Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Combination Play

Warm Up - Diamond Passing (10 mins)

20-25 x 20-25 yd Diamond

2 Balls - Pass around the outside of mannequins and follow the pass.

Coaching Points

Have the receiving player pull away from the defender (mannequin), receive the ball across their body, take the first direction of the next pass, accurate pass with appropriate pace.

Can encourage pace of play by having players attempt to "catch" the ball ahead of them.

Change direction

Variations:

Receive with proper foot across body and pass with the other foot

Diamond Passing - Give and Go (10 mins)

20-25 x 20-25 yd Diamond

Player A dribbles at pace to the mannequin player B is starting behind, as A approaches, B pulls away from the mannequin and towards the ball and executes a give-and-go (wall pass) around the mannequin with player A who then passes the ball to player C who dribbles at player D's mannequin and executes a give-and-go. (Combinations are done on the sides of the diamond, players on the end dribble at mannequins on the sides)

Players rotate to next line

Change Directions

Coaching Points:

Dribble at the mannequin with pace, wall player gives a good angle for wall pass, disguise the pass into the wall player by using the outside of the foot, play the wall pass with the correct foot, play the wall pass into space.

Diamond Passing - Overlap (15 mins)

20-25 x 20-25 yd Diamond

Player B checks away and back to the ball, receives a pass from player A then dribbles inside and towards the mannequin by player C while player A overlaps, receives the pass from player B and plays into player C. Player C plays into player D who dribbles inside while player C overlaps, etc..

Players rotate to next line

Change Directions

Coaching Points:

Dribble inside and at pace, disguise pass to the overlap by using the outside of the foot, verbal communication, play overlapping player into space.