
Organization:
16 players involved
Split team into 8 in each side with 2 defenders
Players play 6V2
Encourage players to move constantly to retain possession
If ball goes out, defender closest switches with attacker
If play breaks down or defense wins ball, players switch
Key Factors & Progressions:
Break the lines in-between defenders in possession
Support - angle + distance
Scan before they receive
Receive on back foot
Decision making
Speed of play
Timing of movement - not always playing to feet
Communication
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15 mins
Fundamentals - carrying, turning & dribbling.
Organization:
6' width - 15' length
4 players per area, 1 ball & 5 cones.
Players carry to the gate, preform pullback turn & pass back to start
Shoulder check & move to their right
Receive pass on their back foot across the gate
Dribble thru the figure 8 back to the gate
Pass to start, repeat
Key Factors & progressions:
Carry with laces
Keep your head up
Ball close to you
Scan before receive
Speed of play
Receive on back foot
Weight of pass
Progression:
Have a thru ball played instead of a cross body touch
Sole roles thru the figure 8
Outside foot turn instead of a pull back turn
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20 mins
Topic: Switching play
Organization:
35 yards by 40 yards
4 squares in each corner
Split players up into even teams
If there's an uneven number - use a neutral player
Teams attempt to switch play, by combination passing from one corner to the next
Key factors & progressions:
Attacking:
Penetration - breaking lines through passing & dribbling
Support - angle + distance
Mobility - timing of movement
Width - stretching the field
Scan before they receive
Defending:
Pressure - closest defender to the ball
Cover - cover your teammates
Balance - providing equal or more defenders
compact - protect the middle of the field
composure - focus & restraint
Cool down - debrief of session - 5 minutes
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15 mins
Topic: General Technical
Warm-up Dynamic (5 minutes)
Fundamentals - Close control dribbling (10 minutes)
Organization:
Players preform dribbling, RWB & turning in the grid.
Carrying - RWB close to you, while gently using your laces to push the ball forward
Dribbling - using the insides, outsides & sole of your foot to manipulate the ball
- Dribble through cones, 1 touch & using both feet
- Dribble through cones, 1 touch, using both feet & sole roll between the cones
- Dribble through cones, double touch in between using both insides of feet between cones
Turning - Change of direction suddenly
- Pull back turn, sole of foot on top up the ball, pull in the direction you'd like to go, while turning your hips
- Outside foot turn, get around the ball, bend your ankle & use the outside of your foot to turn suddenly
- Inside foot turn, use inside of your foot to gently go around cone as close to the cone as possible
Pace changes after turning
Key Factors a& Progressions
Use left foot to turn
Looking to correct technique
Bent knee's to really explode out of turns