Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Palo Alto Soccer Club Week 4

Part 1 (15 mins)

Set Up

• 6 cones of two colors

• Pinnies to differentiate teams

Directions

-Player A passes to the server, Player A perfroms SAQ through the cones, the server bumps the ball back to Player A who passes back to the server again

-The Server then sets the ball for player A who takes a shot.

-Player A retreives their ball and returns to line, and the process repeats with the next player in line

-After 45 seconds to a minute the server is switched.

Coaching Points

Shooting-Driven

1) Angle of approach – off center

2) Head up to observe the position of the goalkeeper

3) Head down at the point of contact

4) Non-kicking foot placed to side, slightly behind the ball

5) Ankle locked, toe down

6) Contact ball – will vary depending on target area

7) Contact foot – laces (instep)

8) Body weight forward, chest and knee over the ball at contact

9) Follow through landing on striking foot

Shooting-Inside Curl-Low

1) Head up to observe target

2) Open hips to allow contact point and follow through outisde the ball

3) Angle of approach

4) Contact point on foot; Heel down, Toe up

5) Wrap foot around outside of ball and slightly over the top to keep ball low to the ground.

6) Appropriate contact point / follow through based on angle and distance (follow through away / over top of ball

Progression

Recovering Defender

Part 3 (15 mins)

Set Up

• 5 cones set up as shown

• players divided into two teams

• balls with the two lines at the bottom of the field

Directions

-Blue team player A takes a touch to start the activity

-Player B checks to the opposite side to recieve the ball on the back foot

-Player B then takes a touch into space and players Player C in behind

-Player C runs onto ball and takes a shot (preferrebly with one touch)

Player A goes to player B, player B goes to player C, player C goes back to line

-After blue team goes the white team will go, the same pattern as the blue team.

-The next time the blue team will go the opposite way

Coaching Points

1) Timing of movement off the ball

2) Weight and accuracy of pass to supporting players

3) quality of through ball

4) position of shot on goal

Progression