Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Week 8 Winter Season U10s

Warm Up

Field Set Up/Arrival Activity (10 mins)

Field Set up

4 Pugg nets

Cones

Soccer ball

Arrival Activity - 10min - 4:1 work/Rest - Game Intentional Free Play 1v1 2 v 2 etc

 As Players show they join a game, it may be 1 v1, 2 v1, 2 v 2, etc..

Objective: to pass or dribble past opponents, create chances, score Goals - Fun

Organization: set up two Fields 18x15 (adjust to player's needs)

Technical Practise: 1v1 Changing Direction

In Possession: Individual Creativity

This session will develop your player's creativity to make more effective decisions on the ball, recognizing and using overloads to create goal-scoring opportunities.

Technical Practise: 1v1 Changing Direction

Teach your players how to change direction quickly to get past a defender in a 1v1 situation. Your players will learn how to accelerate away after they have executed a change of direction

Set-Up

• 20 mins
• 6 players
• 3 balls
• 6 bibs
• 8 cones
• 30 x 25 area

Set up the practice as seen in the above image.

The defender passes the ball across to the attacker to trigger the start of the 1v1.

Attackers aim to dribble the ball through a gate on either side.

Once the pass is played, the defender must try to win the ball back before an attacker gets through the gate.

The attacker must dribble through the gate, not pass it through.

Key Coaching Points

    Comfortable First Touch

• Encourage your players to take a positive first touch in the direction of one of the gates, and this will force the defender to move to one side and create space to change direction and dribble toward the opposite free gate.

  Individual Creativity

• When attacking, encourage your players to be positive and unpredictable. Players should add disguises using their body and arm movements. Once they have executed the change of direction, encourage players to accelerate away with the ball using their laces.

  Choose the Right Skill to Solve Problems

• Players must protect the ball by using their safe side to dribble. This may create opportunities where defenders will lunge in, creating a trigger to turn or change direction and accelerate away. Players must choose the correct skill to free from the defender and create space to shoot, ensuring they keep their body between the player and the ball.

3v3 Small Sided Game

In Possession: Individual Creativity

This session will develop our player's creativity to make more effective decisions on the ball, recognizing and using overloads to create goal-scoring opportunities.

Encourage your players to be creative and unpredictable.

 Coach our players on how to add disguise and accelerate away effectively after executing a change of direction.

Set-Up

• 20 mins
• 8 players
• 1 ball
• 6 bibs
• 8 cones
• 30 x 25 area
• Set up the practice as seen in the above image.

Normal small-sided game, teams can score in either of the opposition’s two goals.

Key Coaching Points

    Look Forward, Think Forward, Play Forward

• Encourage your players to be positive and direct when attacking. Players should always look to play forward, either by passing, dribbling, or running with the ball.

  Recognize Overloads

• Players must make the correct decision of when to change direction and attack the opposite side of the pitch to use an overload. After performing the COD, players must attack quickly by limiting the number of touches on the ball, either passing or dribbling in the direction of the overload.

  Scanning

• Encourage your players to scan continuously, and this will develop your player's awareness of space, teammates, opposition, and the ball. This will allow your players to make better decisions when possessing the ball.