Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Highline FC week 12 session 1 First pass forward after regain

technical practice - 20 mins

Blocks: x2 10 min

Set up:

x1 40x40m square (left square as seen on image)

x4 "dribbling lanes (right square as seen on image) 

give each player a ball (first block) 

one ball between partners) (second block)

Block 1 (left square) - 10 mins 

allow each player to get a ball and start to dribble around the square, coach will stop every 2 mins to show different ball mastery skill and then let players attempt skill whilst dribbling round the square. 

Coaching points: 

- Keep temp high

- positive touch and run with the ball at pace after doing skill to get away from defender 

- try to teach the mechanics of each skill

Block 2 (right square) - 10 mins

play will start from player A (blue) passing into player B (red) player B will then try to dribble past player A and past the end line, if player A wins possession he must try to dribble over player B's end line.

if ball leaves the area play must restart from the first pass. 

coaching points Defending 1v1: 

- close space down quickly 

- slow down on approach 

- body position low and side on

coaching points Attacking 1v1:

- change speed/feet/direction to beat defender

- teach differnce between dribbling/running with the ball and where each one is effective

Final Scrimmage - 15 mins.

Set up:

4v4 scrimmage

bring goals to edge of box

normal 7v7 game rules apply.

last 5 mins take players over to parents and discuss what happened in the session (i Give a trainer of the night out each week so up to you if we want to do that for whites)