Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Dribbling to beat an Opponent (Start Time: 2013-12-10 16:30:00)

Ball Mastery (15 mins)

Objective: Learning moves and polishing the technique at game pace

Area: 20x20

Activity: Players dribble towards middle dummy defender, perform skill, and proceed across the grid.

Coaching Points: technique, work to game pace, vision after mannequin, low center of gravity, sell the fake/feint, be expressive, all previous points from last exercise

Possible Progressions: How many can you do in a time limit?

Jail Game (25 mins)

Objective: 2v1 to Goals

Area: 20x25

Activity: Divide team into two teams. Play starts with diagonal pass to a teammate. Defender must stay in rectangle to make attacking player make a decision. Blues try to score. If red wins it, red can score on the goal they're facing. Then red attacks and blue defends.

Coaching Points: First touch, when to pass, when to dribble, when to go forward, when to play back? Shield and turn when necessary, use feints and fakes 1v1 to get behind.

Possible Progression: Add a second box with a second defender for each.

Coaching Points for progression: can striker turn, check shoulders, lay ball off and spin out, supporting runs