Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Ball Manipulation Example Sessions

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Craig Williams
Name: Craig Williams
City: Newtown
Country: United Kingdom
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Sport: Football/Soccer
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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Ball Manipulation

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Ball Manipulation (15 mins)

Organisation:

-20x20 area

-Each player with a ball

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Aim:

-Warm up with a high volume of touches on the ball using both feet

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Ball Skills:

-Sole Taps

-Inside Taps

-L-Shapes

-Push-Pulls

-Drags

-Rollovers

-V SHapes

-Stepovers

-Cruyff Turn

-etc...

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-Show players video of ronaldo/messi etc performing a skill/turn - can players practice skill?



Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Ball Manipulation

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Ball Manipulation

Organisation:

-4 stations - cones 15 yards apart

-3 players per station

-1 ball per group

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Aim:

-Perform different skills at the different stations

-Swap stations regularly

-Challenge the players to try different ways of performing the skills

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Station 1:

-Dribble at mannekin then perform skill move to dribble around

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Station 2:

-In and out of cones (inside/outside/drags etc)

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Station 3:

-Perform a turn through the gate - perform second turn - dribble to partner

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Station 4:

-Dribble through crazy cones - close control - little touches - different parts of feet


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Ball Manipulation

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Ball Manipulation

Organisation:

-20x20 area with 10x10 area inside

-Players in Pairs

-1 Ball per pair

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Aim:

-Dribble into the middle area - perform Ball Manipulation of Coaches Choice - dribble back to partner

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Progressions:

-Option for coach to turn into a race - ensure quality remains high

-First player could leave ball there after performing skill and second player could go and retrieve it after performing skill

-Fill middle area with balls - players run in - perform skill x 10 - dribble back - partner goes - pair with ost balls at the end wins - repeat with different skills


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Ball Manipulation

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Ball Manipulation

Organisation:

-20x20 square - 7x7 square inside

-Half team on inside with footballs

-Half team on outside without footballs

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Aim:

-Dribble to a spare player on the outside - stop ball then take that players place - outside player then dribbles through the square and finds a different free player

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Rules:

-Ask players to always dribble through square

-Ask players to perform various skill moves inside square or when dribbling towards square

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Skill Moves:

-Toe-Taps

-Insides

-Drags

-Inside/Outside

-Stepovers

-Cruyff Turn

-Chop Turn (outside foot)


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Ball Manipulation

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Ball Manipulation

Organisation:

-Two cones set 10 yards apart

-3 players per pair of cones

-1 ball per group

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Aim:

-Dribble to partner performaing various ball skills - stop ball and join back of line

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Rules:

-No MORE THAN 3 PER GROUP

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Skills:

-Toe Taps - Forwards and Backwards

-Insides

-Drags

-Inside/Outside

-Stepovers

-Dribble like Messi (little touches - how many can you do?)

-Dribble like Ronaldo (big touches - fast)


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