Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Hipe session week 4

!st touch

SET UP: a small zone (10 x 10)set up for 2 players with 2 small passing arcs in centre of zone

AIM: A series of 1st touch skills in a high intensity setting. Players to drive the sucess and standard of the sessions.

HOW: This practic einvovles a series of diffgerent skilsl at approx 1-2 minutes each

(i) - Volleys over the passing arc, players 2 metres apart and try to keep ball in air, but low and volley back and forth to each other, vary volleys from instep to outside of foot (1 -2 minutes)

(ii) Work on passing through the passing arc - start each player 1-2 metre behind the arc and just 1 & 2 touch passing for accuracy.(1 minute)

(iii) Now players move across the zone to get a pass and play throufgh diffgerent arc each time, vary the skill, required (ie drag outide play inside, ) but always challenging accuracy and movement -

For example touch marker A , get pass and then play through arc, and move to touch B and so on, creating movement, touch (2 minutes)

(iv) 1 Player works behind arc, with movement back/forth receiving ball using differnt 1st touch skill to receive through the arc (1 minute each & players swap ).

COACHING POINTS: Close ball, skills good quakity 1 st touch, head up, scanning etc.