Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Red Hot Chili Peppers U11 Girls/ Driven Pass Week 6 (Start Time: 2015-05-12 19:00:00)

Practice 1 (15 mins)

Organization: Partners. 40x20 grid. Players stood behind cones opposite each other.

Instructions: Players to pass from one side of the grid to the other to the cones opposite, try to control the ball onto the cone for a point.

Coaching Points: Approach ball slightly from side, head down on contact, ankles locked, make contact with middle of ball, 2nd knuckle on foot contacts with ball, chin-knee-toe in-line, follow through.

Progressions: Count controls that hit cones, work both feet.

Practice 3 (15 mins)

Organization: 2 teams either side of grid 25x20 yards. 4 balls either side balanced as coconuts.

Instructions: Players must try and use the driven shot to knock the ball from the coconut on the other side of the grid. If you do then you get the ball and keep it on your side. First team to knock all 4 balls off wins.

Coaching Points: Driven shot technique. Head down, non-kicking foot in direction of pass, ankle locked, contact with middle of ball with the knuckle of the kicking foot, chin, knee toe in line, follow through with pass.

Progressions:

Make grid bigger/smaller.

6v6 game. (15 mins)

Organization: 4v4, 30x30.

Instructions: Play, but team must come up with a team shape first.

Coaching Points: As in game.

Progressions: