Football/Soccer Session (Difficult): G12/13 Training - 4.12.21

Simple Passing Warmup (15 mins)

Organization:

- 2 players with a ball, 8yrds apart

- Distance can be varied at coach's discretion

1. Two touch passing - same foot

2. Two touch passing - alternating feet

3. Two touch passing - first touch across body with inside

4. Two touch passing - first touch with outside of foot

5. One touch passing

- Make competitive with races

Coaching Points:

*pace on passes

*keep the ball on the ground

*take a look behind before receiving 1x, 2x, 3x if possible

*active feet

*communication

1v1 Fast Break to 1 Goal (15 mins)

- instructions to players should be as follows:

1. Attack

2. Defend

3. Get a ball and get back in line

- player A dribbles to attack goal, after player A comes out to defend as player B dribbles on to attack, this cycle repeats

- attacking turn is over when player scores, misses across endline, or defender wins ball (if defender wins ball they are done, they are not able to score)

- cannot score outside box, encourage players to take on defenders

Coaching Points:

*dribble at speed, stay facing forward, do not turn back to goal when attacking

*dribble at middle to open up both goals as an option

*use skill to take on defender

*defenders need to keep moving feet, get attackers head down, expect the player to cut and be ready to tackle or poke

Small Sided Games (20 mins)

Organization:

- Small sided games, played to small goals

- Ball must touch the ground before it crosses goal line to score

- Add neutrals if necessary

- Guided Discovery questions