Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Brams United RDP U11-16's Week 3 (Start Time: 2022-08-19 19:00:00)

FIFA 11 non- static Stretch (5 mins)

FIFA 11 non- static Stretch (5 mins) 

FIFA 11 plus Warm-Up Phase 

1 1. RUNNING STRAIGHT AHEAD: Jog straight to the last cone. Run slightly more quickly on the way back. Do the exercise twice.

2. RUNNING HIP OUT: Jog to the first cone. Stop and lift your knee forwards. Rotate your knee to the side and put your foot down. Jog to the cone and do the exercise on the other leg. When you have finished the course, jog back. Do the exercise twice.

3. RUNNING HIP IN: Jog to the first cone. Stop and lift your knee to the side. Rotate your knee forwards and put your foot down. Jog to the next cone and do the exercise on the other leg. When you have finished the course, jog back. Do the exercise twice.

4 RUNNING CIRCLING PARTNERS: Jogforwards to the first cone. Shuffle sideways at a 90-degree angle towards your partner, shuffle an entire circle around one other (without changing the direction you are looking in), and back to the first cone. Jog to the next cone and repeat the exercise. When you have finished the course, jog back. Do the exercise twice.

5 RUNNING JUMPING WITH SHOULDER CONTACT: Jog to the first cone. Shuffle sideways at a 90-degree angle towards your partner. In the middle, jump sideways towards each other to make a shoulder-to-shoulder contact. Shuffle back to the first cone. Then jog to the next cone and repeat the exercise. When you have finished the course, jog back. Do the exercise twice.

6 RUNNING QUICK FORWARDS AND BACKWARDS SPRINTS: Runquickly to the second cone the run backwards quickly to the first cone, keepingyour hips and knees slightly bent. Repeat, running two cones forwards and onecone backwards. When you have finished the course, jog back. Do the exercisetwice.

Changing Direction

Technical Practise: Changing Direction

Teach your players how to change direction quickly to get past a defender in a 1v1 situation. Your players will learn how to accelerate away after they have executed the change of direction.

Set-Up

• 20 mins
• 6 players
• 3 balls
• 6 bibs
• 8 cones
• 30 x 25 area

Set up the practice as seen in the above image.

The defender passes the ball across to the attacker to trigger the start of the 1v1.

Attackers aim to dribble the ball through a gate on either side.

Once the pass is played, the defender must try to win the ball back before an attacker gets through the gate.

The attacker must dribble through the gate, not pass it through.

Key Coaching Points

• Encourage your players to take a positive first touch in the direction of one of the gates. This will force the defender to move to one side and create space to change direction and dribble towards the opposite free gate.

  
  

• When attacking, encourage your players to be positive and unpredictable. Players should add disguise using their body and arm movements. Once they have executed the change of direction, encourage players to accelerate away with the ball using their laces.

  
  

• Players must protect the ball by using their safe side to dribble. This may create opportunities where defenders will lunge in creating a trigger to turn or change direction and accelerate away. The player must choose the correct skill to get free from the defender and create space to shoot, ensuring they always keep their body in between the player and the ball.