Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): GU8's ADP - Block 2 - Pine Glen - Season 19/20

Warm Up (10 mins)

Warm-Up

Set up a 20m x 20m grid, Soccer balls are placed randomly within the grid and away from players.

To encourage leadership, select players to decide which move to carry out.

Instructions

- Players move around within the grid in different ways, jogging, skipping, walking, etc

- On the coaches call the players to move to one of the free soccer balls and perform 5 repetitions of a ball manipulation skills chosen by the coach ie. toe taps, bells, roll overs

- Players will get the opportunity to suggestion some skills, which will allow them to get some responsibility and use their creativity

For the last 2 minutes, select one player as a hunter, attempting to kick the remaining player's soccer out the grid, to rejoin the grid, players must complete 10 toe taps, so we're making it more competitive,

Emphasis

Use of different parts of the foot.

Awareness of free soccer balls.

Listening skills

Physical literacy

Activity 2 (15 mins)

Passing and Receiving

Organization

- Use 4 cones to create a small square in and 4 cones to create a larger square around the outside of the smaller square. Without a ball.

- Half of the players begin in the small square and half of the players begin on the outside of the big square, with a ball.

Activity

- The players inside the box begin on their toes

- Outside players move the ball side to side whilst they wait

- Middle Players run out of the inside box to receive from an outside player

- The outside player passes the ball to the central player who receives and plays back in two touches.

- After 30 seconds the players get 10 seconds to switch from outside to inside and inside to outside.

- The players then do the opposite job for 30 seconds

- Add competition by seeing who can do the most in the 30 second time slot

- Have a player in the middle, applying passive pressure, making it more game realistic

Progression

- Make the central area a 1v1 where the player receiving the ball can either bounce the ball straight back or open up and play to another outside player if the option is there.

(1) point for a bounce back and (2) points for finding another outside player, placing the focus on creating the space to receive seeing the full field where possible.

- Players use the same foot to control and pass

- Players use opposite feet to receive and pass

- Players use one touch to pass the ball back to outside players

- Players receive on an angle and look to play the ball to a different player than what they received from.

Coaches Emphasis

- Create an angle to receive

- Scan the field

- The first touch makes the 2nd playable

- Changes of speed and direction to create the space to receive

- INTENSITY