Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Dribbling - A4L Coaching Clinic - May 5 & 6 @ WSF South

Inital Game (15 mins)

Set up:

50x35 grid

two colour pinnies

balls (10ish)

cones

Organization:

Two teams (add a neutal if un even)

two end zones (7 yards approximately)

One ball

Directional Game to begin (blacks going towards one zone, blue towards the other)

Rules:

Players MUST dribble into the end zone to score a goal (control must be kept at all times)

Play restarts with team who was scored on at their end

Progression:

Make a transitional game, once a team scores in one end zone, have them turn around and score in the next

Coaching Points

General

- shape - width and depth (create space for dribbling)

Specific

- recognizing the space ahead (can you take your first touch into space)

- take on a player 1v1

- use different Feints to beat the player

- tempo (speed of play)

Skill (15 mins)

Organization

25x25 grid (smaller for younger - larger for older)

Corner Flag (can use multiple if you like) in centre of grid

Set up:

- Players line up on the corners of the grid Line 1 and 4 have balls

- Lines 1 begins to dribble to the corner flag, line 3 comes out and defends the player (defending at 60% - not taking the ball but putting pressure on them)

- player in line one makes the decision of which side of the flag he makes his move to by which side the defender decides to go

- lines 4 and 2 go doing the same thing

- defenders defend for 1-2 minutes - switch roles

Progression - full pressure

Regression - coach in the middle putting light pressure on the kids

Coaching points -

- Pace at which you attack

- timing of the feint

- decision of where to go - based on defenders run and space