Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Academy Week 2/3 (Passing & Receiving) (Start Time: 2024-03-06 16:15:00)

SAQ - One touch pass (10 mins)

Set Up:

- Cones one step apart.

- Final cone 5 steps for players to sprint.

- Create lines according to amount of players.

- Roughly 3 per line.

Instructions:

1) Jump in between cones with right foot.

- Land in bend and pause (Bend meaning bend your knees to increase balance)

- Sprint with left foot driving over last cone after jumps.

- Players walk back to regain energy.

* Repeat with left foot.

2) Shuffle through cones, two feet in between cones, push off with your right foot and come back through diagonally, two feet to the left inside cones, push off diagonally with your left foot and repeat.

3) Two feet through the cones, Imaginary pass with strong foot, go back through the same set of cones and repeat x5

* Progression one touch the ball back to server, repeating same pattern 5 times then switch with next person in line.

- Open up foot to 90 degrees (Middle of your foot should be lined up to the target).

- Planted foot to the target.

- Motion through the ball to follow through to target (Draw a line with middle of foot).

4) Two feet through the cones, receive ball from the server, one touch pass back with strong foot, go back through the same set of cones, move up to the next set of cones and one touch pass. Repeat until the last pass then sprint to cone.

*Can progress through repeated practices to weak foot.

- Open foot to 90 degrees (Middle of your foot should be lined up to the target).

- Planted foot to the target.

- Motion through the ball to follow through to target (Draw a line with middle of foot).

- Weight of pass (As distance increases, increase weight of pass. As distance decreased, decrease weight of pass).

Coaching Points:

- Open foot to 90 degrees.

- Planted foot to the target.

- Play in bend.

- Draw a line with the middle of your foot to the target.

1v1 conditioned game (20 mins)

Set up:

- Players on both teams are numbered 1-6 (Number by ability)

- Winner stays on

Instructions:

- Must only mark and tackle your opposite number, Cannot tackle any other number 

- Three teams 

- Winner stays on

Coaching Points

-1v1: Change of pace and direction

Values 

- Accountability, get into passing lanes and support ball carrier 

- Bravery, players need to be empowered to dribble and run by players

- Community, do it together

Coaching points

On the ball

1) Timing of move

2) Change of pace (Slowly approach player, after move Quickly get out two touches or less.

3) Change of direction (Jump to one side of the ball, bend knees and push off to take ball with outside of the foot.)

2) Go to show (Run away from ball carrier, then run towards the ball)
3) Selfless run (Drag defender out of the space the ball carrier is going towards