Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): passing and receiving. (Start Time: 2017-08-25 18:00:00)

warm up: (10 mins)

Inside foot pass through gates. Receive with inside foot and pass back.

1 min timed, count your passes.

Toe up and out, knee bent, hit middle of back of ball. Follow through in air, not grass.

Both players must receive turn and take 3 touches away before turning and passing through.

Everything 1 min timed. Keep scores.

Main Theme (15 mins)

Organization:

Same set up as previous activity but now the gates become triangles.

Set up 5-7 triangles with a player in each triangle. Majority of players are outside of the triangle with a ball.

Instructions:

Players with a soccer ball dribble through the area looking for a teammate in a triangle

Player A passes to Player B in the triangle.

Player B receives and takes the ball out one of the other 2 sides of the triangle then looks for another triangle + teammate. Player A then moves into the triangle.

Competition - Players get 1 point for every successful pass, first to 15 passes wins

Coaching Points:

Head up to find teammate

Proper passing technique (inside of the foot, correct weight of pass, accuracy)

Communication (Verbal & Visual).

Positioning in triangle to receive - set up to exit out different side than ball arrives in

Progressions:

1) Make the receiving touch a positive first touch outside the triangle.

2) Make triangles smaller - require better accuracy

3) Must receive with specific part of the foot - inside, outside

4) Add defenders. If defender wins the ball they get to pass the ball into triangles for points. The other player must steal someone else's ball.

Free Play (30 mins)

Organization:

7v7 Soccer field as it shows in the diagram, one team starts with 1-2-3-1 formation and the second team 1-3-2-1 after some time they switch formation.

Instructions:

Two teams of 7v7as it shows in the diagram, one team starts with 1-2-3-1 formation and the second team 1-3-2-1 after some time they switch formation.

Coaching Points:

Technic:

Implement all what learned earlier in real game envirement.

Tactic:

Introduce a build up from the Goalkeeper from defensive third to the middle third.