Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Kearny U8 Academy week 4

Intro (5 mins)

Organization:

-Four teams of three.

Instructions:

-Each team sends one defender to channel next to them. Defenders stays in for 2 minutes.

-Three players set up as seen above.

-Defender is not live until after the U-Turn.

-A dribbles at B perfoms Roll, accelerates to end, U-Turn, then 1v1 with defender.

-Attacker get 1 point for beating defender and dribblin across end line. Defender scores the same way

Coaching Points:

Entry:

-Messi touches to approach defender.

-Carry the ball on the foot you're perfoming the roll with.

-Dribble with eyes up to judge the distance.

Excecution:

-Sell the move by opening up hips to fake the pass, use eyes to look where you are faking to pass.

-Use the sole of the foot starting on the outside of the ball to roll over, move standing foot at the same time.

Exit:

-First touch after the roll should be with opposite foot to protect and keep the ball furter away from the defender.

-Accelerate away, Ronaldo touch.

-Close the door by running behind the defender.

Progressions:

-Attacker gets 2 points if he beats the defender with one of the roll moves.

-Practice with both feet

-Roll Step

-Roll Cut (outside cut)

Ball Mastery - CH (15 mins)

Organization:

-As above.

-Make two channels from last activity into one big area by removing the center cone.

Instructions:

-Defender passes ball across to attacker.

-Attacker looks to score by dribbling through the yellow gate or passing into the mini goal.

-(Player recieves two points by using roll, roll step or roll cut) - Optional

-If defender wins the ball they can transition and score in the counter goals the same way.

-Plays for 4 minutes then switch who pays who.

Coaching Points:

-First touch forward.

-Head up to observe defender (timing).

-Use of moves to unbalance defender.

-Can you sell the pass with your eyes, head and hips to move/ freeze the defender then execute the roll to beat the defender.

-Bigger touch once past the defender.

-What if - Roll step to unablance defender - if defender reads the roll.

-Option 1: shoot if defender doesn't block the passig lane to goal.

-Option 2: fake the shot and use one of the roll moves.

What else can you do to diguise the direction you want to go?

Why are using the roll/ scissor?

How can you seperate yourself?

Progressions:

-Challenge players to use the roll flick or roll cut.

Game (15 mins)

Organization:

Instructions:

Game ( 2 halves)

2 teams

Coaching Points:

Progressions/Regressions: