Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Under 13 circuit training and shooting session

1v1 Shooting (15 mins)

Area:

Use 11v11 goal. Set up line just in front of penalty spot across the box. set up 3 cones 25 yards out in line with edge of penalty area edges and centre of goal as shown.

Equipment:

cones/discs/poles, balls

Objective:

Split players equally across all 3 cones and have a goalkeeper in goal. Player behind feeds ball ahead of player at the front who runs onto the ball and shoots 1v1 trying to get their shot away before line in penalty area. After each attempt the shooting player moves to a different cone. Chage the agle by having a player from a different cone feed each other and not from directly behind.

Progression:

Player feeding the ball then chases the player to put added pressure on them from behind without tackling them but enough to make it harder. The pair then swap roles on next turn. Add small targets at low level inside posts.

Key points:

Ephasise the need for clarity in their decision making. minimal touches, shift ball or bend run and go across goal. 

Transition match (15 mins)

Area:

Use third or quarter of astro pitch or similar size approx 12 players.. (Adjust appropriately for number of players) Put 2 goals back to back on the half way line. Split into 2 teams with a red on the baseline of the red shooting goal side and a blue on the baseline of the blue shooting side. Depending on numbers you can add players down the side to make it not so congested. I have put 1 colour from each team on each touchline or you could have 1 neatral player on each side.

Equipment:

Goals, balls,bibs,cones discs to mark pitch if no lines.

Objective:

Each team shoots and defends opposite goals. the purpose of the goals like this is to keep the ball in play and encouraging lots of transitions as you don't have to travel the legth of the pitch from one end to the other.. Encourage shoot on site with rush goal keepers.

Progression:

The ball needs to be passed back to the player on the baseline before you can shoot. this is to allow the team to fully recover and defend their goal incase players just dribble aroundfrom front of one goal to the other, negating the transition.