Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): DWB change of direction Ronaldo Chop

Ball Mastery (10 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)

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 Theme1 (20 mins)

Organization:

grid- players with ball- cones as shown

Instructions:

players start in both sides the same time and dribbling the ball to the cone, execute Ronaldo Chop move and finish in the other side of the grid.

Coaching Points:

- Keep ball close, touch on every step

- Head up whilst dribbling

- Quality of move (both feet off ground, swivel hips, snap ball out of

feet)

- Bigger touch out of move, head up, change speed

Progressions:

players will execute the move and pass to the next player

Game (25 mins)

Fifa Rules

Coaching Points:

- Three lines of attack (Width, Depth, Length)

- Penetration as option one (Shot, pass, dribble)

- Possession as option two

- Angles of support (Can you make a triangle?)

- Distance of support (Can you make the triangle as big as

possible?)

- Timing of support (as ball travels)

- Speed of thought and movement in transition

- Correct moment to apply the session topic