Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Winter RDP Week 5

Warm-up (15 mins)

Pairs juggling challenges on arrival

Organization:

1) Players divided into two groups

2) Players on inside of area have a ball

3) Players on outside do not have a ball

Instructions:

1. Players on the inside dribble around the inside of the area, they must travel through the yellow square in the middle before playing to an outside player

2. The player in the middle passes to an outside player who gives them a return pass, the player on the inside must then dribble back through the square in the middle and find a new player to pass the ball to

3. After a set period of time switch players.

Coaching Points:

1) Quality of movement

2) Quality of passing

3) Player on inside must receive ball upon a differnt angle then they recived.

4) Player on outside must take a directional first touch, inside player must react to that touch and find the correct/new angle to recive the ball

Progression:

-PROGRESSION: Players pair up in the middle, 1 ball per pair, player 1 passes to outside player player 2 must find space and recive, then find a new player on the outside, process repeats.

Fully Opposed (15 mins)

Organization:

Same as previous but add approaitely size goal on end line

Instructions:

Red team begins by playteing A-B-C. C recives the ball, takes 1 touch and strikes on goal with their next touch. After shooting they become the GK for the White team who reapeat a similar process, passing A-B-C but instead dribbly centrall and shooting on the red GK. The player that shoots then become the GK and the process repeats.

Coaching Points

-Angle of Approach

-Large finishing Stride

-Non-Kicking foot next to ball

-Strike with secind knuckle of foot contacting the ball

-Strike in the center of the ball

-Eyes on the part of ball you want to strike

Small Sided Game (30 mins)

Organization:

Divide teams into groups based upon their age/game model ie 7v7, 9v9 etc, make sure each team plays with a GK

Coaching Points:

- When to use a turn and when to use a stop-start in a game situation.

Switch the neutrals every other game.

P - Free play