Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Passing to Targets

Set Up

Set Up:

12 Players total

2 Balls

Red cones in a 30X 20 Grid 2 players at each red cone

3 Yellow cones that form a triangle( 3 steps between each)

Animation Example

Adaptations (Progressions & Regressions):

Challenges, Conditions or Targets:

11v11Playing to Targets (15 mins)

11v11 Playing to Targets

Progression 1: Target to Target (No Scoring 3 Minutes)

Objective is for each team to play to one target while keeping possession and then working the ball to the other target. 

The 2 Target players are restricted to playing in the 2 end red grids while everyone else may us all the space in every grid. 

Progression 2: Target to Target with Scoring (3 Minutes) 

Each team is still looking to play both target players. 

Each time the ball is played to a target that team receives one point. Once earning a point by playing to one target their next point can only be scored by playing the other target player. (Target players may still be used to keep possession just playing them consecutively does not result in more points).

Progression 3: Playing to Target with Direction (3 minutes)

Each team will now only play toward one target. In the example above blue team is playing get the ball from the target with the ball to the target with out the ball. Red is looking to play the target player currently with the ball. Play will always begin with one of the target players. In the example above the target player with the ball is looking to play with blue as blue tries to work the ball to the other target player. If red wins the ball they will look to play the target player who started with the ball. 

Each time the ball is successfully played to the target player of the team, that team will earn  point and the ball will begin again the opposite target player "from the back."