Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): 9v9 Warm Up

Field Set up

Set up of field

1. Dynamic Stretches off the field

2. Passing Exercise off the field

3 / 4 Possession and / or Shooting

2. Technical Practice (10 mins)

2. Coach warms up goalkeeper while the other 12 players take part in a technical exercise.

Team is divided into 4 groups of 3. At each cone the players will do the following exercise.

a. Dribble around cone and pass to next person in line.

b. Dribble up to cone stop ball criss cross across the middle square, pass the oppostie ball and join the back of that line.

c. Dribble up to cone, stop ball move to the right and pass with left foot. Join the back of that group.

d. Dribble up to cone, stop ball move to the Left and pass with right foot. Join the back of that group.

e. One player goes up to cone without ball and faces his group. Players play one touch passes with that player while circling around their group keeping their eyes on the ball. Change middle person out every 15 seconds. Ask the player to keep the ball moving during change.

f. One player stands on every red cone. Yellow player on yellow cone passes forward to player on red cone. The red cone player opens up to the left and passes the ball to the nearest group on that side. Players follow pass. This shows players how to switch the play.

3 / 4. Shooting (10 mins)

Shooting Patterns to goal. While half of the group does possession the other will do shooting. Change after a few minutes.

1. A passes to B, B back to A, A to C, C to B, B to D and D shoots. Players rotate to next cone.

2. A passes to B, B back to A, A to C, C to B, C to D, D lays it off for C to shoot. Players rotate to next cone

3. Same pattern but now once D gets the balls, C overlaps and shoots. Players rotate to next cone. I.e Shooter comes back to D cone.