Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Dribbling change of speed (step over)

Screen 1

Organization:

Groups of 3 to 4, Attacking player shown in Blue

Instructions:

Attacker score by running through gate first

Defender tries to score by running through opposite gate first

Coaching Points:

Run at defender to engage

When defender has momentun fake to change direction

Progressions:

Semi Opposed 1v1

Organization:

Groups of 3 to 4, Attacking player shown in Blue

Instructions:

Defending player plays into the attacking player, and immediately presses the attacking player on their first touch. Attacking player looks to score by dribbling throughgate

defender get a point for running past the opposite gate first

- 6 seconds to finish

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.

-decision based on def body position and shape

Small Sided Game (30 mins)

Organization:

3v3 game - 3 teams - Winners stay on

PUGG Goals set up in each corner - encouraging change of direction if one route is closed off

Coaching Points:

- When to use which moves based on the defender's position.

- Which areas of the field to use a change of direction in and when.