Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Lightning

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Jessica Fuccello

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Name:	Jessica Fuccello
City:	Brick
Country:	United States of America
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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What:

Using various moves to beat defenders.

Where:

The middle and final thirds of the field.

Who:

The player on the ball.

When:

When pressure is provided in front, to the side and from behind.

Why:

To beat defenders 1 v 1 and create goal scoring opportunities.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Introduction

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Introduction (10 mins)

Organization:

-Half the players on one side, half on the other

- 2 grids - 20 x 30

- 2 goals on same side

- Additional balls on the outside.

Instructions:

-1 v 1 - defender passes out to attacker

- Award 3 points for every gate dribbled through and 1 point for every goal scored

- Play for a set time before rotating players.

Coaching Points/Questions:

- Use different surfaces of the foot, while using big and small touches.

- How can we change direction while maintaining control of the ball?

- head up.

- use small steps and touches to slow down and change direction.

- What surfaces of my foot can I use when dribbling?

Progressions/Regressions:

R- increase the number of points for the dribbling team.

P- passing team tries to hit those dribbling with the ball (if they do, the dribbler loses points).

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Main Activity

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Main Activity (30 mins)

Organization:

- Three zones.

- One team at one end line with one player in each zone.

- Other teams are at the opposite end line with one player in each zone.

- Soccer balls start with the team in possession

- Thirty by thirty area (10 by 10-yard boxes inside area).

Instructions:

- The reds start as the attacking team, blue starts defending.

- Red1 dribbles the ball into the channel, Blue 1, 2, and 3 come out to defend.

- Red player can dribble into any channel.

- Blue players are restricted to their channels.

- 1 point if Red can dribble across the middle line.

- 1 additional point if Red can stop the ball on the opposite end line.

- If any defender wins it, they can get a point by dribbling to their opposite end line.

*Note: Once possession changes e.g. if Blue1 wins the ball, Blue 2 and 3 would retreat off the field to their end lines, and Red 2 and 3 would come out to defend if Blue 1 dribbles into their channels. Red 1 would have to recover to keep Blue 1 from scoring in their channel. Play for time then allows Blue to start as attackers. Make sure extra players rotate in/out any time a player gets to the end line or the ball goes out of play.

Coaching Points/Questions:

- Drive at the defender with speed.

- Commit defender to center to maintain 2 options to attack.

- Weight of touch (Bigger touch to entice defender to commit vs smaller touch to maintain close control).

- When faced with pressure in front of you, look to execute moves such as; scissors or feint.

- Cut back across defenders once you've beat them to prevent recovery and keep the ball from going into other channels/defenders.

Progressions/Regressions:

- Both attackers and defenders have a ball. The defender can only stop the attacker by hitting the attacker's ball with their own ball. If Black1 hits Red1's ball, Blue 1 gets to restart with the ball, and red is defending.

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

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Progression 1

Organization:

- All players have balls in each channel.

- Possession is determined by normal game rules.

- To ensure continuous play, the player in the channel that is the next # up from where the ball went out of play, will start play.

Instructions:

All players have balls in each channel.

- Possession is determined by normal game rules.

- To ensure continuous play, the player in the channel that is the next # up from where the ball went out of play, will start play

Coaching Points/Questions:

- Drive at the defender with speed.

- Commit defender to center to maintain 2 options to attack.

- Weight of touch (Bigger touch to entice defender to commit vs smaller touch to maintain close control).

- When faced with pressure in front of you, look to execute moves such as; scissors or feint.

- Cut back across defenders once you've beat them to prevent recovery and keep the ball from going into other channels/defenders

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

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Progression 2

Organization:

- Add GK's & a goal to allow attackers to shoot on goal.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Conditioned Game

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Conditioned Game (20 mins)

Organization:

- Game Game with 3 zones.

- 1 ball.

- 8 players ( 2 teams of 4 ).

Instructions:

- Goal from defensive zone= 1 point.

- Goal from middle zone= 2 points.

- Goal from attacking zone= 3 points.

- Normal game rules apply.

- 90-second games.

Coaching Points/Questions:

- small touches as we get closer to the defender.

- head up.

- Timing of move.

- Execution of 1 v 1 move.

- How close should we be to the defender when executing 1 v 1 move?

- How can we unbalance defenders with/without the ball?

- Bigger touches when we look to pull away from the defender.

Progressions/Regressions:

P- remove zones.

R- attackers cant be tackled in the attacking zone.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Match

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Match (30 mins)

Organization:

- teams of 4.

- 4 v 4, winner stays on.

- Mini Goals-extra balls next to them.

Instructions:

- 4 v 4 to small goals, winner stays on.

- 2 goals or whoever is winning after 90 seconds-whichever comes first. If tied, the team with possession last stays on.

- Dribble in or pass in on restarts.

Coaching Points/Questions:

- Encourage players to take risks with dribbling.

- How can you unbalance defenders with the ball? Show me.

- How can you unbalance defenders without the ball? Show me.

- Coach technique.

- Praise aggressive/brave decisions by players.

Regressions:

- Increase the size of goals.

- Increase the size of the field.

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