Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): U12s week 16 Landing Mechanics, session 1, LB

U12s, Week 16, Session 1, Landing Mechanics and Agility

Dynamic Warm Up

Jog, Weave, Low Skips, High Skips, Jockey Forewards, Jockey Backwards, Carioca, High Knees, Heel Flicks, Open Gate, Close Gate

Lunges, Squats, Hand Walks, Leg Swings, Lateral Leg Swings, Leg Drives

Landing Mechanics & Agility

1. Players jog out and on comand they jump into a squat position and hold for few seconds, 5 reps.

2. Players start on one leg and bound onto their opposite leg back onto their original starting leg and stick the landing and hold for 3 seconds 3 sets, 4 Reps on both legs.

3.The progression from the above exercise is that once players have held for 3 seconds on command players sprint out to the end cone.

4.In pairs player 1 has his hand on player 2's chest, player 2 has to move laterally, backwards & forwards to try and loose player 1's hand from his chest.

5. In pairs players start on the middle cone, player 1 has to mirror players 2's lateral movements.