Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Dribbling U7

Introduction- Ball Mastery/100 Touch Race (10 mins)

Dribbling - Developmental- Ball Mastery 

Organization:

20x30 yard area

Each player with a ball

Instructions:

-Players dribble around the box trying to avoid collisions with the other players.

-Players also want to make sure they keep the ball inside the box.

-Players race to get 100 touches

-When finished, players place their foot on top of the ball to let the Coach know they have finished.

-Rest of the players have ten seconds to finish their touches once a player has won.

Coaching Points:

- Ball close enough to the body, but not caught up under their feet

- Head up, avoid collisions and find open space

- Dribble with good speed

- Accellerate away from pressure

- Timing of move

- Messi/Ronaldo Touches 

Progressions:

-Add rule #1, If a player collides with another player or dribbles outside of the square, their score goes back to 0

-Rule #2, If a player can take a Ronaldo Touch through two players forming a gap, they add 5 points to their score. 

-Rule #3, If a player is about to run out of bounds or in to a player they can perform a turn for 2 added points.

Conditioned Game (15 mins)

Dribbling- Developmental

Organization:

- 30x35 yards

- 4 teams, 3-4 players each team.

- Endzones set at each end of the field

Instructions:

- Conditioned game, 3v3 or 4v4

- Players score by dribbling across the endzone

Coaching Points/Questions:

- Ball close enough to the body, but not caught up under their feet

- Head up, avoid collisions and find open space

- Dribble with good speed

- Accellerate away from pressure

- Recognition of space

- When to dribble? When to pass?