Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Moving and Ball Manipulation U8/U9

Ball Mastery (15 mins)

Organization:

• 12x12
• 8-12 Players (1 ball per player)

Instructions:

• Dribbling and following instruction of the coach, 1 pts for each touch (or combination)
• 1: free Dribbling
• 2:Dribbling with weak foot 
• 3:Inside outside strong foot after weak foot
• 4: Inside outside both feet
• 5:find space and dribble into inside and push with outside
• 6: Combo of all last skills and stop the ball and find another one when coach say 

Techinical Coaching Points:

• Small touches 
• Use laces/pinky toe when you dribble
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Tactical Coaching Points:

• Head Up and scanning
• Find empty space 

1V1 Multi goal (25 mins)

Organization:

• 25x20
• 4 small goals (4 boxes)
• 8 players (4x 1v1)

Instructions:

• Players have to try and score by getting into the area of any of the four goals. If the attacker scores, they keep possession and restart by bringing the ball into play from the goal but cannot score in that same goal. The defenders must try to win the ball back and score in one of the four goals.

Techinical Coaching Points:

• Ball control and manipulation
• Feint 
• Shooting inside the box

Tactical Coaching Points:

• scanning

Progressions & Regressions:

• Progression : Increase the number of players per ball i.e. 2v2, 3v3 etc
• Regression: .Play non-contact with players being able to travel around the area scoring in the different goals in their own time.