Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): MSC - Stop-Starts (Week 7.2)

Ball Mastery

On Arrivial: Juggling - One touch, one bounce

Organization:

As above

Instructions:

Players perform different ball mastery skills.

- Toe taps,

- Boxes,

- Sole Rolls,

Progression: Race. On coaches signal they leave their ball and race to the one infront of them. First team to get all players at their new ball gets a point.

Coaching Points:

- Be on toes

- Listen for coaches signal

- Speed between balls

- Quality of technical skills

Developmental Repititions

Organization:

As above, with as many channels set up for no more than 4 players per channel.

Instructions:

Players dribble out to centre line and the perform a 'Stop-Tap'. After doing so they look up as they dribble to opposite endline. Upon eye contact with their teammate the next player can begin and do the same. Process repeats.

Coaching Points:

- Pinky toe to dribble

- Keep ball close, touch on every step

- Correct execution of stop start

- Use of head, hips to sell the fake

- Ball out of feet

- Head up after stop start

- Accelerate out of stop start

Progressions:

- Use weaker foot on every other go

Small Sided Game

Organization:

2 x 3v3 games.

Coaching Points:

- Three lines of attack (Width, Depth, Length)

- Penetration as option one (Shot, pass, dribble)

- Possession as option two

- Angles of support (Can you make a triangle?)

- Distance of support (Can you make the triangle as big as possible?)

- Timing of support (as ball travels)

- Speed of thought and movement in transition

- Correct moment to apply the session topic