Football/Soccer Session (Difficult): G12/13 Red Training - 5.11.21

Dribble Boxes (20 mins)

- Each player with a ball in two grids

- Players dribble to cover entire surface of the grid at speed

At Coaches Discression

- Change of direction skill on command

- Freeze on command

- Take on Move when directed

- Burst of speed into space

- On command teams switch grids while dribbling at speed avoiding running into each other

*head up

*dribble with laces toe down, turn ball with inside and outside of foot

*should be touching ball with every step

Mercury 3v3 Pass Back to Goal (30 mins)

Organization:

- 25x35 field with a sweeper keeper for each team

- Ball is played out by coach and 2 players from each team enter to play

- Before scoring team must play back to their sweeper keeper, must do this after regaining any possession

- Keeper should support play and advance up field when their team is in possesion to create a 3v2

- Can use field players as keepers

- Can add restriction that team can score straight away if they steal ball or pass from keeper to encourage high pressing

Coaching Points:

*When ball goes back to keeper players should stretch wide and come back to create angle

*If defenders stretch wide, slashing/penetrating runs should be made

*Be patient in possession

*Try to create splits to penetrate

*Dribble to commit defender