Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Changing Direction

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Steven Ades

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Steven Ades
Name: Steven Ades
City: Cardiff
Country: United Kingdom
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Description

Organisation (Practice Layout & Transition)

Set up large (35x25 yard) playing area first- with 2 goals

warm up players (bull dogs)

bib players 

then follow instructions per specific drills as follows


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 1

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Screen 1 (10 mins)

Technical- Turning with the ball

 Equal Teams of players line up at a cone, with another cone about 10 yards ahead

Players run a relay race- dribbling the ball out to the cone, then turning, then dribbling back 

The next player takes their turn.


Adaptations (Progressions & Regressions):

Progression: race runs through twice at each go the player must use a different tur (Drag back or Cruyff)

Challenges, Conditions or Targets:

make it a race.


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

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Screen 2 (10 mins)

Dribbling and Changing direction- (Skill)

Set 4 coned gates up in each corner

two lines of players are formed at the side of the pitch

The coach passes the ball into the area for the first two players to chase after

They then compete 1v1. The player that reaches the ball first is the attacker and they need to dribble the ball through the coned area to win the point. The attackers go ends on the sooner of scoring a point or being tackled by the defender


Adaptations (Progressions & Regressions):

Progression- play 2 v2, if a pass is made before the ball is dribbled through the gate, 3 points are scored.

Regression- defenders can not stand between the gate

Challenges, Conditions or Targets:

increase number of passes if 2v2


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 3

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Screen 3 (15 mins)

Small sided game: 4v4

2 goals are added to the pitch from the last drill

players play 4 v 4

objective is to try and score in the mini goals

if a player travels through a gate or passes through a gate a bonus point is added


Adaptations (Progressions & Regressions):

Progression: decrease size of the gates

regression: add more gates, increase size of the gates


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 4

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Screen 4 (15 mins)

Finish with 5 v 5 match


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