Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Dixon Coaching Education Crossing/Finishing (2)

Warm-Up/Technical Repeittions (10 mins)

Organization:

12 players divided into two teams-team in the middle pairs into groups of 2, teams on the outside, spread themselves around the outside-3 soccer balls, extras around the outside

Instructions:

• Players on the inside partner up, with one ball per pair

• As one player on the inside plays to a player on the outside, the other provides a supporting angle and recives the ball back from the outside player.

• Pairs must go to a new outside player each time, they cannot go to the same outside player twice in a row

• Players on the outside recive the ball from one of the partners and play back to the other partner

Coaching Points:

• Quality of pass (weight, accuracy)

• Quality of movement off the ball

• Body shape as recoveing player is getting the ball, can you open up on the half turn to play quickly into space-

• Players should look to recive the ball on the back foot

• Dribbling technique using/finding open spaces

• Attacking in small groups and individually with no pressure

• Movement off the ball-Can you get in a place that allows you to see most of the field and still be able to recieve the ball on the farthest foot from the outside player passing you the ball?

Progressions:

P-Now player on the outside recieves the ball from Player "A" and plas to Player "B", Now player "B" looks to immediatly find the space for player A and plays back to them. For this activity play for 45 seconds and switch player A within the pair

Technical Reps (fully opposed) (10 mins)

Organization:

Same as previous now only 1 team has a ball

Instructions:

• Now only one ball, both teams competeing to get 10 passes

• Blue team plays E-W Red team plays N-S

• Players trying to complete 3 or 4 passes, on the final pass they must play to a neutral player, when this occurs the player making the final pass must replace the neutral player.

• Team to get 5 switches of play first wins

Coaching Points:

• Selection of appropriate passing technique (inside, driven, curled)

• Weight, angle, timing, trajectory and shape of pass

• Direction and distance of first touch

• Movement off the ball to create space (for self and teammates) and open passing lane

• Speed, angle and timing of supporting movement

• Read triggers and body lanaguage of teammates

• Speed of play

Progressions:

R-Add a neutral player

P-Use goal keeper as target players, must find thier hands

Fully-Opposed (10 mins)

Organization:

Players divided into 2 teams, lots of soccer balls, 1 GK

Instructions:

• Player "a" completes a double pass with player "b"

• Player "a" then takes a touch to open up space, sending a driven pass accross the field to player "c"

• Player "c" then drives at the blue player, Player "d" now completes a wall pass with player "c" beating the blue defender

• Players rotate from "a" to "b" to "c" to "d", then back to their line.

• Teams rotate, Blue goes then White goes

Coaching Points:

- Selection of appropriate passing technique (inside, driven, curled)

- Weight, angle, timing, trajectory and shape of pass

- Direction and distance of first touch

- Movement off the ball to create space (for self and teammates) and open passing lane

- Speed, angle and timing of supporting movement

- Read triggers and body lanaguage of teammates

- Speed of play

Progressions:

P-If defender wins the ball they transistion through the gates to score a point

P-Have both sides going at a slightly staggered rate