Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Mini kickers 17/05/2025 (Start Time: 2025-05-17 09:00:00)

Warm up (10 mins)

Set up

• 2 cones placed between a pair of players
• 1 red cone, 1 blue cone and a ball

• Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
  
• Coach then shouts out a colour/ball and the first player to pick up that cone/ball, wins
• Do this 5 times

• Players must be stood with their back to the cones

Technical (with the ball) (10 mins)

Set Up

• Players stand facing each other in pairs, 6 yards apart with a ball each
• In each pair, 1 player wears a red bib and the other wears a blue bib
• In-between them are placed 4 x different coloured cones

Drill

• The players start by bouncing on their toes, waiting for a colour to be shouted out by the coach
• If the coach shouts red, the players dribble out with the ball and perform a turn at the selected cone before returning to their white spot 
• The turn can be a drag back, cruyff, chop, etc
• This is continued with many colours called out
• The aim is to get out to the cone and return to the start, quicker than your partner

Progression

• This time the reds take control and decide which cone out of the end red/green cones, they are going to drive towards
• The blues have to copy their movement and try to get to the cone quicker than their opponent
• Encourage the drop of a shoulder, change of direction, etc
• After 2 minutes, swap so that the blues are the ones making the decision and the red are copying their movements

• Remove the competitive nature of the drill and concentrate on the technicality of the turn