Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): U13/14 Ball Warm-up, Week 24, Session 2 SW

Screen 1

Grid size

1. Circle - round the centre circle of pitch

2. Straight Lines - 12m

Challenge

1. Dynamic Ball Warm-up

Feeders on outside, workers on the inside. 30 seconds each.

Feeders - On toes, squat, linear lunge, lateral lunge, on toes.

Workers - Inside volleys, outside volleys, laces volleys, headers, two touch pass, one touch pass.

2. Reactive work

- Pass ball into standing player then chase it down and defensive stance

- Standing player giives left or right handd single, player reacts

- Standing player bounces ball, player reacts, decelerates and stops

- Acceleration sprints - starting from short lunge position.

Learning Outcomes

1. Squat/lunge matrix

2. Reactive agility

Speed

Acceleration/deceleration mechanics