Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Conditioned Game: Passers & Dribblers

Conditioned Game: Passers & Dribblers (15 mins)

INSTRUCTIONS:

• 2 teams. 1 team overloaded, 1 team underloaded.
• The overloaded team are the "Passers", while the underloaded team are the "dribblers."
• Normal rules of football apply. Team that scores gets the ball back.
• 3 minute games. 

Round 1: Passers get a point for every pass they make, but only counts if they score a goal. Dribblers get a point for every 1 v 1 dribble that they make. 

Round 2: Same rules as Round 1. Passers get reward for including a Give and Go before scoring. 

Round 3: Same rules as Round 2. Players MUST do a give and go before scoring. But they only get the ball back if they do one in each half, AND score.  

Round 4: Even Numbers - Repeat Rounds 1 to 3. 

Your group may not get to Round 3, this is ok. Keep repeating the earlier rounds and see if you can teach in the moment. 

Round 4 should flow into your free game.  

COACHING CONSIDERATIONS:

• As the game is Man City Magicians, ask them to pick their passer/dribbler to replicate. 
• Do players understand the Give and Go?
• Use of language, sharing the ball with friends. 
• Are they still scoring goals? We want to pass to score goals! 

COACHING TOOLS

Restrict: 

• Instead of rewarding, is it worth forcing teams give and go? 

Relate:

Reward: