Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): 1v1 - Scissors going to goal

Semi Opposed

Organization:

Groups of 3 to 4, Attacking player shown in Blue, 2 5 yard gates set up as shown.

Instructions:

Defending player plays into the attacking player, and immediately applies passive pressure while stadning in the gate in the center of the grid. Attacking player performs move and accelerates into the gate.

Coaching Points:

Attacking player head up to assess where the space/ 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.

-Scissor Technique: Foot pointed towards ground, scissor as close to ball as possible to increase speed of the move. Drive with the foot that you intend to do the first scissor with. Getaway touch is out of the tackling radius and into space.

Progression turn it into a race where the defender must stay in the central gate until attacker performs move.

Screen 3

Organization:

Groups of 3 to 4, Attacking player shown in Blue, 2 5 yard gates set up as shown.

- mini goal behind defender

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 through line and finishing on the goal. If defender wins ball they get a point for dribbling it past the opposite end line.

- 6 seconds to finish

- Def - 3 seconds to finish after recovering

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.

-Scissor Technique: Foot pointed towards ground, scissor as close to ball as possible to increase speed of the move. Drive with the foot that you intend to do the first scissor with. Getaway touch is out of the tackling radius and into space.

Progressions:

Conditioned game (15 mins)

Organization:

Instructions:

1) got to dribble inside the end zone

2) allow to score only on end zone (behind retention line)

Coaching Points:

Progressions: