Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Pre travel Girls/Boys attacking skills (Start Time: 2016-04-20 17:00:00)

Warm Up (10 mins)

Organization:

Have the players spread out with enough space from each. All players should have a ball at feet

Instructions:

The players are first going to do the scissor move without moving. We want the players to get the motion of their legs moving.

Coaching Points:

-movement of legs

-learning motor skills

-bent knees

-balance of the hips, upper/ lower body

Progressions:

-have the players now push the ball with the outside of the foot when the move is excuted and quickly have the players put their foot o n top of the ball.

Gauntlet skill challenge (20 mins)

Organization:

Have a defender in each zone. Have the other attacking players with the ball going through the zones.

Instructions:

The attaacking players will go ahead and do the scissor skill move in each zone trying to get away from the defender. Also the defender will have to knock the ball out of their zone. If the attacking player get his/her ball kicked out they have to start all over.

Coaching Points:

-Awareness of defender

-body motion

-control of the ball

-bent knees

-feet are going over the ball

-Pushing the ball outside of the foot

Regression:

If the drill is too difficult for the players ask the defender to play light defense to have the aatcking players get comfortable doing the skill move.