Warm Up (15 mins)

Organization:

30 by 20 area

12 players, 6 inside and 6 outside

6 balls

Instructions:

player must recieve a pass from the outside servers then pass back and rotate to a different server and complete the same action with the new server.

Coaching Points:

head up

ready to receive

comunication on approach

possative first touch for the pass

power of pass

exicution of correct passing techneque(inside foot)

Progressions:

the players can now recieve a pace from an outside server and dribble the ball to an open server to complete a pass.

add in defender to try and stop the passessbeing completed to the server.

Conditioned Game (25 mins)

Organization:

1. 40x30 grid set up as shown

2. Two teams of 6. 4v4 with two players of each team in end zones, as shown.

3. Pugs goals are for progession

Instructions:

1. Players will pass amongst their team trying to make their way to their teammate standing in the endzone.

2. Player A will pass the ball into the endzone to Player B.

3. Player B will receive the ball and dribble out of the endzone.

4. Player A will then take the place of Player B.

5. Teams must complete 2 passes before going to the same endzone again

6. First team to replace 5 players wins the round.

Coaching Points:

1. Angle of approach – Specific technique being coached

2. Head up to observe your target

3. Supporting foot

4. Contact with the ball

5. Contact with the foot

6. Weight of pass

Progressions:

1. Teams can play to the pug goal to score once they have switched one player from the corner boxes. Must switch out a player before a goal can be scored.