Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Pelham SC: Pistols (Start Time: 2017-10-08 14:10:00)

Warm Up (15 mins)

Organization:

In pairs stand opposite each other, 10 yards apart as shown, 2 red cones in the middle (gates) 3 yds apart. One player is on the blue cone, their partner is on the yellow cone. Each pair has 1 ball.

Instructions:

Players to try to work together to get as many passes through the gates as possible. First few minutes focus on technique.

Progress to playing against each other in a ladder competition. If the ball touches a gate cone or does not pass through the gate, the pass does not count. Play for 90 sec. Player with most completed passes moves up a level/division. (levels can be: A,B,C; 1,2,3; MLS first team, USLAcademy, RDS etc..)

Coaching Points:

Head up before pass,

step into pass,

non-kicking foot next to ball pointing in direction of pass,

lock ankle, follow through in direction of where want pass to go.

Take a touch when receiving to set yourself up for return pass.

Progressions:

-Use weaker foot

-Narrow the gates to 1yd and use stronger foot

-Use weaker foot on narrow gates

- Increase the distance between players

Conditioned Game (25 mins)

Organization:

Teams of 4v4

-Winner stay, looser out 3 min game

- A is worth 2 points

-B is worth 1 point

Instructions:

- Defenders must stay in defensive half while attackers must stay in attacking half

- defenders must pass to attacker, cannot dribble up

- wide gates are worth 2 points

- central pugg goals worth 1 point

Coaching Points:

Decision of when to spin defender v. hold the ball up

Check to the ball

Arm out - feel for defender

Check shoulder - know where player is

Progressions:

free play