Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Moves - pressure from front

Developmental Repititions

Organization:

As above

Instructions:

Players dribble out to the manaquin and beat them with a 'Inside-outside'. Upon eye contact with the waiting player at the far end the next player goes. The process repeats.

Coaching Points:

- Pinky toe to dribble

- Keep ball close, touch on every step

- Correct execution of Inside-Outside

- Ball out of feet with final touch

- Head up after beating mannequin

- Accelerate out of move

Progressions:

- Use weaker foot on every other go

- Progress to an 'Inside-scissors'

Conditiond game

Organization:

7v7.

Field divided into thirds with ~2 players from each side in each third.

Ball is played in by coach.

Instructions:

Ball is played into the middle by coach.

2v2 in the middle. Middle players are trying to play into one of the two players in their attacking third.

Once ball is played into one of their players, the receiving player is 1v1 to goal against the closest defender.

*The other two players in that third of the field are frozen and cannot play. Until a shot, ball goes out, etc. when play restarts in the middle.

*2v2 in the middle can play back to players on their team in the defensive third in order to keep possession (e.g. if blue plays back to blue in their defensive third, white cannot steal the ball) but they only have 2 touches. Possession goes to the other team if defenders take more than 2 touches or if the ball stops moving at any point.

Coaching Points:

Attacking points

- Attacker being an option to receive the ball high up the field

- Recognition of space to attack

- Using moves to unbalance defender and score.