Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Random Girls

1 v 1's (10 mins)

Organisation (set-up 1)

15x 15 grid (red cones) with 2 x gates as shown.

Ball starts with blue player who passes ball to yellow player.

Yellow player looks to dribble through one of gates for a point.

Blue player looks to tackle and dribble past yellow team for a point.

Player that passes joins back of dribbling team, player that dribbles joins back of passing team.

Organisation (set-up 2)

Channel 20 yds long by 7 - 10 yds wide.

Ball starts with blue player who passes to yellow setting up a 1 v 1 situation.

Switching play less than 12 (10 mins)

Organisation

2 cones in the middle yards away from each other. There are 2 teams of 5 with 1 player on the middle cone and the other players on the outside cones. Player begins by passing to player on the middle cone, who looks to open up the body and create an angle to receive and pass to the other side. The player always follows the pass and looks to receive and move in both directions.

Key Coaching Points:

Body Shape: Players should look to receive the ball with an open body, facing the goal, allowing them to pass easier.

Create Space: To receive the ball, attackers must look to create space with intelligent movement to create space for themselves off the cone (marking player) when the ball is moving towards them.

Quality of first Touch: To execute the switch pass, players need perform a good first touch with tight control on their back foot to play the ball in one fluid movement using both feet.

Make it into a competition between teams.

Option 3 (15 players or more)Technical Switching play (15 mins)

4 X Boxes set up as above approx 10 x 10. Size can be reduced/increased to suit player ability/challenge player.

3 teams of players (x5) split between sqaures. 2 players from same colour in one of squares. Ball always starts in this square.

Players tasked to rotate ball on coaches whistle following pass.

Players should communicate verbally/using hand signals. Receiving player should look to get in to space and open up body to provide next pass.

Challenge players by changing direction.

Switch play - can we split diamond.

Key Coaching Points:

Body Shape: Players should look to receive the ball with an open body, facing the goal, allowing them to pass easier.

Create Space: To receive the ball, attackers must look to create space with intelligent movement to create space for themselves off the cone (marking player) when the ball is moving towards them.

Quality of first Touch: To execute the switch pass, players need perform a good first touch with tight control on their back foot to play the ball in one fluid movement using both feet.

Make it into a competition between teams.