Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Coordination, speed and reaction-time (Start Time: 2014-08-15 11:40:00)

Warm up (10 mins)

 Organisation / equipment: 14-16 players, bibs, 8 white players, 8 red players.

Procedure: Chasing. White and red players stand up in pairs. 1 white player chases red (or vice-versa). Other pairs stand. Chased player can touch another player of his/her colour. By this they change role. Touched player is chased.

Coaching: Coaches motivates the players verbally. Creates excitement.

Variation:

1. Chased player has to change with other colour.

2. Standing players change position (lie down or kneel down).

Exercise 2 (10 mins)

EXERCICE 2: Duration: 10 minutes including breaks

Organisation / equipment: 14-16 players, bibs, 8 white players, 8 red players. Divide into 2 groups (picture shows only one group). Place cones in different colours in the middle between both teams. Example: red cones on the left, blue cones on the right.

Procedure: 1v1, both players meet in the middle in movement (skippings). Coach gives instruction in which direction to run. Instruction is done in name of colour (blue and red). If coaches say blue, both players run through blue goal. First player wins (1 point). The next 2 players come to 1v1 in the middle. Again coach sends them into direction. Etc.

Coaching: coach gives clear instructions which colour is the goal in the foreign language. Coach motivates the players.

Variation:

1. Bring in new cones with new colours.

2. Sense of colour and direction is changed. "Red" means run to blue cones.

Blue" means run to red cones.