Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): SAQ_Full Sprinting/Hard Changes of Direction

Technical-Unopposed (10 mins)

Organization:

Set up same as previous activity.

Each player has a ball.

Instructions:

Two lines dribbling to opposite cones in the middle. Use the cone as a guide for when to do your change of direction.

Maradona ,Ronaldo Chop.

Player on bottom of grid (Player A) intiates play, they take their first touch to either side and the player on the top of the grid (Player B) reacts to that first touch, players should try to alternate between left and right sides-After players have the technique competition will be introduced-

Coaching Points (what, how, why, when):

• Decision of when to perform the turn.

• Quality of change of direction

• Push the ball out of feet to prepare for pass/dribble after the move (End Product)

• Head up before and after the move

• Can you do it without looking at the ball

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1) How-Technique of V-Turn or Ronaldo Chop

2) Why-to quickly move from an area of less space to more space, or to pull a defender wide to open space in the middle

3) When-As the defender is quickly closing down the available space can you recognize area of more space

4) Where-Wide areas of te field to move into the middle (

5) Who-Wide midfielders or overlappig wingbacks-#7,#11,#2 or #3

Progressions:

P - R - inside cut/ outside cut.

P-Player B passes accross the grid to player A, Player A takes their first touch toward one of the tall cones, Player B reacts to player A's first touch trying to arrive at the tall cone at the same time as Player A, (they are not trying to steal the ball) Player B changes direction, immediatly finds open gate and dribbles through gate, player B finds the gate infront of them and tries to beat player A back to the line

••For progression add tall cone, tell passive defender hy have to jog/run to the tall cone to arrive at the same time as th dribbling player.

Conditioned Game (15 mins)

Organization:

Same Area as before with Central Cones removed

Players divided into two teams

Instructions:

• Flying changes, but goals on the side (as shown in Graphic)

• Any ball over the end line or a goal in the Pugs the defending team steps off, and a new team comes on, the new team coming on starts with the ball

Coaching Points:

1) Identification of Space

2) Positive 1st touch (drive at defender, makes it easier to unbalance defender)

3) Smaller touches on the ball when approaching Defender

4) Unbalance defender with ball movement

4) Unbalance defender with body movement (Use of body to sell the fake)

i) Dropping the shoulder

ii) Looking opposite way

iii) Opening up of hips

5) Timing of Execution of move based upon space between you and the defender

6) Exit touch acceleration after move

7) Final touch of move bigger (allows head to come up)

8) Accelerate away if looking to continue to dribblE

9) Cut across defender, If looking to continue dribbling

Progressions/Regressions:

P-Players can dribble accross center line,