Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): U9 week 4 Friday Session

Screen 1 (10 mins)

Ball Mastery reactive warm up

Setup: 

2x poles 15m apart and 2 different coloured cones 8m either side   

Explanation:

Each player with a football along the line performing ball mastery skills that the coach provides. The coach will call one of the 2 colours, the player must speed dribble past the cone. Player will reset back to the middle to repeat

Screen 3 (20 mins)

Set Up:

 Keeping the size of the playing area the same, add mini goalsat one end, one per team (see diagram). Each player has a ball each with some spare balls per team. 

Explanation:

 Being a relay race, players need to dribble at speed, quickly perform their 1 v 1 skill past the training poles/mannequin, and then strike the ball quickly with accuracy at the mini goal. Once completed, players quickly return to the back of their line.The team to first score 5 goals, wins.If a team runs out of balls, the whole team quickly collects their balls and continues OR you can ask players to collect their ball immediately after taking their shot (make sure they don't get in the way of their teammate who's following them!).

Progression: (see far right of diagram) 

Place a player in front of the pole/mannequin. That player is to receive the ball with their back to the pole and bounce/lay the ball off to their team mate who will strike the ball either first time of after a good touch forward (depending on the bounce)

Coaching Points:

Can players dribble at speed (driving runs), using simple but effective bodyfeints and skills when dribbling past the central training pole/mannequin. Can players get the shot away immediately after dribbling past the training poles/cones. This is because in game situations attackers don't always get the luxury of having a lot of time on the ball. Actions often need to be perform at speed and precision.