Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Friday Night Skills Session Template

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U4 - U8 Technical (Ball Mastery Work, 1 v 1 skill moves no opposition) - 15-20 minutes 

"Field Awareness Noodle Tag" Fire and Ice 

Phase 1 - Players run around and coach tries to tag player with noodle.  Start with 1 tagger than have 2-3 kids become the tagger talk about space and importance of team.

Phase 2 Players bring ball with them and taggers try to freeze the ball.  Players must complete "5" skill moves to warm the ball bag up and begin dribbling again.  Choose 2-3 taggers and play 2-3 rounds of 2 minutes.

Phase 3 - Partner and a Ball.   Take outside cones and put 2 players at each cone with a ball.  Take cone and put 5 feet from the first cone on the line.  Have player 1 dribble out around the cone and back. Player 2 repeats. Work on control, head up dribbling, sole pull back, chop based moves.

Phase 4 - 1 v 0, 1 v 1 to small goals 

Phase 5 - Cross the River, Red Light Green Light dribbling "fun competition or game"

Older Sessions

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U9-U12 Technical Work 1v1 SSG - 30-45minutes 

Phase 1 - Have players go through the barca warm up with the ball at their feet dribbling through the smaller cones and then turn and coming back playing to the next player to repeat.

Phase 2 - Take the middle cones away from Barca Warm up and have players try to pass across the 12 yard area using 2-3 touches. Receive, Prepare and Play should be the message to players for every touch.

Phase 3 - Set up small goals and have player 1 (white) play a good pass out to player 2 (yellow) and that player attacks goal with no pressure defender creating a 1 v 0 building confidence to goal.

Phase 4 - Player 1 (white) plays out to player 2 (yellow) and then puts pressure on the ball creating a 1 v 1.  IF defender can win the ball and dribble through the gate they get 1 point.  If player can score they get 1 point.  Play to a point or time limit and switch players around to see different players.

Phase 5 - SSG 4 v 4 NO GK, or 5 v 5 tight space but can play! 

Barca Break Out 7:00pm in your small group!