Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Warm up for Armonk

Foundation Warm Up (10 mins)

Organization:

20x20 field

every player with a ball

4 gate as shown above

players split into 3or 4 teams with color pinnies.

Instructions

depending on the topic set for your groups each week choose from the below foundations the best ones to bring out the learning outcomes you want your players to achieve during the session.

 Foundations Part 1 individual possession surface control (coever)

as the player trickle in before the session starts have the players work on a ground skill of their choice.

when the majority of the group is there each player must complete a series of ball mastery surface control the coach or player will demonstrate the below list of moves and have the players copy for 1 minute of repetition for each one

beginner

-pendulums inside of the foot forward+backward

-toe taps forward+backward

-sole roles

-heal to toe

-pull push sole to laces

-inside cut

-outside cut

intermediate

-Pull back

-Cruyff Turn

-U turn

-V turn

-L turn

-Z turn

advanced

-scissors

-step over

-role & step

-Marodona

-Ronaldo chop

-cannon

Foundations part 2 individual possession player attributes

players dribble the ball around the inside of the grid and covering each foundation for dribbling "Painting the Picture" of some of the worlds best players characteristics:

* MESSI/LLOYD: Head up looking to get into the gaps using small, quick touches with the Pinky Toe (outside of the foot).

* POGBA/HORAN: Head up to recognize when there's no gaps/space, then change of direction (12 o'clock to 6 o'clock), ball comes out of your feet, and then head and eyes up getting into the new space.

* RONALDO/MORGAN: Head up to see when there's a lot of space in front of you, then big touch to accelerate and get your head/eyes up and attack the space.

*INIESTA/PUGH : Head up to recognise small tight spaces ,using the inside/outside surfaces of the foot to unbalance defenders to make the space big enough to penetrate

.NEYMAR/HEATH using multiple surfaces to manipulate the ball unbalance defenders using a moves to create space for end product.

Progression

Using the pinnie colors you put the players in at the start of the warm up ,on coaches command you will call out a color the players whos color was called out will become defenders trying to steel the ball.

If the defenders steel they will transition and try to score in one of the pug goals for a point

the players on the ball will gain points by keeping possession of the ball for the entire round.(30 second rounds).

Foundations part 3 Group possession

-same set up as foundations part 2 but this time the same colors share one ball and keep possession as a group. coach will call out a color and this time they will go to defend against their opposite color. every 3 passes they can make, they will receive a point and an extra 3 points if they maintain possession for they entire round.

-if the defence steels the ball they must transition to penetrate through the gates to gain a point they can also combine to the gate

Coaching Points:

Individual possession

-Knowing when to hold,protect, dribble and when to run with the ball

-Timing and execution of moves

-Cut & accelerate into space behind defending player once beaten

-Play at speed

Group possession

-Finding unbroken lines of support

-Correct receiving technique based on end product