Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): VUSC U-8 Boys- Stop-starts (Start Time: 2016-04-15 15:30:00)

Warm- up- Escape the tagger (10 mins)

Organization: as shown. Inside lines are the attacker, outside lines are tagger.

Instructions: tag game. Attacker breaking starting line trigger's tagger to enter the play. Tagger gets a point for tagging attacker. Attacker gets a point by running through one of the blue gates.

Switch lines.

Coaching Points:

1. Regognize defender

2. Recognize space

3. Speed to get away

Progressions:

1. Switch winners from each game to make appropriate level of competition between groups.

Main Activity- Stop-starts (30 mins)

Organization: Even lines. Ball and partner as shown. Adjust number of channels based on number of players.

Instructions: Player with ball dribbles across to opposite side and back, gives ball to partner.

Coaching Points:

•Attacking the space forward on the field (looking to penetrate)

•Identification of the defender- distance, speed

•Decision whether to keep going forward or turn based on pressure and space

•Identification of the space based on what defender does.

--->Option 1- defender stops when you stop the ball, attack space in front quickly.

--->Option 2- defender over shoots run, turn and space is in behind.

•Protecting the ball while dribbling

Progressions:

(1). Play a game- first player to 10 points

(2). Switch top players to the top game to make appropriate competition.