Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Gary William-Redgate Rovers-Dribbling u10

1 v 1 duel (15 mins)

Organisation:

Activty takes place in an area of 20 x 8. Make 2 of these areas.

Blue start as defenders and line up at side gate with a ball each and the Red start as attakers and line up blue gate.

Player A dribbles and stops the ball in front of the attacking player B. He/she then runs through gate and looks to recover. As soon as Player A has stopped the ball, player be runs to gain possession of the ball and seeks to dribble through one of the end red gates.

If Player A wins the ball he/she seeks to return it to C who functions as the target player or must shield the ball for 3 seconds upon gaining possession.

Max 12 seconds..

Switch roles every 3 minutes..

Coaching points...

dribbling key points as in session 1 +:

If beyond defender , cut across his/her recovery path

raise and straighten your arm to hold off recovering defender.

4 v 4 + 2 ssa (20 mins)

Organisation

In the 20 x 20 area at Trio play 4 v 4 + 2 neutrals

Teams seek to keep possession with the help of the neutrals and score a point by dribbling through a gate.

Possible progressions:

-player must make a pass to a teammate after dribbling through a gate before they can attack another gate for a point.

-play even numbers

-team must make x amount of passess before they can dribble through a gate.

Coaching points

Dribbling: Visual cues- Are you 1 v 1.. is their space and a gate in behind the defender that you can attack?

-dispersal/width

-depth/support

-movement/mobility

-Creativity

-3 p's