Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): 2/27/23 - Split Training - Prin: Scoring in Scoring Zone

Cognitive X/O's

Title: Warm Up & X/O's (15 minutes )

Aim: Put players in a fun cognitive setting that gets them competing.

Activity / Organization: Players are in teams, play relay X/O's. Use bibs as markers. Must be done at speed! Think & Play. Players must dribble the ball to the grid before dropping bib, pass back to team mate once your done. 

Notes: Makes teams the lines of the team / age groups during split training. 

1v0 to 3v2

Title: 1v0 to 3v2 - (20 minutes)

Aim: Put players in a setting where they're getting reps in the scoring phase. Mentally being ready to take care of the scoring opportunity, hitting the target with conviction, having composure, being effective in 1v1 situations are the behaviors needed for success. 

Activity / Organization: Attacking team in blue (5 minutes per round) play 1v0, must shoot before entering box, must be done at pace, player the joins to make it 2v1 and then 3v2. If players score from a cross from the crossing zone its worth five, red win the ball they go to goal, their goals are worth two. 

Notes: End with three PK's for each team. 

Plan for failure / Coaching script: 

Players will fail to land on their striking foot when performing the 1v0, their hips and shoulder wont face the goal and they wont hit the target - demo exactly what that looks like

Players service from the crossing zone will roll into the keeper - coach rotating your hips to face between the PK sport and the six yard box, getting off both feet and transferring your weight

9 will fall to control the contact during the first time finish - discuss pre training - change of pace before the cross, leaning forward, stepping into the finish with the inside of your foot, hips and shoulders facing the goal, landing on striking foot.