Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): First Touch - Full Session (Start Time: 2021-05-28 17:10:00)

Simple First Touch or Turning Drill (15 mins)

Key Factors

• Player on the red cone passes the ball into the player in the yellow square
• Player in the square takes one touch out (sequential order on the diagram), and plays it back to the cone.
• On 3 they dribble to the blue cone and turn back and pass it back to their teammate
• On number 4, player in the yellow square dribbles to the cone and the player on the cone goes to the middle
• Should take a positive touch and get out of the square as quickly as possible

Organisation

• 2 players per group is optimum, but 3 can be used with space and equipment restraints.
• Red cone placed 4-5 yards away
• Yellow square 2x2

Coaching Points

1. Eye on the ball
2. Decision,
Change of Direction
3. Contact with surface
(if required) or feint.
4. Head Up
5. Low Centre of gravity
(balance)
6. Change of Direction
7. Acceleration into Space

SSG - 6v6 Concentrating on First Touch (30 mins)

Key Factors

• The ball must be kept on the floor at all times
• The ball must be passed through all zones (if playing from the keeper)
• If the ball is won in the middle zone or attacking zone they do not need to go backwards

Organisation

• 6v6 (neutrals can be used for an attacking overload if there is not enough progress
• Playing the ball on the floor through the zones should cause repition of the types of touches we were working on earlier.
• If too much dribbling then limit touches