Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Playing Through Midfield - U10 Blue

Circle Passing (15 mins)

Set Up:

Circle 15 yards in diameter. Half of group outside the circle with balls, other half on the inside without balls.

Description:

Players check to a player on the outside, receive a pass and play back before finding another teammate on the outside.

Coaching Points:

1) Body Mechanics

2) Opposite movement

3) Check to all at an angle

Playing Through The Midfield (25 mins)

Set Up

20 x 20 grid w/ goals at each end. The grid should be divided into three zones using cones.

Organization

2 teams of 4 w/ GKs and 1 neutral assuming 9 players

Instructions

Players can only pass through 1 zone at a time. In other words, the keeper cannot pass from the goal to the attacking third, but must pass either into the defending third or midfield. Keepers always restart play with a distribution.

Progression: Require a certain number of passes before allowing a goal.

Coaching Points

- How do players possess the ball

- Their first touch on reciving the ball

- Quality of pass and accuracy

- Weight of pass and accuracy

- Verbal and visual cues

- Communication

- Picking the moment to change the point of attack

Playing through Midfield (25 mins)

Set Up

20 x 20 grid divided in thirds with cones

Divide players into even teams with 1 neutral player.

Put 2 mini goals on the outside on the sides. Neutral player must stay in the neutral zone. In order to score, a pass must be made to the neutral player and from the neutral player succesfully to a player on the same team.

Coaching Points

- How do players possess the ball

- Their first touch on reciving the ball

- Quality of pass and accuracy

- Weight of pass and accuracy

- Verbal and visual cues

- Picking the moment to change the point of attack