Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Striking the Ball Training Plan 7 SAP - Pass and Move

STB Skill Intro I (10 mins)

Area: Four 10 x 15 grids

Players: 8-16 players, for 12 divide 6 with one colour 6 with another colour, three of the same colour in each of the four grids aligned vertically, 2 with ball 1 without ball.

Explantion: player A with the ball passes to the player B without a ball and moves into space. Player C with the ball passes to player A, who is know the player without the ball, then moves into space. players on the ball should always be moving not stationary.

Coaching Points: short pass timing/weight/accuracy; movement off the pass into space away from dribbler; first touch into space or direction of passing player movement; perception/awarenes off pass across grids

STB Skill Intro III

Area: 20 x 20, with a centre marker to create four 10 x 10 grids. Players: 8-16, ideally 12 divided into two groups

Explanantion: Players in two groups of 6 with one player at each endline and four in the middle, one group playing horizontally the other playing vertically. Each group moves the ball from one end through each middle player to the other end and rotate back again - every player takes a touch and a pass in each sequence. Once a middle player takes a touch and passes they must move to a different grid. No defending though each team is effectively interferring the other passively.

Progession: Last player to pass to an end player replaces the end player who comes into the middle. First touch can be a first time pass.

Coaching Cues: Perception: Head up scanning; Where is space to take first touch into, where are/how close are interferring players, where are support players/bouncers for pass: Decision: take a first touch or first time pass; which direction to take a first touch, which support player to pass to, pass to feet, pass in front, pass into space; Execution weight direction of first touch and pass, movement into space after pass

STB Training Game (25 mins)

Area: 40 x 30 two 5m end zones plus two goals at each end; Players 12 players 6 v 6, 1 player in end zone

Expanation: attacking team collects a ball from defensive gola to start play, forward passes to reach their player in attacking end zone, this player can not score, once ball has reached end zone that zone becomes live to all players as normal. Points scores by scoring in either goal after ball reaches player in end zone.