Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): BU12 Practice - 9/11/2013

Warm ups (10 mins)

Skills Challenge - Sole - V - Sole

Juggling

Warm ups

Ball Control

Ping-Pong passing

Crossing & Finishing Practice (20 mins)

Organisation: The practice startes with the player in the centre circle. He dribbles the ball 10 yards and then plays a quick 1-2 into Player A. He then plays the ball into the corner area for player A to run onto. Player A crosses the ball in first time and the two strikers time their run and attempt to score.

Variation: (left side) Player 1 dribbles and makes forward pass in front of winger(player 2) running inside. Player 1 immediately overlaps and receives a through ball to the corner and sends in a cross.

Key Coaching Points: Focus on quality of passing in the build up play, quality of crosses, timing and direction of runs from the strikers and the quality of finishing. Strikers should make banana-shaped runs

goal kicks out from the back (20 mins)

Activity: working on goal kicks out of the back. Blue team gets a point for playing the ball through the cone goals

3 points for a goal scored by the red team

GK: Josh, Allen

Defense: Roman, Brian, Diego, Aaron T.

1 - Aaron, Winstead, Gabriel, Dylan

2 - Eddie, Sammy, Raymond, Jacob

Coaching Points:

open body position

outside

movement by all players off the ball to supporting positions

quick touches attempting to play it fast to the target area