Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Footwork Session 4 Fall 2019

Session 1 (10 mins)

Organization

- Players in Pairs

- 2 Pairs stand 20yards apart

- A cone is placed in the center between two pairs

Activity

- The first player in the pair dribbles in to the cone and turns back accelerating in to their partner

- Work the same turn for 1-2 minutes

- Work 4-5 different turns Focusing on keeping body between ball and car whhen turning, bending knees, accelearting out of the cone

Coaches Emphasis

- Fun

- Use of change of speed and direction

- Keeping the body between the ball and the opponent

- Small steps in to and out of the turn, accelerate away

Session 3 (15 mins)

Organization

- Players in pairs

- Pairs are placed in a 4x4 area

Activity

- The activity is a basic ball protection activity

- One of the players starts with the ball and the other without

- The objective is for the player in control of the ball to keep it for along as possible

- The objective of the player without the ball is to win t and keep it

- If the ball goes out of the area the ball goes to the oppostion of the player who got the last touch

- The winner is the player that has the most of the ball during the 1 minute time frame. The player will choose who gets the point between them at the end of the game

- After each game each player will find a new pair and play for another minute.

Coaches Emphasis

- Fun

- Awareness of pressure

- Changes of speed and direction

- Creativity

- Using the body

- Determintaion