Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Turning 360 inside/outside

Warm up (15 mins)

Organization:

30x30yrd grid. Cones scattered in various areas of the grid

Instructions:

- Players to dribble around the area in/out of the cones.

- Players with a ball each doing ball mastery moving from cone to cone: bell touches, outside/inside, toe taps, rolls, roll-stop etc. (moves carried out using inside, outside, and bottom of the left foot and right foot)

- Players to practice dribbling moves at the cones that had been done in previous session (feint move/double feint move/scissor/double scissors)

Inrdroduce the Truns that we will work on during the session.

Coaching Points:

Messi vs Ronaldo touches.

- Head up and look for space (look for a cone that other players are not going to). Also when doing the ball mastery look forward at the cone, training to get head up when moving with the ball.

- Body position low when performing the dribbling move to change direction

- Moves done at speed and under control

Progressions:

- Various dribbling moves

Main Theme2 (20 mins)

Organization:

20*20- 2 mini goals- 2 teams- cones set ep as shown

Instructions:

Game starts in the middle of the grid, coach throw 2 balls behind the mini goals

players attempt to reach to the ball and dribble to the cone, execute 360 turn and score.

Coaching Points:

Attack space at speed

Recognition of space not going to be closed by defender

Direction and distance of final touch

Recognition that space is in behind defender

End product

Inside of the foot touch

Angle of touch taken at a 3 or 9 through the non –kicking foot

Next touch with outside of the foot after 360 motion

Progressions:

make it as a race, first to finish and score win.

play with one ball only.