Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Verna United SC Kistner U8

Juggle/Dribble Warmup (15 mins)

Organization:

20x20 area.

Instructions:

Juggle on arrival (Different challenges like: Right bounce left catch, right left catch, low juggle bounce high juggle)

Once everybody arrived - initiate dribble activator: toe taps, boxes, scissors, moving boxes, moving toe taps, step overs, moving scissors, l turns

Coaching Points:

Juggling: soft touches, no spin, use top of the toes/shoe laces, anckle lock, keep eyes on the ball, keep ball below head high.

Dribbling: Small and big touches, keep head up, different surfaces of feet, attack the space, dribbling technique, skill technique.

Progressions:

N/A

Main theme

Organization:

Set as previus.

Instructions:

-Play 2V2 you score by dribbling at the gate.

-Play for 3 minutes.

-The only way to pass is if you pass back or pass to the side.

Coaching Points:

-Keep the head up.

-Confuse the defender to create a 1V1

-Penetrate between defenders.

-If you don't have a ball trying to create space for the teammate that has a ball to penetrate.

Progressions:

- 3 players in each team.

- 3 goals loosing team seats next 3 players get in.

-Another way for them to get 1 point is to dribble in either gate.

-3 minutes per game.