Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Dribbling and RWB

Technical Warm Up

Dribbling Relay Game

Coaches may begin with making it a simple agility, physical literacy game where the players must make their way around the cones. Try and have only groups of 3-4 players, and add more lines depending on the number in your team. We don't want lines to be more than a few players.

1. Vary surfaces, left and right foot, ball manipulation.

Coaching Points:

- using the inside and outside of your foot to control the ball

- getting low as you round the cones and change direction

- dropping your shoulder as you change directions

- keeping the ball close to your feet at all times

1v1

Gate Game

Set Up

30 x 20 grid, two 6 yard gates on each end. One starting cone for each team at mid point of one side.

Procedure:

Attackers must run through the red gate and collect a ball before attempting to dribble past the defender and through a gate. Defenders must run through their red gate then attempt to win the ball from the attacker. If succesful, they attempt to score.

You can increase numbers to 2v2 or 3v3. If you are working with two coaches, have them control the players in line.

Coaching Points:

Vision and decision making, change of speed and direction, keep ball moving, set up defender, take risks with moves.

Jail Break

Jail Break

Set up:

2 teams, 2 cones in line with goal post 5 yards past 18 yard line.

Procedure:

1st person in blue line takes 1 touch and shoots. Player keeps their run as coach serves in second ball in the box for a one time shot. If player makes 1-2 shots they retrieve a ball and get back in line. If player misses they go to "jail" next to team goal post. Two shots get the first person in jail out. First team to have all members in jail loses.

Coaching Points:

Instep vs laces, toe down ankle locked for laces, toe up heel down and ankle locked for inside of foot, plant foot next to ball, head steady and down on the ball, shoot for posts. Power vs Finesse.