Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Finishing - JSSL FC U12 Soccer School (Start Time: 2017-09-09 10:00:00)

Movement Skills (15 mins)

Key Factors

- Speed: 45 degree body angle to accelerate

- Agility: Accelerate off change of direction and use of fakes

- Co-ordination: On toes, high knees, use arms to help legs

Organisation

- Three stations - speed, agility and co-ordination.

- All players perform footwork patterns, decided by the coach, in two lines, through the ladders as the first activity.

- They will also perform a sprint to the cone after their footwork.

- Speed and agility will run simultaneously, with one coach running each one.

Speed:

- Two lines either side of the coach

- The coach has a number of footballs

- As the coach kicks the ball forward, both players race to the ball and the first one there tries to score in the goal

- The losing player brings the ball back to coach

Agility:

- Players in pairs

- The players face each other stood between two markers that are placed five yards apart

- Players numbered 1 & 2

- Each round one player leads (1 first, then 2) and the other follows

- The leader must try to put their foot on either marker to get a point and then go back to the middle

- They can go to the same side twice in a row or perform fakes

- If the follower managers to beat them to the marker then they get 2 points

- 30 second rounds

- Try to beat personal score each new set

Activity 2 (15 mins)

Key Factors

- Create shooting opportunity by utilising space

- Selection of foot surface and style of finish for position and pass being received

- Focus on the ball, technique, when finishing

Organisation

- 3 teams of 4

- 4v4 + 4 neutral players

- 2v2 in each half

- Defensive half = 1 goalkeeper, 1 defender

- Attacking half = 2 attackers

- The team in possession can use the neutral team to build play at any time

- 90 second round then rotate teams

- Every other round the attacking and defending players of each team switch