Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Feint

Whip It

Organization:

- Same area as before.

- Players split into three (3) teams, filling up the three sections of the area.

- 4 cones surrounding a tall cone in the middle form a diamond.

- Each player with a ball.

Instructions:

-On the clap, a pair of teammates (front players in that section) work in unison dribbling towards middle cones and performing the feint move.

- As soon as the move is executed the other two players at the front of the line starts.

- Constant flow and lots of repetitions.

Coaching Points:

- Identification of 1vs1 (space behind defender)

- Positive 1st touch (drive at defender, makes it easier to unbalance defender)

- Attack defenders front foot

- Awareness of next action (where is the goal, space, teammates, covering defenders)

- Smaller touches on the ball (use of pinky toe to dribble the ball) “Like Messi” as approaching defender

- Unbalance defender with body movement (Use of body to sell the fake)

- Timing of execution of move based upon space between you and the defender

- Final touch of move bigger (allows head to come up)

- Accelerate away if looking to continue to dribble

- Cut across defender, if looking to continue dribbling

- Lean to one side dropping your shoulder

- Plant the same side foot to the side of the ball

- Lean to the opposite side taking the opposite foot past the back of the ball

- Take the ball away using the outside of foot that started the movement

- Quality of end product

Progressions:

- Go the other direction using the other foot.

- Double feint

- Take away cones and dribble at each other.