Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Ball Mastery - V turns

Semi-opposed

Organization:

Players pair up and join another pair

1 pair competes

1 pair act as referees

Instructions:

-1 player is attacker, his partner the defender

-The attacker must look to use ball mastery techniques to stop the ball on either of his cones before defender puts his foot (or ball) on the coresponding cone to score a point.

-If a defender has his foot (or ball) on a cone the attacker cannot score on the corresponding cone and must change direction toward the opposite cone.

-The defender is not allowed to touch either the attacker or the attacker's ball

-The game ends once either a point is scored by the attacker, or the attacker dribbles past the end cones or over to the defenders side, or the attacker places the ball on his cone after the defender places his foot on the corresponding cone.

-The referees are there to judge who made it to the cone first and when the game is over they become the competing pair. After each rotation the attackers become defenders and vice versa.

Coaching Points:

Use the ball mastery techniques to change direction quickly.

'Sell' the skills to fake out the defenders into going into the wrong direction

Try to look at the defenders body position/weight and change direction at correct moments (when defenders hips turned fully commited to 1 direction/cone).

Change of speed

Use a variety of skills

Take the space/use speed if get ahead of defender

Regressions/Progressions:

R - Both players play with a ball to make it more difficult for the defender and easier for the attacker to score

P (Time Permitting) - Defender begins with ball and rolls it to attacking player to begin

Once attacking player has the ball, defender can defend and try to win the ball off of the attacker

Attacking player must now protect the ball, and looks to score by dribbling in between the gate on either end made by the yellow and red cone

If defender wins the ball, they can attempts to score