Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Big Head Little head

Heading fun session

Session Objective: To improve heading

Organisation:

Players in threes(A).1 throws ball to 2 who heads over(big head) to 3 who does cushion header (little head) back to 1 who catches ball.1 then passes to 3 who does big header to 2 who does little header back to 1 who catches ball and so on After a while rotate players.

Development.(B) As above but when ball returned to 1 he heads back to 3 with a little header and 3 plays big head to 2 who plays little head to 3 who plays back little head to 1 who plays big head to 34 and so on and passing routine develops.takes time but its good fun.

Development 3 The Morrison Challenge!!Player 1 serves to 2 back to 1 then to 3 back to 2, on to 4 .back to 3 and so on -try to get to end of a line of 10 or so players, then try to get as many as possible.Good fun to finish,

Key Factors:

Positive attitude to heading

Strike ball with control - power or cushion