Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): 9+ Advanced Crossing and Finishing (Driven)

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Daniel Taylor

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Name:	Daniel Taylor
City:	Lakewood
Country:	United States of America
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Introduction

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Introduction (10 mins)

Organization:

-Set up in 30 x 30 area. Three teams each different color

Instructions:

-As many balls as their are teams, or one ball to start. Players can't pass to their color. Players must pass to opposite color and count how many passes they get individually. At the end of 1 minute they get with teammates of same color and count up their points.

Coaching Points/Questions:

- Look to encourage players to challenge themselves with longer passes

- When do we make a longer Lifted pass? When a player is at distance in space but their are people in line of sight

- Can we give quality passes and consider the timing of the players movement

- How, driven low to the ground. Laces, toe pointed down, kicking through center of ball.

Regressions/Progressions:

P- One short then one long

P- All balls in the air

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Main activity

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Main activity (30 mins)

Organization:

-16x30 playing area with two 7 yard endzones on either side making field 30x30

Instructions:

- Teams of three. On coaches go teams will complete 3 passes. On the third pass a player from their team must Run into one of the endzone on the oppisite side of the field from where the 3rd pass was made. The player with the ball must then Cross the ball to that player in the endzone. The player in the endzone must control it before exiting. Game continues and that team must get three more passes before repeat. Play for 2 minutes team with the most crosses wins.

Coaching Points/Questions:

- Let players try and figure out how to get the ball across, see what they come up with for first few minutes

- Why do we cross the ball, to find space into wide areas

- How, driven low to the ground. Laces, toe pointed down, kicking through center of ball. underneath ball to get a little lift

Regressions/Progressions:

R- Remove middle line cross can be to any of the 6 squares.

P- One team looks to defend While other two teams work together

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Progression 1

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Progression 1 (30 mins)

Organization:

-Same as previous

Instructions:

-Two teams will work together. One team will defend. Two teams working together must complete X amount of passes before looking to cross into a space to an open player. Defenders cannot go into endzone.

Coaching Points/Questions:

- Why do we look to make a cross, to find that open space over defenders.

- When do we look to make that cross, when player is in space or looking to run into space

- Can we look to encourage the players to drive the ball into the square. See what ways they come up with

- Quality and timing of Cross

- How, driven low to the ground. Laces, toe pointed down, kicking through center of ball.

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Progression 2

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Progression 2 (30 mins)

Organization:

-Same organization as before

Instructions:

-Same game as before but no middle line . Extra points can be scored if the switch from one endzone to another without ball hitting ground and player controling ball in other endzone.

Coaching Points/Questions:

- Why do we look to make a cross, to find that open space over defenders.

- When do we look to make that cross, when player is in space or looking to run into space

- Can we look to encourage the players to drive the ball into the square. See what ways they come up with

- Quality and timing of Cross

- How, driven low to the ground. Laces, toe pointed down, kicking through center of ball.

Regressions/Progressions:

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Conditioned Game

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Conditioned Game (20 mins)

Organization:

-Split area in half creating two fields 30 X 20. Look to rotate field

Instructions:

-3 teams on each field, one team act as bumpers/crossers, other two teams play 2v2 in middle. Can use bumbers as nutrals. score 1 point for goal, score 5 points for playing ball out to bumber and scoring from a cross. Bumpers can't be defended. Bumpers have 3 to 5 seconds to get rid of ball. Play for 2 or 3 minutes then switch teams.

Coaching Points/Questions:

- When do we cross in, when the player looks to be running into danger zone

- Quality and timing of pass

- Don't discourage players when they make ground crosses challenge them to try something else

- Why do we cross into area, to create goal socring oppurtunities for teammates

- How, connecting with the middle bottom of ball, follow through with laces

Regressions/Progressions:

P- Rotate field. Play east to west increaseing crossing distance

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Match

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Match (30 mins)

Organization:

- Use as much space as possible to increase space for crossing

Instructions:

-Fifa Rules

Coaching Points/Questions:

-Reiterate coaching points from session

-Look to teach attacking methodology

-Width, length, depth

Regressions/Progressions:

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