Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Running with the ball

Technical attacking (10 mins)

Key Factors (10 minutes)

Mechanics:

Get ball out of feet

Make contact with laces

balance 

good contact with ball surface

Organisation

12 players plenty of balls

• 8 mins (4 x 90 seconds)
• 4 cones set out in a rectangle, with a cone in the middle (40m x 25m)
• Player runs with the ball down the long side, lays the ball to the player on the cone they're running to. 
• That player receives the ball and plays it into the player on the middle cone and follows their pass. The middle player then plays the ball out diagonally to the next cone. 

Progressions:

Add more balls in the grid

Change direction 

Regressions:

Reduce the number of balls in play

Challenges:

Use either left or right foot

Game build up (15 mins)

Key Factors (15 minutes)

• To create realistic runs into the channels to attack with purpose

Organisation

• 2 goals 2 keepers 10 players 5 deffenders 5 attackers
• small build up game is to get players to run down the channels with a deffender putting them under pressure
• The attacking player must try to run down the channel and cut inside the goalkeepers area and have a shot by pushing the deffender backwards and off balance
• The attack has finished the attacker now becomes the deffender and the deffender becomes the attacker staying in the same position just moving opposite direction to involve both keepers.

• Progression Add extra attacking players through the centre of the pitch close by as support to pass and recieve a quick 1-2 to get in behind the deffender
• Regression Attacker has a head start of about 5 yards