Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Pleasantville Bandits (S6) (Start Time: 2016-09-28 06:30:00)

Warm-up (15 mins)

Organization:

Everyone with a ball- moving across pitch

Instructions:

Dribbling back and forth across field using different techniques

Coaching Points:

Recognizing space, keeping the ball close when under pressure, using bigger touches when there is space in front

Progressions:

Rolls, inside foot, outside foot, outside-inside, big touches

Passing and Receiving into space

Organization:

Two triangles- two teams working against each other

Each corner has two players

Instructions:

Follow pass- one full rotation is a point

Complete wall pass/ give and go/ 1-2

Coaching Points:

Checking away before receiving ball

Angle of spin off to receiving wall pass into space

Communication- name of player, calling for a 1-2

Conditioned game- free play

Organization:

30 by 40 - Two teams

Instructions:

2 V 1

2 attackers go against 1 defender. Attacker that loses possession or shoots and misses then becomes the defender against two new attackers from the other team that come from the sides of the goal that the now defender was previously attacking. Goes back and forth.

Coaching Points:

Decision making- when to dribble vs pass, what type of dribble (small or big touches) and what type of pass (cross, to feet, through ball into space).

Communication

Focus and awareness of games repitition

Progressions:

Eventually three teams of 4, two playing in the middle and one on the outside acting as neutral (similar to previous activity). If your team is scored on you're off and become neutral wall passers on both sides. If your team scores on the small nets you then go to the big goal. 3 minute game max then team going to big goal is off.