Week 4 ODP 1st Session

Warm Up

Set Up

Set up a 30m x 20m grid, divide the players into two groups facing each other, All player must have a soccer ball.

Procedure

On Coach's call players dribble to the opposite side performing various foot skills.

-Inside touches

-Outside touches

-Strong/weak foot touches

-Soll roll touches

-Laces touches

-Sole Roll/Step Over

-drag turn/U turn technique

Emphasis:

Quality touches on the ball

Eyes up after every touch to watch out for other players

Introduce short 'Messi' touches to keep the ball close and big 'Ronaldo' touches to push the ball into space to go faster

Week 4 ODP 1st Session

Set Up

This passing soccer drill begins with the players in the middle dribbling their soccer ball in the middle of the area and passing the ball to a player on the outside when they wish. The players on the outside will take a touch and then pass the ball back to them. This type of pass is called a 1,2 pass. After a few minutes, swap the players over on the outside and inside.

Progression

Take a look below at the different progression ideas for this drill.

1) The players on the outside should pass the ball back first time without controlling the ball first.

2) The players in the middle can practice using both feet to pass as well as the outside of the foot.

3) You could allow the players on the outside to have a ball each and dribble up and down the line. Once a player in the middle needs to pass, they leave their ball and carry on with the 1,2 pass and then carry on dribbling their own ball on the outside.

4) The players in the middle have to perform a skill, turn or trick before passing the ball to the outside player.

5) You could make the square larger and make the players pass long-balls or shorten the square so they require close control.

6) After the player in the middle has passed their ball, they go and find another player on the outside who passes them someone else's ball.

Emphasis

Ensure that the inside of the foot is used for passing, not the toe.

When dribbling the ball, make sure that close control is used.

When passing the ball it shouldn't be too soft/slow, there needs to be some pace and conviction as they start to get older.