Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Control

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Michael Cooling
Name: Michael Cooling
City: Port Talbot
Country: United Kingdom
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Description

Technical ball control


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Organisation (Layout)

Practice is set for 12 players, Cone out an area of 30 yards wide with cones at 5 yard gaps by 20 yards in length creating 6 lanes (Area size and duration can be adjusted according to amount and age of players), Bib up players on arrival in preparation for small sided game at the end of drill, Pair off the players with 1 ball between 2 and set the players 5 yards apart opposite each other within their lane, spare balls located around the area.

Adaptations to the practice (Progressions/Regressions/Challenges)

1. With players up on their toes ready to play Players A start the drill with a good firm pass into players B who will get in position take a good first touch to control and return pass into players A who will get in position to control take a good first touch and repeat the process this will continue for a few minutes.

2. Players A now become servers, they will pick up the ball and serve into players B mid body for players B to practice thigh control, they will relax adjust body shape to control on thigh and get the ball back on the floor under control and return the ball with a pass back into players A, players A will continue to serve until players B have had 10 turns (5 on right leg and 5 on left leg to encourage practice on both legs and feet), now switch to players B becoming servers for players A to complete thigh control 10 times.

3. Players A become servers again, this time players A will serve into players B upper body for players B to practice chest control, they will relax adjust body shape to control on chest and get the ball back on the floor under control and return the ball with a pass back into players A, players A will serve 10 times then switch for players B to serve 10 times to complete the process.




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4. To progress the drill and bring in more realism we now repeat the first 3 phases only now its with movement, players will now practice control while moving forwards and backwards across the area, firstly straight forward passing over the area and back a few times, secondly thigh control while moving backwards going over then moving forwards coming back across then switch servers, then finally chest control while moving forwards and backwards, if one or two players were finding this drill very easy i would quietly challenge them to see if they could complete the drill while only using their weaker foot.

Mechanics of Technique

1. Up on toes,

2. Eye on the ball,

3. Get in line with the ball

4. Decide and adjust body shape to present body part to control with toward the ball,

5, Relax on impact.



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Small Sided Game

For the first 15 minutes of the small sided game set the condition that players must have a minimum of 2 touches this way you would hopefully see what you have been working on in the technical drills, the final 15 minutes an all in game with some individual challenges if/when needed, always try and finish on a draw to keep up the morale of all players.

Outcomes 

Players to learn the mechanics of Control,

Players practice using different parts of the body to control the ball,

Players improve their decision making on which part of the body to use to control the ball,

Players are more comfortable when about to receive the ball.


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