Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Pollock session 4

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Connor McIntyre

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Name:	Connor McIntyre
City:	Glasgoe
Country:	United Kingdom
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Aim

To improve the players passing a movement through quick successful skill execution

Objectives

1 Warm-up With the ball to give maximum time with the ball at feet

2 Provide a drill with quick simply uses of dribbling to improve consistancy of the skill

3 Provide pressure to players when passing a moving

Equipment

15 Balls, 20 Bibs (10 yellow, 10 blue) 30 cones (10 red, 10 blue, 10 green)

Venue Dennis donnely park

Group

5-12 u13 girls, mixed skill

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm-Up

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Warm-Up (10 mins)

Juggling Challenge on arrival

Organization:

1. Two lines of equal numbers.

2. 10 x 15 Yard Area.

Instructions:

1. Players do dynamic stretches and coordination movements through the middle and jog on the way back.

2. Next player in the line goes as soon as the player in front gets to the middle cones.

Coaching Points:

- Quality of movement

Progression;- 1v1 races

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Technical

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Technical (15 mins)

Organization:

As above

Instructions:

One team in the centre with the other spaced out around the outside

inside team dribbles around the box passing to someone on the outside, receive the ball back again, dribble into the middle find another pass.

Coaching Points:

- Quality of touch to open body to dribble away

- Dribble into space

- Target movement to find space

- Communication (hands and voice)

- Body shape (open)

- Quality of pass (find backfoot)

- Quality of touch to set up next pass

- Eyes up, connect with teammates

- Speed of play.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Technical 2

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Technical 2 (15 mins)

Organization:

Set up as above

Instructions:

Play begins with player on ball taking a touch out of his feet to one side or another. Target reacts to make passing lane whilst defender blocks it. Middle player checks away and receives ball, opens up and finds target.

Rotation: Passer - Defender - Receiver - Target

Coaching Points:

- Good touch out of feet and head up.

- Movement of target to create passing lane.

- Movement of midddle player to check away - open body.

- Communication

- Quality of pass - back foot.

- Break line and beat defender with first touch

Progressions:

- Defender presses receiving player to add pressure. If defender gets really tight them beat them with a touch inside.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Techincal 2 continued

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Techincal 2 continued (15 mins)

Organization:

As above

Instructions:

Exact same rotation as before but defender is now fully live. Attackers score 1 point each if they can get the ball to the end target, doubling their score to 2 points if they can get the ball to the target and back again. Targets are limited to 2 touch and must stay on their endlines. If defender wins the ball and can dribble over the endline then they get 2 points.

Coaching Points:

- Good touch out of feet and head up.

- Movement of target to create passing lane.

- Movement of midddle player to check away - open body.

- Communication

- Quality of pass - back foot.

- Break line and beat defender with first touch