Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Academy Training Passing

MT 1

Organization: 

1. Players are in pairs with one ball around a triangle of cones.

2. 20 x 20 grid

3. 3 cones for each triangle (as shown above)

Instructions:

1. Players pass back and forth through the triangle.

2. Player receiving can not play through the same side of triangle, this makes players to continuously move around the triangle.

3. Players can take 2 or 3 touches to move the ball to pass back through a different gate.

4. Continues movement around triangle.

Coaching Points:

1. Body positioning when your receiving a pass

2. Focus on where your moving to next

3. 1st touch on the ball to set up next pass through gate.

4. Body shape when receiving the ball from teammate.

Scrimmage

Organization:

1. Grid 40 x 30 yards

2. With 4 tall target cones at each end or put balls on top of cones to knock off.

3. Separate players into 2 teams

4. Coach has extra balls

Instruction:

1. 4 vs. 4 (Teams score by knocking down a cone behind opponents end line) 

2. If Ball leaves area coach quickly passes another ball in.

3. You can play until all cones have been knocked over or set a time limit.

Coaching Points:

1. Movement off the ball

2. Communication

3. Ball control

4. Weight of the pass

Progression:

1. When a cone has been knocked over the player that did that must retrieve it, and then must run around field and put it behind their teams end line. This helps the team who is now attacking a 4 vs. 3 counter.