Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Swivel turn & U turn shielding the ball tutorial

Swivel turn & U turn shielding the ball tutirial

Area:

create a square with cones or poles 12 yards x 12 yards. Duplicate for aditional groups as shown.

Equipment:

Cones/poles, balls.

Objective:

This is a fixed constant practice to repeat a swivel turn and a U turn to shield the ball away from an opponent. The starting point is No.1 . from here the player dribbles up to the cone No.2 and performs a right foot swivel turn. They then dribble up to the next cone No.3 where they will perform a U turn and pass back to the next player at point No.1 who repeats. Once players are executing well change sides so players are performing a left foot swivel turn.

Key points:

The technical aspects will be shown by the coach but the main points are to step over the ball and put your body between you and the cone/opponent. Put out a locked arm to hold off the opponent on both types of turn. manipulate the ball quickly to keep the ball away from the opponent. glance up and look at team mate who you are passing back to to set accuracy.

Progression:

Once players can execute the turns well, put in a defender to act as passive pressure. The defender shadows the player inbetween cones No.2 to No.3 and then returns to shadow the next player. swap defender over regularly. Do this also with left side.