Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Dribbling Session (Start Time: 2025-01-08 11:45:00)

Technical Practice (20 mins)

Keyfactors:

·        Dribblingtechnique focused

·        Smallquick touches

·        Lookingup

Organization:(Owen and Dellal, 2016, p82)

·        35x25yards divided into the thirds marked with markers

·        12white markers

·        10footballs on the grass

·        10players divided into two teams: 5 red bibs, 5 blue bibs

·        2ball nests

Technicalsession: 20 minutes

·        Pairswill be made

·        Eachplayer will dribble to the opposite end, focused on the dribbling aspects

·        Creativityis encouraged, using all the surfaces of both feet.

·        Playersare allowed freedom of expression

Progressionand regression

Progression:

·        Theplayers must perform ball mastery moves

·        Usingweak foot only

·        Addingtime constraints (Hargreaves and Bate, 2010, p19).

Regression:

·        Allowingmultiple touches on the ball

·        Removingtime constraints

Mechanicsof Dribbling:

·        Keepball close

·        Varysurfaces of the foot

·        Headup

·        Changeof pace

·        Changeof direction

Coachingprocess:

·        Thefirst 10 minutes are allowed to run as per the players’ discretion with dynamicmovements in between

·        Thenext 2 minutes are run with players expressing themselves

·        Thenext 6 minutes are run by group and individual challenges and conditions

·        Thefinal 2 minutes consists of team meetings discussing the positives and areas ofimprovement.

·        Technicaland tactical interventions

Workrest ratio: 4:1 (Fanchini et al., 2011)

SSG (20 mins)

KeyFactors

·        A5v5 opposed SSG, with a single direction of attack.

·        Dribblingpast a defender and finding the finish.

·        Freedomof expression

·        Setnumber of passes before scoring

·        If the ball runs out of bounds, play is resumed with a dribblein from the boundary.

Organization: (Owen and Dellal, 2016,p82)

·        35x25yards divided into the thirds marked with markers

·        2goal posts

·        14markers; 10 white and 4 red

·        1football on the grass

·        10players divided into two teams: 4 red bibs, 4 blue bibs; with a goalkeeper each

·        2ball nests

Progression and Regression

Progression

·        Mustbeat the defender before scoring

·        Limitingthe number of touches.

·        Ballmastery

·        Timeconstraints (Hargreaves and Bate, 2010, p19).

Regression

·        Allowingtouches on the ball

·        Removingtime constraints

·        Allowingfree game

Mechanics of Dribbling:

·        Keepball close

·        Varysurfaces of the foot

·        Headup

·        Changeof pace

·        Changeof direction

·        Decisionmaking

Coaching process:

·        Thefirst 5 minutes are interrupted, allowing players freedom to play, and for thecoach to observe

·        Thenext 5 minutes, the coach analyses the possible issues arising from theimplementation of the passing skill

·        Theplayers are free to express themselves for the next 8 minutes keeping the tasksin mind

·        Thefinal 2 minutes consist of a team meeting with feedback from both coach andplayers

·        Technicaland tactical interventions

Work rest ratio: 4:1 (Fanchini et al.,2011)