Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Team work (Start Time: 2018-01-29 18:05:00)

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Name:	Paul Keigher
City:	Manchester
Country:	United Kingdom
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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These practices can be used for several outcomes - the focus for this session is to get the team working together and communicating, whilst still working on individual control and skill

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Team work wins

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Team work wins (10 mins)

EQUIPMENT:

Cones

SETUP:

Create a small circle of 5 cones, evenly spaced

SESSION:

The runner must run around the outside of the circle of cones, trying to reach the empty cone. The players on the cones must work as a team and move together, trying to fill the empty cone before the runner gets to it. The runner can change direction as quickly and as many times as he likes, so the players on the cones need to ready and react quickly as a team

1 min per player. - keep swapping the runner until everyone has has a go.

COACHING POINTS:

Players on cones must move in unison to prevent the runner geeting to the open cone

Watch your team mates and react to their movements - enjoy working as a team

The runner needs to run fast and change direction quicky

The runner should scan for opportunities and accelerate quickly

PROGRESSION:

Make circle bigger and use more players, leave more cones free

Players on the cone have a ball and must take it with them to the free cone

Give ALL players a ball

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Chaser

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Chaser (15 mins)

EQUIPMENT:

Balls

SETUP:

Use a fixed area, like a penalty area, or mark one out using cones.

SESSION:

Put players in pairs, if you have odd numbers put one set of players as a three.

give each player a ball. Let the players choose which one is the chaser.

The first player dribbles with the ball, the second player is the chaser and must follow the first player dribbling his ball.

They must work as a team and try and stay as close as possible. If the first player gets too far away the second player must talk to him / her and tell them to slow down. If the chaser is too close he must tell the first to try and speed up - working constantly as a team.

After 5 mins swap the players round so they both get to be the chaser.

COACHING POINTS:

Keep the ball close at all times

Try skills and tricks

Keep head up, looking for space and moving into it

Know where the chaser is at all times

Communication, talk to each other

PROGRESSION:

1. Instead of working as a team, they play tig, and the chaser (while keeping the ball at his feet and under control) tries to tig the front player.

2. Players must use their weak foot

3. Increase the number of chasers

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Rondos

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Rondos (15 mins)

EQUIPMENT:

Flat markers

2 balls

SETUP:Create a circle with flat markers, between 7 and 10 yards indiameter. Players choose a marker and stay static on the marker. Two balls (or as many or as few as you like - the more you use the more aware the players need to be) are used.

SESSION:

Players make passes across the circle to another player and then keep the passes going for as long as possible, while the defenders in the middle try to intercept and screen. Try and encourage minimal touches from the outside players and speedy passes, this will create pressure as they must try not to hit another ball and theymust try not to pass to a player who already has a ball.

The players on the inside try to work as a team and screen and intercept the ball. If they get thb all they swap positions with the player on the outside that they got the ball off.

COACHING POINTS:

Technical - control, passing

Social - communication, team work

Physical - passing

Psychological - decision making, team work

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 5v5 - 2balls

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5v5 - 2balls (20 mins)

EQUIPMENT:

full pitch

2 balls

SETUP

Setup 2 5-a-side teams with a ball each

The keepers start the game with the ball

SESSION:

Set both teams up as if they were playing a 'real' game

Both teams start with a ball

Can be setup on half a pitch, mini pitch, with or without goal keepers and / or shooting zones

Playing a game with two balls demands flexibility, concentration a dn quick thinking. Players have to move from attack to defend instantly.

The team that scores with both balls wins the game

COACHING POINTS:

Players need to switch from attack to defend quickly

Awareness of each player and both balls

Focus one more than one thing

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