Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Education Meeting: Game Awareness.

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Inty Arteaga
Name: Inty Arteaga
City: Gambrills
Country: United States of America
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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10/4/2018 Education Meeting: Show and Tell

Topic: Game Awareness, Anticipation, Decision Making.

Individual Tactics

90% of decisions are based on visual triggers

Average player only focuses on the ball and is unable to recognize opportunities.

These activitites force players to scan the field and help develop good habits to anticipate situations by reducing time on decicion making by having awareness of their surroundings.

Players will see more, think quicker, and play better.


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Activity 1

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Activity 1 (10 mins)

Organization:

Groups of 3 plus ball (two outside targets, one inside player)

2 outside targets with two cones in their hands (red in right hand - blue in left hand)

Instructions:

* Central player starts in the side where the ball is (A) and jobs across, where he will receive the pass from target B.. As he arrives to target, Two actions occur simultaniously. A passes the ball and B lifts a cone. Central player must call the cone color of B before he has his / her first touch.

1 point for the correct color cone before his first touch and after target player passed the ball.

Rotate players after 2 minutes.

Coaching Points:

* Open body shape

* Check shoulder (Scanning)

* Control technique

* Time and space

Progressions/Regressions:

* Have central player start in central cones and go from blue to red.

If he spots red, pass back. If he spot blue, switch cones.


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Activity 2

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Activity 2 (15 mins)

Organization:

20x20 grid

7 players

4 outside neutral players

2v1 in the center

Instructions:

Possession game. Red vs Blue.

1 point = pass to the outside targets and receive it back.

(They must connect 1 pass among red players before start scoring again)

If defender wins the bal, they get a point for connecting a pass with outside targets

Coaching Points:

* Body Shape (Open shoulders)

* Check shoulder (Decide who to pass before 1st touch)

* Away from ball / defender (2nd defender)

* Ball on fire

Progressions/Regressions:

* Outside targets to hold red cones (right hand) and blue cone in left hand. When opposite target receives the ball, he/she lifts a cone. Inside player must call the name of the color cone before his/her 1st touch as the ball is traveling.

P1 - Inside players must have red/blue cones on each hand. 1) call color cone, 2) Touch cone you saw with opposite foot.= 1 point

P2 - outside targets get involved subbing second attacker after 1 point is made.


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Activity 3

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Activity 3 (15 mins)

Organization:

30x30 grid

12 players (6 on red, 6 on blue)

6 balls

Instructions:

Players pass to opposite player

(8-10 yard passes)

Coaching Points:

* Open body shape (shoulder's towards player) - body faces ball and visual target

* Check shoulder (scanning)

* Distance (width)

Progressions/Regressions:

* 1 Player per each group become an outisde visual target. Visual target jogs around the field with a cone high up (switch hands every 5 seconds) Players on the outside have to look for their teammate, call the cone that is up, and continue passing to opposite team. (all this, as the ball travels to them, before thier first touch).

* Inside players, take cones in their hands (red cone - right hand, blue cone - left hand)

They must now 1) scan for their visual target, 2) call the color cone they see from visual target, 3) have the cone in their hand touch their opposite foot. To accopmlish all this, they need to create enough time to carry on with all 3 accions to get 1 point)


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