Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Attack and Defensive 1v1

Screen 1 (15 mins)

Set Up:

Long skinny area is marked with 2 teams of 2 and a GK that played on the BP team.

Instructions:

The ball must stay in the marked area

3 players (2 BP +1 GK) try to keep the ball, passing to see how far they can get the ball up the field.

2 players (BPO) are "in" and try to win the ball and make a pass to the other team mate, or kick it out of the area off the shins of the BP team

If a BP player that makes an error, ie. ball goes outside the area, gets tackled or makes an incomplete pass becomes the "BPO" team 

The game continues to see who can get the ball up the field the furthest.

Variation/Progression:

Harder (BP) - Smaller areas, one touch

Easier (BP) - Larger areas, unlimited touch, add extra player

A bonus can be awarded if the BP team can make a split pass before getting the ball up the end

Key Coaching Points:

(BP) - short sharp passes, stay on your toes, quick feet, ready to defend if there's a turnover, slide up and down the line, look for splitting passes - but don't force it!

(BPO) - Stay close together, don't get split, one press - the other covers, be ready to attack as soon as you win the ball

Coaching comments:

How quickly can you win the ball back?

Where can you be to help?

What's the body position of the other person?

What's about to happen next?

Why didn't that work & how can you do it better?

Why did they score & what could you do?

Animation 3 (15 mins)

Set up 9 x cones set of ladders, 6 x poles and set of small hurdles, Goal for finishing. To begin the first player faces towards the hurdles at the beging of the four cones. The player that will be running the course faces the first player. The aim is to pass and half volly back to the first player between 2 and 5 times the first player tells the second player to go. the second player will then turn and jump over the hurdles and run forward to dribble the ball around the five cones. Once through the cones they must leave the ball at the end of the cones. they must then run to the single pole in front, touch the pole and turn and sprint through the five pole slalom coming out and stepping through the ladder. At the end of the ladder the first player will pass the ball in front of the second player so the second player can score.

 Set complete you can restart the set by the first player passing the ball will become the second player running the course and a new player will become player one.. After a few runs from other players there is a single cone opposite the start point you must then get all players to sprint as fast as possible to the cone and back again, the last person must do 10 push ups.

Screen 5

Set Up: all players pair up

Instructions: coach gives a series of instructions and the players battle to beat their opponent

The players that wins the battle receives a mark or point

Player Coaching Points:

Screen 7 (20 mins)

Set Up: 

2 teams setup, with keepers in goals.

Play 8v8 half field (Tuesday) or 11v11 full field (Thursday)

Instructions:

Play 8v8 half field (Tuesday) or 11v11 full field (Thursday)

Players should try and put into practice the things we have worked on in the sessions through the week, and show the coaches and other players why they should be in the starting 11 for the upcoming game

Variation/Progression:

Strikers vs Defenders

Last game's starting players vs the bench and coaches

u15 (with conditions) vs u14

Mix u15 & u14 on each team

Key Coaching Points: 

What has been the main focus of this weeks training?

Can you put into 'this game' what we have worked on this week

Show everyone why you should be in the starting line up

Player Coaching Points:

How can you "be better" than the other players wanting to play in the same position

Can you add what we did last week, to what we have done this week?