Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Harrison-Strikers-Dribbling/Moves/Evaluation-9/5

Warm up (10 mins)

Organization:

10x20 yard area (grid)

Groups of players as shown

Cones (4 different colors matched on each corner)

Instructions:

1.First Player in each groups dribbles out to the line of the three cones;

2. Once the players get begin dribbling in the 3 cone line the coach will call out one of the three corners.

(ie Blue, then both players wold race to he blue corner of the area.

3. One point goes to the team of the quicker player.

Coaching Points:

1) Head Up

2) Quick feet

3) Low center of gravity

4) Explosive movement to the cone that is called

5) Quick thinking/decision making

Progressions:

- Opposite of what coach calls (if flag, go to cone and vice versa)

- Vary the movement around the three cones

Main Theme (Semi-Opposed) (15 mins)

Organization:

10x20 yard area (grid)

Groups of players as shown

Cones / Markers / Poles (4 different objects matched on each corner)

Instructions:

Player in the groups dribble toward other player in other side when they approach to the cone they should execute a move(roll, drop shoulder) and dribble on coaches command, it's a race to one of the four corners (which ever coach calls out).

Coaching Points:

1. Control of the ball

2. Head up to observe area

3. Move technique being used

Progressions:

Add movements to different color continuosly on coaches command(red and blue or orange, yellow and blue) players must move to different colors.

Conditioned game (10 mins)

Organization:

20 x 30 grid

3v3

Instructions:

Players play 3 v 3 must try to attemp to score in 3 goals(2 gates and one pugg goal) if they score by dribbling through gates they get 3 pt in pugg goal they get one pt.

Coaching Points:

1. Control of the ball

2. Head up to observe area

3. Move technique being used

4. Attack at speed

5. First touch positive

Progressions:

Free Play