Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): U11/12 PDP - Intro to the Driven Ball Technique Session I

Driven Ball Gates (20 mins)

Have the players in partners at a set of gates striking the ball through the gates, low, and accurate to their partner on the other side. Emphasize and introduce the driven ball technique

- Ankle locked

- Toe pointed down

- Body bent over the ball

- Body position at an angle relative to the ball

- Non striking foot correct distance from the ball [not too close]

- Strike through the center of the ball

- Follow through towards your target and land on your striking foot

4v4-half way line (25 mins)

In a 4v4 or 5v5 setting, split the teams up evenly and have 2 oversize goals with each team attacking and defending one with no goalkeeper. Split the field down the middle with a half way line. Each time the attacking team scores in the attacking half count it as 1 goal. Every time the attacking player uses the driven ball technique to score from his own defensive half count it as 3 points.

Coaching Points:

- Driven ball technique

- Decision Making [ Was this the right time to use the driven ball or are we just kicking it?]