Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): First Touch - Session Option 29

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Name:	Rafael Mravunac (B2)
City:	Sydney
Country:	Australia
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Skill Intro

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Skill Intro (20 mins)

Core Skill:1st Touch.

Specific Aspect: In this session I aim to improve the quality of a player’s First Touch. Receiving the ball in tight areas.

Key Principal: Effective Possession.

Player Tasks:

-Scan before you receive, know which way you want to take the ball

-Try not to stop the ball dead,to avoid being closed down.

-Push the ball in the direction you want to go.

-If it's tight,put yourself between the player & the ball.

-Avoid taking unnecessary touches.

-Try to keep the motion of the ball & avoid slowing the play/movement down.

-Release the ball early to your team mate before you get closed down.

Organisation:

-2 grids 10m x 15m

-2v1 (4/5x per grid)

Explanation:

-BLUE moves through the markers and plays the RED player at the #9.

-Players move to the next station (1 - 2 - home)

-Make sure the player looking to receive the ball are creating there own work space by check off the defender.

-Must be game realistic.

-Imperative players take a "Quality" 1st touch and finish with every opportunity.

-Minimum 2 touches to start with in this practice.

Progression 1:

-Same pattern with the exception of a bounce pass at stations 1 & 2.

Progression 2:

- Create the 1v1 after hitting #9

Step up/down:

-Increase/decrease the grid

-Limit touches

-Ball is played into tight area where a player will receive the ball under pressure.(Passive and increase if needed)

-Change the point of delivery to create different angles.

-"P.D.E"

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Skill Training

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Skill Training (20 mins)

Organisation:

- 3 x grids 20m x 20m with 2 end zones 20m x 5m

- 3v3 with 4 bouncers

Skill Training:

-Positioning games with Two touch as a mandatory requirement. First Touch to control the ball away from defender and the second to pass the ball.

-Player numbers and grid sizes will depend on attendance numbers and capability of groups.

-These positioning games can range from 2v2, 3v3, and 7v3 ranging from easiest to most difficult.

Conditions:

-Once the pass has been played, the player must move 2-3 meters to support the receiver.

-Play what you see and play it early, look to receive the ball back.

-On coaches call team in possession can score in there goal. (BLUE team going in the direction of yellow arrow).

Player Tasks:

-Position yourself so you can see the ball and your next target.

-Know what you will do before you receive the ball.

-Move the ball with your first touch away from danger and into space.

-Support your team mate after you pass.

-Player awaiting pass to make eye contact and show the passer where you want it. Make a call, communicate.

-Pass to go to feet or in front of player.

Progression:

-The coach can make the exercise more challenging for the players by simply decreasing the space or easier by making the grids bigger. We could limit touches and by adding passive defenders to simulate pressure, it becomes more realistic.

-Coach can ensure ball keeps moving to enforce player to take first touch into space rather than stopping the ball.

Hidden Learning:

-Looking for switch/split – Killer Pass/through ball, Create angles off ball/passing lanes, 1v1 or Taking first touch past a player and Game awareness.

Possible Coaches remarks:

-Move to support as the ball moves.

-Make angles or Passing lanes.

-Keep your body open so you can see the ball and your next option/s.

-Move the ball away from danger with your first touch.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Skill Game

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Skill Game (25 mins)

Organization:

*4v4 + Jokers

*25m x 30m area.

*2 touch Minimum.

*Spare balls at either end.

Explaination: Players playing/ Coaches watching!

*6 v 6 on two grids with a total of 24 players.

*Players can only take two touches!! Minimal touches forces the players to have a good first touch in order to move the ball away from defenders to set up for a pass.

*Disallowing direct play forces the players to have a good first touch in order to move the ball away from the defender/s and keep possession!

*To score a point Red need to play a bounce pass off the end zone and get the ball to the opposite side and play another bounce pass.

Step up/Down:

*Difficulty can be altered by increasing/decreasing grid size

*Adding a joker for overload to attacking team

*Player number rules per half, (#9 and #3 of each team can only remain in a designated half to ensure a 4 v 3 in the play out half zones and so on. Number of passes before allowed to cross half way could also determine difficulty of Skill Game.

*These changes and more can be added or removed as long as we keep the focus on our session objective being First Touch!

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