Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): RSA Rec Week 2

Warmup

Organization: 2 lines groups of 3-4 setup as shown

Instructions:

Defending player goes on the cue of the attacking player, and immediately presses the attacking player looking to pull the pinnie away from the attacking player as the attacking player looks to beat the defender to a gate.

Coaching Points:

Go directly at the defender

Smaller steps once accelerating into space larger strides

Head up to see what gate we must attack in

Change in levels- Body shape taller to lower on the feint to provide

Progressions:

Fully Opposed 1v1

Organization:

Groups of 3 to 4, Attacking player shown in Blue, 2 5 yard gates set up as shown.

Instructions:

Defending player plays into the attacking player, and immediately presses the attacking player on their first touch. Attacking player looks to score by dribbling through a gate. If defender wins ball they get a point for dribbling it past the opposite end line.

Coaching Points:

Attacking player head up to assess where the open gate is. If we don't have our head up we will not know where the space to attack.

-Drive at the defending player to commit them, if we drive directly at them they don't know where we intend on attacking.

--Inside- Outside technique- Small inside touch with the inside of Big Toe-outside touch with the outside of the same foot-dropping shoulder and hopping on plant foot to help sell the fake- foot does not touch floor in between the inside and outside touch, outside touch larger and out of feet