Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Land Park Week 3

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Jeremy Williams

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Name:	Jeremy Williams
City:	Palo Alto, CA
Country:	United States of America
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Key Learning Outcomes

• Attacking the space forward on the field (looking to penetrate)

• Identification of the space

• Identification of the defender

• Decision whether to turn or do a stop-start based on the above

• Space ahead & defender behind (cut across and dribble)

• Space ahead and defender alongside (Stop-start)

• Space behind and defender alongside (turn)

• Space ahead and defender behind (turn)

• Use of body, arms etc to fake

• Protect the ball or not? (risk vs reward)

• Distance of touch (helps next action)

• Direction of touch (based on next action)

• End product

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm-up

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Warm-up (30 mins)

Organization:

-20 x 20 yard area

-Each player has a ball

Instructions:

Part 1

Each player has a ball and is introduced to a few different types of dribbling techniques:

Messi, Ronaldo, Xavi and Ineiesta

Players will be asked how they might use each type, after they have been introduced:

-If you have a lot of space which technique might be the best?

-If you are in a very tight space how could you dribble?

Part 2

-Space is the same, now all but two players have a ball.

-The players with out the ball are defenders and hold a pinnie in their hand.

-Defenders are trying to simply touch another players ball with their foot (They are not trying to tackle)

-When a Defender touches a ball they take that ball and give their pinnie to the attacker.

-That attacker then becomes the tagger/defender

-The goal is to get tagged the fewest times and to not be it when time runs out.

Coaching Points:

-Using the proper dribbling technique/surface of the foot

-Looking for/identifiying where the open space.

-Aware of the defenders and other attackers

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Unopposed

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Unopposed (25 mins)

Organization:

Set up as shown.

Instructions:

• Player A starts the game by leaving the end zone, player A is the attacker.

• Player B is the defending player and is trying to stop in either endzone next to player A

• Player A wins if he/she can stop in an end zone without the opposition player by their side.

Coaching Points:

1) Speed of movement

2) Quality of movement

3) Decision based on defender's positioning

Progressions:

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Developmental Repititions

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Developmental Repititions (20 mins)

Organization:

As above

Instructions:

Diagram A

• Players dribble out to end line and performs a 'U-Turn', upon turning they immediatly make eye

contact with the next player in line.

• Once eyecontact is made the next player procedes.

• After turning they return to the line.

• Process repeats.

Diagram B

• Players dribble out and perform a stop start in the middle (high wave).

• At the end they perform a U-Turn.

• As they turn, make eye contact with the next person - this is their cue to go.

• Players perform the stop start on the way back as you go past the next person, should be with the opposite foot as the first one

Coaching Points:

- Pinky toe to dribble

- Keep ball close, touch on every step

- Correct execution of turn and stop start

- Ball out of feet

- Head up after turn/stop start

- Accelerate out of turn/stop start

Progressions:

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Semi to Fully Opposed

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Semi to Fully Opposed (25 mins)

Organization:

Same organization as the previous activities.

Instructions:

• Both blue team and red team have a ball but the blue team are the attacking players first

• Both players must stay on their half of the area neither player can cross the cone line in the middle

• Blue wins by stopping the ball in an end zone before the opposition can stop in the area

• Defender is live on blue's first touch.

• If defender wins the ball they try to score in the pug between the two lines

• Each team gets 1:30 to take the role of the attacker

Coaching Points:

- Quality of first touch (Direction - towards goal, Weight)

- Awareness of defender's position

- Be positive, attack goal if possible

- Decision, Turn or Stop start to lose the defender (Scenarios from warm up)

- Protect the ball with your body

- Finish!

Progressions:

P. Use pugg goals to paint the picture of getting behind the defender (end product)

R. Use cone line in the middle to allow-Defender cannot cross-(Attacker trying to dribble through gates)

P-Attacking player can score from either half, if they score from their own half they get 1 point however if they can penetrate and score from the defenders half they get 2 points--(Defenders must stay in their half, if they win the ball they

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Small Sided Game

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Small Sided Game (30 mins)

Organization:

3v3 game + 2 neutrals - 3 teams - Winners stay on

Coaching Points:

- When to use a turn and when to use a stop-start in a game situation.

Switch the neutrals every other game.

P - Free play

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Tournament

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Tournament (30 mins)

Organization:

Set up as shown.

Instructions:

3 v. 3 on two fields.

Tournament.

Coaching Points:

Width and length.

Team shape.

Individual shape.

Scenario when I might use a stop start in a game.

Progressions:

Movement

Custom Movement

Dribble

Pitch Line 1

Shaded Pitch Area