Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Thorns 10/25/2019

Technical (20 mins)

Organization

Two 20x15 grids

4 gates in each grid

Diamond in the middle for the passing pattern

Instructions

Player A will pass to player B who looks to turn with their first touch and penetrate the gate infront of them. Player B will the dribble to the back of the opposite line now turning into player A. Game will start on player B's movement.

Coaching Points

1st attacker (player A)

- Connection with player B to read when player B makes his movement to create space.

- Timing of pass

- Quality of pass

- Accuracy to play back foot and lead teammate forward.

- Quality of information. In first part, you want your teammate to penetrate so "TURN". In the progression at first you want the ball back so "BACK" and once playing the wall pass you want your teammate to penetrate the gate so "TURN".

2nd Attacker (Player B)

- Connection with player A. If player A is not ready to play, losing your mark and creating space would cause bad timing allowing the defender to then close you down as you receive.

- Head check for space and pressure as you lose your mark

- Positioning your body in order to turn and penetrate on your first touch

- Listening for teammates instructions

- Quality of first touch

- Choosing correct dribble to penetrate past the gate.

- Quality of information during the progression. When passing back if you want the ball back on a wall pass use "1,2"

Progressions

Player A will pass to player B, who will then look to combine with Player A on a wall pass around the set cone. Once receiving the wall pass player B will look to penetrate the gate infront of them.

6v4 (20 mins)

Organization

Half the field

1 big goal

3 small counter goals

6 (2-3) (5,4,7,11,10)

4 (1-2-1)(10, 7, 11, 9)

Instructions

6v4

6 Players defending the big goal will look to score on the 3 small counter goals

4 Players defending the counter goals will look to score on the big goal

Ball goes out play will start with either the coach or the goalie depending on who's ball it is.

Coaching Points

- Penetrate vs possession

- Looking to penetrate first

- Using our runs to create space or 2v1, 3v1 situations

- Quality of techniques

- Quality of information