Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Nomads Academy - 2019/2020 - Youth and Senior Phase - Pre Season 2 - U12-U16 - 22/07/19 and 24/07/19
Pro-Club: Gap Connah's Quay Nomads
Jay Catton, Adult Member
Profile Summary
| Name: | Jay Catton |
|---|---|
| City: | Connah's Quay |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Membership: | Adult Member |
| Sport: | Football/Soccer |
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Ball Familiarity
10 x 10 yard grids
30 second work per players.
Each player on the outside of the grid has a ball.
All five players work in the middle for 30 seconds and then rotate to next player.
Progressions:
1 - One touch/check first
2 - one touch/check first cone sprint every 3 passes
3 - two touch/check first - cone sprint every 3 passes (2balls)
4 - two touch/check first - cone sprint every 3 passes (3 balls)
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Passing Drill and Agility
Session Area
Set Up
20 x 20 yard grid
2 groups working across each other in grid.
Key Points
Pace of the pass and speed of movement in transition.
Challenges
1 - two touch - recieve and follow pass across
2 - two touch - recieve and follow pass across - sprint round cone to players left
3 - recieve back foot, drbble across and sprint around the cone
4 - one touch, set, big pass across, no sprints around cone
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Small Sided Game
Session Area
20 yard width wise with pitch broken up into 3 yard end zones, two attacking 15 yard x 20 areas and a 8x20 middle zone area
Set Up
Players aim to score by getting the ball into opposing end zones.
Bottom end player is a 6 with two attcking midfielders 8s ahead with a 9 target forward with free wingers (free players) on the attacking outside.
Game starts with 6 and 2 8s looking to get 3 passes in before getting the ball into number 9.
Once completed free passes two 8s can join in to score and can use wall men to make it a 5v3.
Central defender can't affect number 9 until he has taken first touch.
Key Points
Patience in possesion, set and movement of number 9, pace and speed of two 8s to get close and link up play.
Challenges
1 - 2 passes before going into number 9
2 - can play into wide men along with number 9
3 - If team win posession back they can counter straight to 9 or wide men
4 - Centre back can affect 9 immediately
5 - all in 6v6 no wide men to finish.
6 sets of 3 minute games with one minute recovery.
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Cool Down and Recovery (10 mins)
Prior to Cool Down Players now introduced to 6x60m runs as in season now x 2 sets.
Potentially two sets determining the work load of the session.
10 seconds to complete the disstance with 10 second recovery in between.
6 runs to complete a set.
Session Area
Two L shapes. Players split into two groups. Dynamic movement on the way out and gentle skip on the way back.
If to many players simply set out 20m straight - out dynamic movement way back gentle skip.
Gentle Dynamic movements at steady pace followed by floor based static stretching
Vital in order to dispurse lactoic acid and decrese chances of DOMS (delayed onset of muscle soreness).
Dynamic Movements:
Over the gate
Open the gate
Side Steps
Hand Tap
Lunge Walk
Kick Out
Hamstring Sweep
Players again in circle for static stretches all floor based including:
Roll Back
Knee to Chest
Back Twist
Groins - feet together
Pretzel
Lying Quad
Hip Flexor (Hands on hips)
Hamstring
Abductors (elbows to ground and leg out to side)
Calf stretch and calf cycles
Cycling
Most importantly decrease risk of injury over pre season and whole season campaign.
All Players then to do ice baths - 3 minutes straight
Protein shake to be taken on board within 10 minutes of finalising session.
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Activation and Warm Up (15 mins)
Session Area
Circle area
Set Up
All players in circle together going through core movements including:
10 x back rolls knee to chest
10 x scorpion back stretch
10 x on knees opposite hand and leg out (stabilisation across the hips)
3 x plank holding for 10 seconds
10 x 6 inches - leg into chest and switch - slow movement
4 x push ups - tighten glutes when doing so
6 x once 1 leg and straight for 5 seconds
On knees - knee to chest and kick out
Stabilisation exercises
Standing - lift one knee up - close eyes for 5 seconds x 3 each leg
Balance on one leg - gentle squat - 5 x each leg
Standing straight - turn and squat x 10
Hamstring stretch partner holding back of legs x 3 reps right up
Dynamic movement
Using hurdles - 4 hurdles per group
Hurdle Walk - knee up and over, trailing leg follows in sideway movement
Two forward - One back
Opening the gate
Closing the gate
Side Leg Swings
Activation Running
Week 2 5x50m runs at 50% maximum