Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): VUSC U-9 Boys- Scissors (Start Time: 2015-11-10 15:30:00)

Warm up (10 mins)

Organization: cones spaced with 15 yards apart randomly or in a square as shown. Each player with a ball. Pair of players stand facing each other 5 yards away from their cone.

Instructions: players start facing each other at a red cone, take 7 large steps away from their red con and this is their starting distance. At the same time players dribble at the red cone, scissors, take away to the right of the cone and comp. and restart with eye contact.

Coaching Points:

Move the foot around the front of the ball finishing on the outside of the ball

Take the ball away using the outside of the opposite foot

Smaller touches on the ball (use of pinky toe to dribble the ball) “Like Messi” as approaching defender

Timing of Execution of move based upon space between you and the cone

Progressions: both right and left.

Opposed- 1v1s (25 mins)

Organization:

-Two 20x20 grids

-Half of players need soccer balls on one side of the grid.

Instructions:

-1v1 in each grid, player passes in and becomes defender, attacker receives.

-Attacker try to bring the ball across opposing line.

-Switch lines.

Coaching Points:

1. Protect the ball (put body between defender and ball)

2. Smaller touches on the ball (use of pinky toe to dribble the ball) “Like Messi” as approaching defender

3. Unbalance defender with body movement (Use of body to sell the fake)

4. Timing of Execution of move based upon space between you and the defender

5. Identification of 1vs 1 (space behind defender)

6. Positive 1st touch (drive at defender, makes it easier to unbalance defender)

7. Attack defenders front foot

Progressions:

(1). No score kept. (2). Play game- defender steals ball and dribbles across 1 point, attacker dribble across 1 point.