Carlos Santos
| Name: | Carlos Santos |
|---|---|
| City: | London |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Membership: | Adult Member |
| Sport: | Football/Soccer |

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Learning Objectives
To develop passing, possession and creating space.
Description
In a square of 5 yards we play 4v2.
The four players outside the square have a maximun of 2 touches and must maintain possession playing only from outside of the square.
The two defenders inside the square have to intercept the ball. The player who looses possession ball will change roles to become a defender
Coaching Points
1- Create space to find the right position and angle to receive the ball.
2- Improve the speed of play by limiting to 1 touch when possible.
3- It is very important to coach the correct body shape for receiving passes.
4- The 2 defending players must communicate and work together, one closing down the player in possession and the other covering the angle for the pass.

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Learning Objectives
To develop passing and receiving with both feet during combination play.
Description
With 20 metres between players we play 2 periods of 6 minutes.
The players line up in a Y shape and play the passes as shown in the diagram. The player moves to the next position after playing the pass.
Coaching points
1- When receiving with 1 foot and passing with the other the first touch needs to be well judged and pushed out in front of the body.
2- Reduce the time between the first touch and the pass, and then progress to 1 touch when possible.
3- Passes in the combinations need to be weighted well and aimed in front of the teammate so they can run onto the ball.
4- The passing and dribbling should be done at high tempo.

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Learning Objectives
To practice dribbling, passing, receiving, pressing forward, wide play and defending.
Description
In a limited area we play 2v2. Each team attacks and defends 2 mini goals. A goal is scored by dribbling the ball through the set of cones. To achieve this, 1 of the players must have dribbled the ball across the attacking half of the pitch.
Coaching points
1- When dribbling the players need to move the ball away from the position of the defenders.
2- Players need to have explosive acceleration to beat the defender.

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Learning Objectives
To develop dribbling and running with the ball (RWTB)
Description
In a field of 40x30 yards, there are 6 goals (3 red and 3 white).
The objective is to score in any of the goals by dribbling/running with the ball through the gates and then stopping it.
For the first 12 minutes, players can enter an all the gates. In the final 12 minutes, the coach will call out the colour where both teams can score, changing it every time he deems appropriate.
Coaching points
1- Play and think quickly
2- Create space, losing your marker to receive the pass
3- Try to do a different feint/move every time to get away from your marker
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Technical Work - Ball Control, Feints & Dribbling (30 mins)
Objective
To develop ball control, feints and dribbling.
Description
This set up is called "The Star".
Four players start at the same time from all four sides of the star, they bribble in and out all the cones. As they approach the mannequin the players execute a move/feint then take the ball to the right and change their side.
Every 2 minutes the coach will change:
- The dribble sequence- i.e. dribbling in and out every 2 cones etc.
- Technique - inside feet only, outside feet only etc.
- Type of move feint
- Change the direction from anti-clockwise to clockwise
Coaching Points
1- Keep the ball close to the feet
2- Make many touches with the ball
3- Soft feel with the ball
4- Move/feint - exaggerate the move to faking to go one and go the other side