Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Eastchester Senior Division Week 1-Dribbling (Start Time: 2016-05-02 18:35:00)

Tag Game (10 mins)

Organization:

Each player as a pinnie, all players inside the area.

Instructions:

• Attackers have a pinnie in their shorts (pinnie must be on the right or the left side and must hang down to at least the knee)

• Defenders start with out a pinnie

• When the defender pulls out an atackers pinnie they become the attacker.

• Each player Starts with 10 points, they lose a point if their pinnie gets pulled

• The goal is to finish the game with all 10 points

Coaching Points:

1) Identifying gaps in defense to penetrate

2) Identifying defenders position

3) Recognize how to protect the pinnie-(Position the body in between the ball and opponent)

Progressions:

P-Add More Defenders

P-Decrease size of area

Fully-Opposed (20 mins)

Organization:

• Ball per player

• 1,2, or 3 players without a ball to be defenders (hold pinnie in hand)

Instructions:

• Players with a ball attempt to dribble around in the area, maintaining control of their ball and preventing the defending players from stealing it or knocking it away

• Defending players (players holding a pinnie) attempt to steal the ball from one of the players in possession and score at any of the goals on the outside

• If the defending player steals the ball and scores, they give the pinnie to the player who they stole the ball from to become the new defender, they then retrieve the ball they scored and enter the

game as a dribbler

• If the defending player steals the ball but does not score, either because they miss the goal or because the opposing player stole it back, then they continue to play as the defender and attempt to

steal someone else's ball

Coaching Points:

1) Keeping ball close

2) Finding the gaps

3) Size and direction of touches get through gaps

4) Awareness of space and position of the defender turning if gap is to small or to escape pressure

5) Defenders-when they win the ball can they find the spaces and gaps to penetrate and score a goal

Free play (20 mins)

Organization:

3 vs 3 with 2

Instructions:

• Free play

• Players organized in a 2-1 or 1-2 to allow ample spaces for running with the ball and penetrating using the dribble.

• Restarts

-All restarts are a dribble in or a pass in, but are still in direct

Coaching Points:

1) Recognizing moments to penetrate

2) Creating traingle as big as possible (width/length/depth) to help create gaps to penetrate

3) Encourage players who find and exploit gaps in between defenders

Progressions: