Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Individual Possession - Ronaldo Chop

Main Technical (15 mins)

Organization: Setup grid same as before (15x30yd, adjust as necessary). Players should work in groups small enough so no standing in line (ex.3-5)

Instructions: Players dribble toward midpoint, perform a Ronaldo chop, and then progress toward end line. Brief rest walking across endline and then repeat unopposed activity back down opposite side of rectangle.

Coaching Points: Visualize timing of chop to beat defender (use defender's momentum against them like in tag warm-up. During chop, get low (bent knees) so as to quickly transition direction and explode out of move. Finish with pace toward endline.

While it's important to have speed going into the chop, for developing players, they should take the move slowly at first to develop the technique before increasing aggressiveness.

Progressions: P - reverse direction to ensure reps with opposite foot

R - if too complex, work stationary - place ball ~2ft in front of player and perform chop from standing position

See next for semi/fully opposed reps

Conditioned Game (35 mins)

Organization: SSG 3v3 or 4v4

Instructions: Award extra points for use of a chop. Perhaps create a conditon where all offensive players must move into offensive half thereby creating opportunities for rush/chop situations on the counterattack

Coaching Points: Identification of scenarios for use of Chop, timing of the movement, getting low and exploding out of the move.

Progressions: Move to finish with a game of street soccer