Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Cycle 6 - Passing ( Head up ) Session 6

Passing Warm up10 mins

Organisation - Players put into pairs practice passing with accuracy and receiving the ball and keeping it under control.

Coaching points

- Weight of pass

- When receiving get the ball out of feet

- Body position to receive pass

How can you make a bad pass into a good pass ?

Circle Drill25 mins

Organisation - Boys split into groups of 4. 2 of the group start on the outside of area and 2 central players begin in the inner circle area. Outside player must play into 1 of the 2 central players who must receive in the outer circle and then play into other team mate in the inner circle. That player then plays to the other player on the outside.

P = Combination through middle before playing out ( Bounce It )

P2 = Before playing out inner plays into space for inner partner to run onto and play out.

P3 = Player who plays out rotates with outside player

- Body positioning to receive

- Awareness ( where are my teammates ? )

- Communication

- Tempo

- Passing ( Accuracy & weight )

- Timing of runs ( what would happen if we go to early in a game ? )