Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): HYSC Hornets Team Tune Up

Warm-Up: Dribbling Foundation 1 (10 mins)

Organization:

Players with a ball each in a 30x30 yard (open) grid.

Instructions:

The Coach will inquire, with his players, about the dribbling characteristics of three of the top players in the world: Messi, Xavi and Ronaldo. The Coach will use these three players to paint the picture and build the foundation for each player to learn.

Coaching Points:

Painting the Picture of each one of the player's characteristics:

* MESSI: Head up looking to get into the gaps using small, quick touches with the Pinky Toe (outside of the foot).

* XAVI: Head up to recognize when there's no gaps/space, then change of direction (12 o'clock to 6 o'clock), ball comes out of your feet, and then head and eyes up getting into the new space.

* RONALDO: Head up to see when there's a lot of space in front of you, then big touch to accelerate and get your head/eyes up and attack the space.

Progressions:

Spend a few minutes covering each Foundational Player's characteristics seperately and ensure the players have a good picture of the characteristics during each scenario.

team shape 11v11 1-4-2-3-1 (25 mins)

Organization:

Team shape 11v11 1-4-2-3-1

Instructions:

set the team in the shape for the season see above

add multiple balls and have the players knock the ball around in forward back and side to side patterns in there positions.

players must make sure not to pass two balls to the same player time and see how long they can pass for without mistake.

Coaching Points:

team shape

roles

movement patterns

shadow play

Progressions:

add defenders as shown above to create prssure