Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Westfield Passing Wk 3

100 passes game (10 mins)

Organization:

1.Open area with six sets of cones set up 2 yards apart set up as shown

2.12 players (6 groups of 2) set up as shown

3.6 balls

Instructions:

1.Players have to pass the ball back and forth through the middle of the cones

2.Players score points for every time they play between the cones

3.If the ball goes wide of the cones, no point is scored

4.Play for 30 seconds

Coaching Points:

1.Angle of approach – center

2.Supporting foot is next to the ball pointed at target

3.Head up observe your target

4.Contact ball - middle

5.Contact foot - inside

6.Weight and accuracy of pass

Progressions:

P – Increase the distance between the players

P – Play one touch

Main theme (20 mins)

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Organization:

1.20 yard diameter circle set up as shown

2.10 players set up as shown

3.1 balls, extra around the outside

Instructions:

1.Players pass the ball to a player on the opposite side of the circle and follows their pass

2.The player that receives the ball then repeats

Coaching Points:

1.Angle of approach – center

2.Supporting foot is next to the ball pointed at target

3.Head up observe your target

4.Contact ball - middle

5.Contact foot - inside

6.Ankle locked with toe pointed up

7.Follow through towards target with striking foot remaining open throughout

8.Body weight over the ball

9.Weight and accuracy of pass

Progressions:

P – Add a second ball

P – Add a third ball

Progressions:

Cond. Game (15 mins)

Organization:

1.50 x 30 yard area set up as shown

2.12 players (5 Attackers, 5 Defenders, 2 Targets)

3.1 ball (Additional around the outside)

Instructions:

1.Teams score by getting the ball to their target player in the end zone

2.The target player must control the ball in the end zone to score the point

3.Once point is scored the target player must play out to the other team

4.Target players are not allowed outside the end zone

5.Defenders are not allowed inside the end zone

6.If the ball goes out, play is started with a kick in

Coaching Points:

1.Angle of approach

2.Head up to observe your target

3.Specific Technique

4.Weight and accuracy of pass

5.Disguise your pass

Progressions:

P – Two touch

R – Make the target area bigger (10 yards deep)

P – Restrict players to using one foot (inside and outside), switch feet after a set time to work both sides

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