Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Week 1 - Handling, catches and smothers

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Franco Carotenuto

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Franco Carotenuto
Name: Franco Carotenuto
City: St Louis
Country: United States of America
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Activation

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Activation
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Activation (10 mins)

Activation - Hand + Hand (5-10 mins)

Younger groups work together to see how many passes they can keep the ball in the air for.

Older/Advanced groups - Two touch with hands only. Can't catch or hold the ball, must use one hand then the other. 3 "lifes" or P.I.G. Loser gets an ear flick


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Announced Technical

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Announced Technical (10 mins)

Partner Announced Service - 3 Cone Drill (10 mins)

2 Sets of volleys - lateral high knees

2 sets Volley/Smother - Start with volley/chest pass, forward/backward footwork into smother.

CPs - Triangle catch chest and above. Hands over ball

Basket catch below chest. Elbows tucked in at side. Pinkies together

Scoop/Smother- bouncing/ball on ground. Follow through landing on forearms. Second barrier with legs


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): AT 2

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AT 2 (20 mins)

Two Box Drill (15-20 mins)

Set 1 - S1 volley, S2 smother

Set 2 - S1 smother, S2 strike

Set 3 - S1 bouncing ball/dipper S2 strike

Clockwise rotation 


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Complex 1

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Complex 1 (20 mins)

Two Goal Game (15-20 mins)

Servers pass around edge of the box. Can shoot at any point. Score and Switch.

CPs - Game realistic situation of traffic in front of the goalkeeper. Decision making on when to close the ball and when to stay deep.

Progressions - add multiple goals


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