Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Ball manipulation warm-up

Dribbling (15 mins)

Session Objective: Dribbling warm up.To improve dribbling skills

Organisation:

Ball each.

Discs arranged around all of training area in lines of three , with each disc about a foot from each other.

Players begin by moving around whole area and then taking ball in and out of a group of three cones and then on to another group and so on.

Vary tasks with ball - use right foot to move through discs,left foot,right then left,sole of foot etc.

Extension - once through discs,execute turn before going through next set of discs

Extension - go through first two discs,turn and then through other side,then execute turn

Extension - go through line of discs and then perform dribbling skill before going through next set of discs (one scissor,two scissors,beardsley,move,slow,go again etc).

Key Factors:

Head up,

Ball manipulation

Technique of scissors/beardsley/dribbling trick

Experiment!!