Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Passing and Receiving CY

Partner Passing (15 mins)

Partner Passing:

Place cones 5-7 yards apart with players facing each other in partners, one ball per pair. Start with passing and receiving same foot -- use inside of foot to pass (ankle locked, toe pointed up, strike through centre of ball, make eye contact, put name on pass, look at ball off of foot when passing, follow through, hips point in direction of pass, weight of pass).

Receiver: play on balls of feet, receive with inside of foot, positive first touch.

With right foot and then with left foot.

Introduce receiving on one foot, passing with other.

Saying bump, bump.

Progress to bump, bump, bump to switch direction.

Progress to receiving across body. Take step back from cone, draw square with passes. How many in one minute without messing up. Switch direction of passing and receiving. Progress to one direction, switch direction on command.

More progressions: One player plays down the line, one player plays between the cones; Receive with outside of foot, pass back with inside of same foot; Use two balls and keep them going by receiving one foot and passing with other.

Duration: 15 minutes.

End-to-End Possession Game (15 mins)

End-to-End Possession Game:

Two teams equally divided;

To score, team must play to outside player;

Once played to the outside player, the player who passes the ball changes and becomes the outside player;

Once going one way, must score at the opposite end.

Coaching points:

Dispersal;

Half turn;

Technique;

Rotation;

Decision-making.

Duration: 15 minutes.