Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): 2 August 2023 Training (Start Time: 2023-08-02 20:00:00)

Circuit B

1 One agility ring.

2 Three cones in a line 7.5 yards apart (15 yards distance between the end cones).

3 Slalom poles laying flat, distance between in pole is 2 ft. 

4 Agility rings.

5 Two slalom poles in a straight line 1 yard apart, another pole 2 yards away from the left of the 2 poles, at a 45° angle.

5 Two cones in a straight line 2 yards apart.

6 8 agility rings in a straight line.

7 Small agility hurdles.

8 One line of white cones 1 ft apart, one line of yellow cones 1 ft apart offset from the white cones.

9 One line of white cones 1 ft apart, one line of yellow cones 1 ft apart offset from the white cones.

10 Two lines of cones 3 yards apart, the lines of cones are offset from each other, distance between the lines of cones is 5 yards,

Octagon

Place 8 cones in an octagon shape measuring 5 yards diameter.  A server stands 5 - 10 yards away.

The server plays a pass into the player in the octagon, after receiving the pass the player controls the ball through each pair of cones that form the sides of the octagon to play a pass back to the server from outside of the octagon.

When controlling the back through the back of the octagon, the player controls the ball and moves with the ball to the outside of the octagon and then back inside the octagon to play the return pass.

All passes from the server are played through the yellow cones (in practice all cones should be the same colour).

The first return pass from the player (inside the octagon) is through the yellow cones, the drill animation does not show this.

Passing Combinaiton Square

With 4 players to each square, there are 2 servers and 2 players per square.  

Players operate within the square and do not move to another square.

Drill

A server plays a pass into one of the players in the square, the player lays a pass off to the other player in the square who then plays a pass to the server in the next (anti-clockwise) square.  The player who played the pass leaves the square and swaps with the server who started the drill.

Progression 1

A server plays a pass into one of the players in the square, the players in the square play a 1-2 combination followed by a pass to the server in the next (anti-clockwise square).  The player who played the pass leaves the square and swaps with the server who started the drill.

Progression 2

A server plays a pass into one of the players in the square, the players in the square who plays a pass back to the server, the server plays a pass to the second player in the square, who then lays a pass to the first player, who then plays a pass to the server in the next (anti-clockwise square). The player who played the pass leaves the square and swaps with the server who started the drill.

Coaching points

Correctly weighted accurate passes are required.

Variety of movement within the square.

Communication.

Good intensity.