Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Passing II

Warm Up

Organization:

1. Three players per one set of four cones

2. Four cone sets should be set up one yeard apart.

3. 8 Balls (2 per group)

Instructions:

Rules: 1. Must play ball through a channel. 2. Two touch, one to receive, the other to play across. 3. Cannot pass the ball through the same channel twice in a row. 4.Cannot hit a cone with a pass. 5. Ball must always stay in front of player

Coaching Points:

1. Angle of approach – Specific technique being coached

2. Head up to observe your target

3. Supporting foot

4. Contact with the ball

5. Contact with the foot

6. Weight of pass

Progressions:

1. One touch passing through gates.

2. Specific surface of foot when passing and receiving.

Main Theme 2

Organization:

1. Set up three channels 5x10 as shown

2. 12 Players (3 teams of 4)

3. 3 balls (1 per team)

4. 12 markers

Instructions:

1. In groups of four, place one player in the "Passer" position (Player B) and the other 3 players at the opposite end of the channel

2. Player A starts with the ball

3. Player A passes the ball to player B then follows the pass to the "Passer" position.

4. Player B then passes to player C and follows the pass to the back of the line

5. Complete session with all 3 groups

Coaching Points:

1. Angle of approach – Specific technique being coached

2. Head up to observe your target

3. Supporting foot

4. Contact with the ball

5. Contact with the foot

6. Weight of pass

Progressions:

1. One touch passing

2. See Main Theme 3

Conditioned Game

Organization:

1. 40x40 grid set up as shown

2. Two teams of 6. 4v4 with two players of each team in end zones, as shown.

3. Pugs goals are for progession

Instructions:

1. Players will pass amongst their team trying to make their way to their teammate standing in the endzone.

2. Player A will pass the ball into the endzone to Player B.

3. Player B will receive the ball and dribble out of the endzone.

4. Player A will then take the place of Player B.

5. Teams must complete 2 passes before going to the same endzone again

6. First team to replace 5 players wins the round.

Coaching Points:

1. Angle of approach – Specific technique being coached

2. Head up to observe your target

3. Supporting foot

4. Contact with the ball

5. Contact with the foot

6. Weight of pass

Progressions:

1. Teams can play to the pug goal to score once they have switched one player from the corner boxes. Must switch out a player before a goal can be scored.