Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): SAQ's - Sessions 1-7

SAQ 1 (5 mins)

SAQ 1

"Fox in the Box"

Start at Tall Cones

Sprint to Point A with a sharp stop

Backwards and through the cones (not to the line) to the B mark, sprint back to A

Side step to the C mark, Back to A

Sprint to the D mark, Backwards to A

Side Step to the E mark, Back to A and Sprint through to finish through cones

Progressions

Sprint Backwards through finish

Mirror session to race agains player or use as a team race

Longer length of start and finish

SAQ 3 (5 mins)

SAQ 3

'Mirrors'

Simple exercise where player 2 mirors the actions of Player 1

After each cone visit, Player 1 returns back to the starting tall cone in the middle before sprinting forwards, backwards and sideways around the next cone and back

Can player 2 quickly mirror the movement of Player 1

Progressions

Use a ball

Play a game where Player 1 makes the decision to either touch the cone or pick the cone up to lose their man.

If the cone is touched, they simply return back to the middle again, but if the cone is picked up by Player 1 then they must get it back to the middle and stack the cone on the tall cone before Player 2 can. Player 2 needs to watch carefully of whether or not Player 1 is just touching the cone or picking it up.

SAQ 5 (5 mins)

SAQ 5

'Back and forth'

On coaches start, players race to cone 1, and back track (Backwards sprint) to cone A, then forwards onto cone 2 and so on and so forth.

Players must travel around the cone as per the diagram to get that sharp footwork action around the cone before changing direction of the body backwards/forwards.

Players will eventually get to cone 4 where they take a sharp turn to sprint forwards to the beginning and through the finish line to claim the winners point.

Progressions

Do as a side step so that players are facing each other

Do with ball

Do with player chasing - i.e. second player following same path behind them but setting off when player gets around cone No 1

SAQ 7 (5 mins)

SAQ 7

"Lose your opponent"

Players enter the box via the short arrows entrance and face up.

Player 1 uses sharp side to side movement whilst Player 2 mirrors this action. The aim is for Player 1 to make their decision on when to exit the box and get to the cone without being tagged by Player 2.

Player 2 must be sharp on their feet to stay in line as best possible with player 1 and both players can only carry out this action within the shaded areas inside the box. The sharpest feints will lose the opposition so agility and quickness is key.

When Player 1 makes the decision to exit, they cannot re-enter the box, they must then make it to the cone without being tagged. On the next round, players swap positions.

Progressions

Change opponent

Both Players have ball