Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): U9/10 Summer Team Practice - Session #5 (Passing & Receiving) (Start Time: 2023-06-12 17:15:00)

Technical (Unopposed) - St Johnstone Snake (20 mins)

St Johnston snake

Set Up

grid size dependant on age and level (typically do 10 wide and 15 long per box). Grid is 2 boxes long.

1 player on each end of the boxes

Once the players move through all of the grids and get to "the end", simply cycle back to the beginning to keep the snake flowing

Play

A starts the movement by checking away and then to the ball at an angle

B passes to A and tells the player to turn

C moves towards the side that A went to then create space away from the receiver and gets a pass

A says man on set, gets the pass back and plays a ball to C into the next grid.

The same pattern continues up and down each grid in a snake format with players constantly moving forward 1 spot.

Progression 1

1 does the same movement

2 passes but says man on set this time

2 should suck their movement in towards player 1 to then move away into the open space

3 does the same movement as before to gain space away from player 1

2 passes to 3 who then sets back to 1 and then into the next grid

Progression 2

D starts the movement

E passes and says man on set as before

D after the set will then overlap E, receive the pass and then play the ball to F

F does the same movement as before and sets back and moves into the next grid.

Technical (Unopposed) - Basic Passing and Receiving Technique (10 mins)

This activitiy is designed to have players learn basic passing technique with the inside of the foot whith the inside of the foot while introducing several techniques for receiving by providing lots of repetition.

Set up

Players get into partners with one ball and go to one set of two cones set 8 yards apart. Players will stay behind their cones and will pass around the outside of the cones. Groups will alternate sides to work both feet.

1. Players pass with the inside of the right foot and receive with the inside of the right foot to push the ball accross the cone to pass to the other side

SSG - Endzone Game (10 mins)

Set-Up:

Set up the field as diagramed above. Two end zones. 

*20x40 playing area*

Instructions:

• To score you must pass the the ball to a teammate in the opposing team's endzone and they must stop the ball in the zone. 
• A player cannot wait in the endzone for a teammate to pass them the ball, they must time their run to receivie the pass in the endzone (through ball - passing into space). 
• Defender cannot go in the endzone.
• If a team scores ball starts from half. If a ball goes out, the players can grab the nearest ball on the outside to do a kick in (no dribbling). 

Coaching Points:

• How to time a pass to a teammate in space (the weight of the pass, distance, space, etc.
• Scan, find the space where you can pass to a teammate.
• Differentiate passing square to a teammate and passing to a teammate into space.

- decision making 

- experimenting 

- confidence 

Technical:

- Vision

- Passing & Receiving

- Scanning for other options

Physical:

- ABCs

- Endurance 

- Speed

Social:

- Communication 

- Working with teammates