Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): U12 Forward runs

Warm Up Part 2: Ball Mastery (10 mins)

Organization: 30x30yrd grid. Cones scattered in various areas of the grid

Instructions:

- Players to dribble around the area in/out of the cones.

- Players with a ball each doing ball mastery moving from cone to cone: bell touches, outside/inside, toe taps, rolls, roll-stop etc. (moves carried out using inside, outside, and bottom of the left foot and right foot). Also do ball skills at a cone (outside - inside, triangles etc.), both feet used.

- Players to practice dribbling moves at the cones (i.e. dribble at a cone with speed and do a move to change direction away from it). Moves include; fake, double fake, scissors, Ronaldo, roll-push, Maradona etc.

Coaching Points:

- Head up and look for space (look for a cone that other players are not going to). Also when doing the ball mastery look forward at the cone, training to get head up when moving with the ball.

- Body position low when performing the dribbling move to change direction

- Moves done at speed and under control

Progressions:

- Various dribbling moves

Conditioned game with End zones (25 mins)

Organization: x2 fields with endzones. 5v5

Instructions:

- Directional game

- Players can score a point/goal by making a pass into the endzone and a teamate recieving the pass in the endzone.

Coaching Points:

- Get wide to recieve the ball

- Play quickly

- Good movement and runs

- Recieve ball from deep and open up to face forward whenever possible

Progressions:

- Target player in endzone

- 2 touch