Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Change of Direction moves

Main Theme

Organization: Each group in a 20x10, Balls, Cones, Discs

Instructions:

1. 1st player dribbles out towards opposite player

2. Just after halfway the player performs a turn, goes back to where they came from. After a few yards the player performs another turn but with the other foot

3. The player finishes by passing into the waiting player who repeats

Coaching Points:

1. Appropriate turn to protect

2. Turn into space

3. Use nearest foot to go into space quickly

4. Change of speed

5. Head up after turn

6. End Product

Progressions:

1. Use different turning techniques depending on ability

2. All groups race and have to do a designated turn

Conditioned Game 2

Organization: 40x40, 4 goals, balls, pinnies, cones

Instructions:

1. 3v3

2. One team scores in goals 'A' and the other team scores in goals 'B'

3. Teams attempt to score in one of their designated goals

4. If ball goes out game is restarted with a kick in

5. Play for a set period of time

Coaching Points:

1. As previous

Progressions:

1. Play 6v6