Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Passing

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Name:	Jason Short
City:	Phoenixville
Country:	United States of America
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): warm-up

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warm-up

Organization:

30x30 yard grid

4 pinnies

2 balls (extras on outside of grid)

Instructions:

4 Players start off as defenders holding a pinnie each in there hand.

Defenders must look to simply touch a ball or force a ball out of play via a bad pass/touch from an attacker, if they do this the attacker who lost possession takes the pinnie and becomes a defender and the previous defender becomes an attacker.

Attackers must help each other to keep possession of both soccer balls.

If defender gets ball, Blue gets a point, if a set amount of passes are made the red gets a point

Coaching Points:

Communication

Awareness of positioning of defense

Try to play to back foot and turn to switch ball in other direction when receive it if possible

Quality/weight of passes.

Choosing the best past

Speed of play

Can you combine or switch play to releive pressure

Constantly re-evaluate your position (can I be in a better position?)

Progressions:

add/remove balls/defenders until have the correct balance between challenge/success

Change number of passes for point

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Technical

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Technical

Organization:

1. Gates of cones 2 yards apart as shown

2. 2 players per soccer ball

3. Players are 20 yds. apart, 10 yds away from middle gate

Instructions:

1. 2 players will play against each other and try to score more passes through their gate in the alotted time

2. 1 point is scored for every successful pass to a partner through the gate

3 Play for 2 minutes. Make it Tournament style: Player who won moves up a game towards the top; and player who lost moves down a game)

4. Players across from one another can also play as a team and combine points to vs. other teammates

Coaching Points:

1. Non-kicking foot placed on the side of the ball pointing at the target

2. Head up observe target

3. Working on inside-push pass: use inside surface of kicking foot, heel down, toe up

4. Strike through the middle of the ball

5. Follow through the pass to target with passing foot

6. Weight and accuracy of Pass

Progressions:

P1- Create a longer distance to pass

P2- Force players to take a first touch into space before passing

Regressions:

R1 - Less distance from cones

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Main Theme

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Main Theme

Organization:

Six groups of four players, each paired up in their own zone.

30 x 60 grid, 4 grids of 5 x 10, , middle zone is 10 x 10

Instructions:

1. Players A and B are partnered up in one box. They try to successfully pass the ball through the grid without it getting intercepted.

2. Players box B release a player to try and intercept a ball before 3 passes are comleted within the parnters in A and C

If the ball is intercepted, the team that attempted to pass the ball switches with the team that intercepted the ball.

3. Players can move throughout their zone of the grid to try and find a clear passing lane through to their partner.

Coaching Points:

1. Head up observe target

2. Use inside surface of kicking foot

3. Strike through the middle of the ball

4. Follow through the pass to target with passing foot

5. Look to make the best pass

Progressions:

P1 - less attackers in area

P2 - need to complete more passes

Regressions:

R1 - less defenders

R2 size of field

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Full pressure/game utilization

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Full pressure/game utilization

Organization:

Three teams of four players, each set up in their own zone.

1 ball

Instructions:

Coaching Points:

While team at one end must make 3 consecutive passes before looking to switch the ball to the other team in the opposite end zone. Meanwhile the blue team may send 1 player in to win the ball. If successfully won by blue, they switch zones with the team they won the ball from

Coaching Points:

- Quality of short passing, first touch, communication and movement to posses the ball

- Quality of pass to get the ball through the middle grid

- Timing of long pass - Don't force it.

Progressions/Regressions:

-Increase/decrease size of areas

R-less defenders in center area

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Free Play

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Free Play

Organization:

20x30 field

3v3

Instructions:

Free Play

If ball goes out, kick or dribble in

Coaching Points:

3 lines of attack, 1 defender, 1 midfielder, 1 forward.