Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Levittown SC - Attacking Skills 1v1 - Scissors

Warm-Up (20 mins)

Organization:

1. 12 yds distance from red cone to red cone

2. 3 stations of 2 players (depending on numbers).

Blue: Dribbling "Messi touches"

Ladder Drills: Icky Shuffle, In-Out Shuffle

Yellow: Feint, Scissors ( Boby Movement)

Instructions:

Numbers Game ( One hand)

Players resting at the end of the line must lift one hand up and show the numbers of fingers they want (1 to 5 ) to the players performing the exercise at the station.

Every now and again, players performing the exercise must look up, see and say the correct number that their teammate is showing.

When player gets to the end of the station, players must switch roles.

Coaching Points:

Dribble "Like Messi" when dribbling

Look Up " Eye Contact with teammate"

Communicate

Quick feet

Sell your move

Progressions:

Blue: Add passing and receiving

Ladder: To add complexity to all ladder drills, look up during the drill and avoid looking at your feet.

Yellow: Use of the soccer ball

1 v 1Opposed: Option 1 (20 mins)

Organization:

1. Area as shown (20x20)

2. Teams of 2 players

3. Goals or Gates (width-3 yds)

Instructions:

1.One team attacks first

2. Player dribbles towards defender and attempts to beat him with a move

3. If attacking player beats the defender and score they receive one point.

4. If defending player wins the ball and dribbles across the end line they receive one point

5. After 1 min, teams switch roles (defending to attacking & viceversa)

Coaching Points:

Identification of 1 vs 1 (space in front/behind defender)

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

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

Unbalance defender with ball movement: 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 ( Take the ball away using the outside of the opposite foot)

Accelerate away if looking to continue to dribble

Protect the ball (put body between defender and ball)

Quality of end product

Conditioned game (20 mins)

Organization:

30x20 yard area

3 gates

Instructions:

3 v 3

Score only By Dribbling through Gates

Blue Goal = 1 point

Red Gates = 2 points

Coaching Points:

Identification of 1 vs 1 (space in front/behind defender)

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

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

Unbalance defender with ball movement: 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 ( Take the ball away using the outside of the opposite foot)

Accelerate away if looking to continue to dribble

Protect the ball (put body between defender and ball)

Quality of end product

Progressions:

No forward passes

Regression - 3v2 ( regular game )