Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Controlling (Start Time: 2022-11-13 16:40:00)

Screen 1 (5 mins)

Adaptations (Progressions & Regressions):

12 players divided into two teams.

6 players placed on the outside of a 20x20 yard area with a ball each

6 players placed on the inside of the playing area without balls.

Objective: players without balls to move towards a player with a ball to control the ball then pass it back to the same person that passed it to them.

Players must then run through the small 5x5 yard box before going to a different player to control and pass back to

Coaching point:

stay on your toes

eyes on the ball

get in line with the ball

choose a body part to control the ball

relax on ball contact

Challenges, Conditions or Targets:

Can you see how many ball control you can get in 30 seconds.

on second go, can you control the ball more than the previous 30 seconds.

Screen 3 (15 mins)

Adaptations (Progressions & Regressions):

6v6 SSG with 4 v4 in the middle zone and 1 player each from each team in opposite end zones.

Playing area is 36x36 yards with 5 yards end zones.

Players attempt to control the ball before making a decision to pass, dribble, or run with the ball. 

To score a goal the ball must go from one end zone to the other. 

Players in the end zone must control the ball for a goal to count.

When a ball goes out of play, the game is restarted from an end zone.

Challenges, Conditions or Targets:

The target is for all 4 players in the middle zone to control the ball before playing into a target in the end zone.