Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Rampage 5/20

Technical (20 mins)

Organization:

40x30 yard area

Divide area into 4 x 10 yard channels

Cone or pugg goal in middle of each channel - representing defender

Each player has a ball

Instructions:

- One player from each group dribbles out to perform a move scissorpast the cone or pugg

- Player sets the next player who repeats process in opposite direction

- Repeat for set period

Coaching Points:

- Messi touches on approach

- Head up between touches to judge distance from 'defender'

- Timing of move

-Toe pointed to the floor when performing scissor, look to get as close to ball as possible to increase speed

- Acceleration after passing 'defender'

- What kind of touches to create bigger separation?

- Who do we dribble like after passing the defender?

Progressions:

r

Fully Opposed 1v1

Organization:

Groups of 3 to 4, Attacking player shown in Blue, 2 5 yard gates set up as shown.

Instructions:

Defending player plays into the attacking player, and immediately presses the attacking player. Player next in line, picks a gate and run towards it. The attacking player can only attack toward the open gate.

Coaching Points:

Attacking player head up to assess where the open gate is. If we don't have our head up we will not know where the space to attack.

-Drive at the defending player to commit them, if we drive directly at them they don't know where we intend on attacking.

-Scissor Technique: Foot pointed towards ground, scissor as close to ball as possible to increase speed of the move. Drive with the foot that you intend to do the first scissor with. Getaway touch is out of the tackling radius and into space.