Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Passing: short passing inside of foot

Screen 1

Warm ups

4 players per square. (Can be done with 3 or 5 players)

1 ball per square. Players number their square 1 to 4. Always stay the same number throughout.

Each player operates a side of the square each.

Control and pass, follow your pass to the side of the square you have passed to and replace that player.

After 30 seconds practice stop the drill.

Coach will shout at numbers randomly. If its your number you receive the ball in the square and dribble the ball clockwise to the next square where you stay and continue the same process until another number is called out.

Progression 

Pass weak foot only 

Play 1 touch 

Do not pass to the side the ball has come from 

5 vs 1 rondo knock ball off cone

5 players in red keep ball away fprom player in green. Attempting to move the ball around the square until the time is right to hit the ball off the cone. Player in middle guarding ball but cant go inside small circle around the ball.

4 vs 1 keep ball and 5 vs 2 keep ball

Move ball around square keeping away from defenders. Can either keep defedners in for 60 seconds or player who gives ball away goes in.

Challenges

Play 1 touch only

Play must take 2 touch only

Play alternative 1 touch then 2 touch then 1 touch then 2 touch

When ball passed player must move to different side of the square

Weak foot only

Screen 3

Technique/Skill

Pass through the gate control with one foot pass with the inside of the other. (2 touch)

5 passes on the 5th pass player with the ball dribbles away and finds another partner. Player without the ball stays

Key Points for Inside of the foot pass

A- Make a 10 0r 01 with standing foot. Point the knee and toes of that standing foot towards your partner. Pull the kicking leg through a small back swing.

B- Keep body upright and head steady. Use arms for balance. Point kicking foot towards the player receiving the ball

C- Inside arch of the foot kicks the middle of the ball (6 o'clock) towards your partner

F- Slight follow through to just below knee height with kicking foot. ( Punch the ball through)

Imagine your foot is a golf putter and your playing crazy golf

Challenge

In 60 seconds how many gates will you get 5 passes in? must be control and pass.

60 seconds 5 first time passes how many gates will you complete?

Differentiation

Play first time

Pass with weak foot

Alter size of gates

Alter distance the players passing over

Skill

Remove cones. Players in pairs, they must keep the ball from defenders. If the defender gets a touch the player who lost possesion becomes the defender and the defender steals their partner. Each player is on 3 touch maximum. Pairs can move anywhere in the area.

Get players to think " Receive, pass, offer, receive pass offer "

Every 60 seconds stop play. Change partners. Change any defender who has been in the middle for a long time.

Screen 5

SSG 2 v 2 plus 4 corner players

Players in the corner are common players ( magic men ) they play for the team who has passed them the ball. They must stay in their corner and have a maximum 2 touches.

In the middle its all in touches but a 1 touch finish. To score a goal it must be from a pass from a corner player.

Coaching points

Find space

Distance of passes. Dont go to close to passer and limit your space

Selection of pass and weight of pass. Pass the ball as if you were the receiver of the pass

Movement of inside players

Painting pictures knowing where the next pass will go before you receive the ball

Check your shoulder

Diamond shape with 2 middle players, corner player in possession and opposite diagonal corner player

Corner players to make a split pass to opposite corner?

Challenge

Can you pass to all corners before scoring a one touch finish to gain 5 goals.

Every 5 passes you and your partner make is a goal ( does not have to be consecutive ) passes with the corner players count but you can not go back to the corner player who has just played you the ball. If you kick the ball out of play that resets your passing total to 0.

Add goal keepers if possible but they can not be passed to.

Screen 7

Conditioned game 6 v 6

Use a magic man or overload if needed

2 attackers must stay in one half of the pitch and 4 players must stay in the defensive half.

4 passes needed in the defensive half on the 4th pass player with the ball can either dribble or pass into the attacking half and join in. When possesion is lost he must retreat back too his original half. Or player who shot retereats to defensive half.

Coaching points

Top players will look to disguise their pass. They can do this with misdirection with the head, hands or voice. The Ronaldinhio pass is a perfect example of misdirection of the head to disguise the pass.