Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Rec Select Week 3
FC DELCO
Ashley Thomas
Description
Ashley Thomas
Edgemont Soccer Club; Age Group Clinics
Block: Individual Technical Skills using the inside and outside surface of the foot.
Focus: Attacking 1v1
Skill: Stop Start - Outside Cut / Low wave
Type of Pressure: 1v1 Pressure
Pressure Position: Alongside
Decisions looking to affect:
1. Quality of positive first touch (Direction - towards goal; Weight)
2. Awareness of defender's position. Players ability to identify the amount of pressure that is being applied to the ball. Speed / Approach
3. Placement of ball. Dribble with farthest foot from defender.
4. Mentality - Go to goal. Attack if option is available.
5. Decision - Turn or use a Stop start to lose the defender (Scenarios from warm up)
6. Cross / Cut across if you have the time and space from the defender to do so.
See the guidance at the top of this page to understand why you are not seeing interactive Football/Soccer images.
See the guidance at the top of this page to understand why you are not seeing interactive Football/Soccer images.
10 mins
Organization:
15 x20
6 players per grid
Each with a ball
Instructions:
Body Mechanics
1. The first player furthest from the center of the field in each channel tries to race and fake the other player out. The objective is to score a point in either endzone.
2. If the attacking player (leading) is successful at faking the defender and enters the zone, alone, he/she gets a point.
3. But if the defender catches up to the attacker and enters the zone at the same time, he/she gets the point.
4. Roles switch after each turn.
Technical: Unopposed
1. Practice via repetition. No competition.
2. Players will start off dribbling to midline of the grid one at a time. Once they approach the endline they will perform an outside cut to change direction and return to the starting point.
3. Progression > Players dribble all the way to the other endzone and perform a outside cut. On their return, player looks to practice the low wave (stop start) before high-fiving the next person in line.
Coaching Points:
1. Quality of first touch (Direction - towards goal, Weight)
2. Awareness of defender's position
3. Be positive, attack goal if possible
4. Decision, Turn or Stop start to lose the defender (Scenarios from warm up)
5. Protect the ball with your body at all times
6. Finish! - or - Pass!
See the guidance at the top of this page to understand why you are not seeing interactive Football/Soccer images.
10 mins
Organization:
15 x20
6 players per grid
Each with a ball
Instructions:
Technical: Semi-Opposed
1. Going to endzones. Players will add these moves to the activity where the furthest player from the center or the goal is the attacker and the closest must follow and attempt to enter the zone at the same time.
2. Players are restricted to their portion of the channel.
3. Both players will have a ball to start off. Progress the activity to where only the attacker has the ball.
4. Roles switch after each turn
Technical: Fully Opposed
1. Same as Semi-Opposed activity, however, the defender is live on the attacker's first touch and may cross over to the attackers channel.
2. Attacker is now looking to pass the ball into one of the two pugg goals.
Coaching Points:
1. Quality of first touch (Direction - towards goal, Weight)
2. Awareness of defender's position
3. Be positive, attack goal if possible
4. Decision, Turn or Stop start to lose the defender (Scenarios from warm up)
5. Protect the ball with your body at all times
6. Finish!
See the guidance at the top of this page to understand why you are not seeing interactive Football/Soccer images.
20 mins
Organization:
3v3 / 4v4 Small-sided tournament games
4 teams of 3-4 players each team.
2 fields of 30x40 yards
2 Pugg Goals on opposite endlines.
Instructions:
4 Teams of 3
Play 3v3 tournament style format where each team will play one another.
Look to combine groups if possible.
Coaching Points:
Review of session's learning outcomes being translated into the game
Play animation
Play step-by-step
Repeat (toggle)
Full Screen
Pause
Stop
20 mins
Organization:
3v3 / 4v4 Small-sided tournament games
4 teams of 3-4 players each team.
2 fields of 30x40 yards
2 Pugg Goals on opposite endlines.
Instructions:
4 Teams of 3
Play 3v3 tournament style format where each team will play one another.
Look to combine groups if possible.
Coaching Points:
Introduce move of the week - the outside cut. How can it be used? (A) To stop the ball from going out (B) to trick the defender