Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Technical - Skills to Beat a Defender

2019 - 2017 Games (65 mins)

Each game will run 20 mins 

6 Rounds x 3 mins 

Coaching Points:

• Change speed 
• Change direction 
• Find the open space 

Game 1: Freeze Tag 

1. Everyone has a ball 

2. Put one tagger in a penny 

3. Tagger dribbles soccer ball and tries to tag other players 

4. Non taggers look to stay away from the tagger by dribbling away 

5. If tagged player is frozen and puts ball above their head 

6. Only way to be unfrozen is if someone dribbles up to you and pass ball between your legs 

7. Rotate tagger each round 

Water Break at 10 mins 

Grid 20 x 20 (set up 2 to split for bigger numbers) 

Game 2: Sharks and Minnows 

1. Blue players try to get from one end zone to the other 

2. Red player tries to tag them before they get there 

3. All players must keep their ball 

4. If tagged you help the tagger in the middle next round 

5. Once there is one player left, they are the winner and become the tagger next 

Water Break at 10 mins 

Grid 30 long x 20 wide x 5 yard endzone 

Game 3: 1v1 to Gates

8 x 2 min rounds x 30 second rest 

Rotate players to new playing area each round 

Set up 3 - 4 1v1 grids

Escape the Box (20 mins)

Escape the Box (20 Mins) 

Switch player in the middle each time 

4 x 4 min rounds 

• Player in the middle tries to get out of 1 of the 4 gates 
• Red defenders try to stop the player from dribbling out but cannot pressure the player with the ball 
• Reds can move in front of the gate and tackle if they try to go through the gate