Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Block 3 Possession Week 1 (Start Time: 2018-01-17 19:00:00)

Warm-up (15 mins)

Organization

-12 players

-Field size 20 x 20 yard

Equipment

-12 soccer balls

- 4 blue, 16 red cones

Objective

STAGE 1-INCREASE HEART RATE / INCREASE MUSCLE AND BODY TEMPERATURE

STAGE 2-DYNAMIC RANGE OF MOTION

STAGE 3-NEURAL PREPARATION

Activity

-SESSION SPECIFIC (POSSESSION)

-ALL PLAYERS WORK INSIDE GRID PERFORMING CONTINUOUS WITH VARIOUS RANGE OF MOTION MOVEMENTS AND DYNAMIC RANGES ALSO WORK ON NEURAL PREPARATION

-Players begin by performing continuous movement inside of the grid without ball for the first 3 min.

-Players continue with performing dynamic range of motion exercises for 5 min. Ball is added.

-Players prepare for the next stage. Players inside the 4 X 4 yard square begin on their toes moving in between each other the players on the outside meanwhile are moving their ball at their feet. On the coaches shout of go the middle players go to receive a ball from an outside player before playing it back off two touch. The middle player will then go back through the middle square before then going to another outside player and doing the same thing. The players in the middle are trying to visit as many outside players as possible in 30 seconds. Once you reach 30 seconds switch the players to the opposite job. Make it competitive from the start to get the players at a high tempo.

Progression

Both touches right foot, both touches left foot, one touch either foot, one touch pass, receive and find a new player to pass to on the outside

Key Points

-Accuracy

-Communication

-Part of the foot

-Part of the ball

-Movement

ACTIVITY PHASE (10 mins)

Organization

-12 players

-Field size 3 X 10 x 15 yard

Equipment

-12 soccer balls

- 4 blue, 4 red, 2 yellow cones

-blue cones (area)

-red cones (retreat line)

-yellow cones (centre line)

Objective

Activity Phase 4 V 1 / 4 V 2

Activity

-4 V 1

-4 V 2

-Server(Coach) pass the ball to red players

-When in possesion of the ball players are looking to keep possession of the ball, begin with the players being able to play the ball across when they are ready without any limit on touches, this will then give them a higher rate of success to begin with.

Progression

-Increase size of the field (20 X 25)

Key Points

-Accuracy / Quality of pass

-Communication

-Part of the foot

-Part of the ball

-Movement

-Receiving body shape

-Awarness of opponent position or shape

Cool down activity (5 mins)

COACH LEADS PLAYERS THROUGH A COOL DOWN, INVOLVING MOVEMENTS TO LOWER THE HEART RATE, GROUP FINISHES WITH STATIC STRECHING WHILE THE COACH DEBRIEFS AND ASK QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SESSION.

PLAYERS ARE REMINDED ABOUT SNACKS & DRINKS.

PREPARATION FOR NEXT TRAINING SESSION OR GAME STARTS NOW