Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Receiving to turn to shoot.

SAQ

Juggling Challenge - Every juggle with a different side / Every juggle with a different surface

Instructions:

Different speed, agility, quickness exercises;

one foot in each, two foot, in and outs, inky shuffle, bunny hops, ski jumps.

Coaching Points:

Footwork, on toes, knees up, pump arms - relate to game, quickness with and without the ball.

Progressions:

P1 Races

P2 Pinnies - head up?

Fully Opposed

Organization:

Set up as shown

Instructions:

Player checks away from defender and tries to get in behind them. They cannot play back to the server. Player until a goal is scored or a ball goes out.

Coaching Points:

Check away

Side on body shape

Quality of first touch

Feel for defender

Quality of pass from teammate

Communication

Get to ball first

Progressions:

P - Double points for scoring with only 1 touch

R - Defender is live on second touch/ can play back to teammate

Conditioned Game 2

Organization:

Set up as shown. One neutral in the middle. Two players from each team in an end zone and three players from each team in the middle.

Instructions:

Ball starts in the middle. Team in possession must find both end zones before someone in the end zone can score by rolling their defender and scoring in the goal behind them.

Defenders are only allowed to tackle after the forwards first touch.

Coaching Points:

Decision of when to spin defender v. hold the ball up

Check to the ball

Arm out - feel for defender

Check shoulder - know where he is

End product

Progressions:

P - defender is always live