Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Introduction to Tech- Passing and Dribbling Technique
MWSA (MW SELECTS FC)
Amanda Gallace
Description
Technique of passing and dribbling, ready positions and using names.
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15 mins
Passing Technique with Movement (15 minutes)
Set Up:
- Players into two groups, equally spread between the two cones. No more than 3 waiting behind the cone.
How:
- players to work on their passing technique with some movement.
- Passing two touch: first touch to set player up while keeping ball moving, first touch comes from inside of foot, second touch is a pass using the inside of the locked foot.
- Player waiting to get pass should call teammate name and be in ready position.
Coach Tips:
- Enforce the ball should always stay rolling, the first touch on the ball should not be a dead stop on the ball.
- Players should stand ahead of cone when it is their turn.
- Ready positions and calling names!
Progressions:
- one touch, controlled.
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25 mins
Pass and move (15 minutes)
Set up:
- Half of the players make a circle with no balls.
- The other half have a ball inside the circle.
How:
- The outside players remain in their ready position; on toes, looking for a ball.
- Inside players are to dribble the ball and find an available outside player.
- Inside player to pass ball to outside (outside will take a touch and pass back.
- Upon receiving the ball back, inside player will take a touch to control, then 'pull back' the ball, get their head up and look for another outside player to repeat.
- *** If players are pulling the ball back properly, their passes should not be going in a circle, they should move across the circle.
- After about 2 minutes, switch.
Coach Tips:
- Enforce players to keep their head up, no collisions.
- Enforce pull back, rolls, and cuts from opening drill.
- Outside players MUST remain on their toes.
- Can make it into a game; give 60 seconds for players to see how many passes they can get.
Progressions:
1.
- Once both halves got a chance in the middle, switch again but this time outsides get the ball.
- Inside players have to move quickly to get in as many passes to the outsides as possible using proper technique.
2.
- Insides start with ball again, this time, everytime they pass to an outside player, they switch spots. Outsides will take the ball in and repeat motion.
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5 mins
After team dynamic stretching/warm up
Dribbling with Demands (10 minutes)
- all players in 18 yard box with a ball. Instruct players to 'dribble' the ball around while staying within the lines
- Dribbling should be completed using the laces or top of the feet.
- Introduce demands one at a time;
- cut: using outside part of foot (pinky toe) to change directions quickly and sharply.
- pull back: use bottom of foot ontop of ball to stop, roll, and turn to change directions.
- toe taps: ball is stopped and both feet are in hopping motion to 'tap' the ball. Little to no ball movement here.
- roll: use bottom of feet to 'roll' the ball. Rolling motion should be towards body. If going left, using right foot and vise versa.
- Call out all demands one at a time once all have been introduced one by one.
- Encourage head up, and to dribble into space. When look up, look for space and dribble into it. The less collisions with teammates, the better.