Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Fimmtudagurinn 28. nóvember 2013

Warm up: Part 1 (10 mins)

Organization:

40x30

White Players with ball

Blue Players no ball

Instructions:

White Player with ball, finds a blue player, passes, makes run and receives back. (intro to Wall passes, 1/2 , Give and go)

-White player repeats by finding new Blue Player.

Switch roles after a few minutes.

Coaching Points:

Player with ball

-Head Up

-Pass with Inside of foot

-Change Speed of direction to receive

- Receive with Furthest and INside of foot!

Player with out ball

- Check to the ball receiving at an angle

- Clean pass in front of player making run

- 1 Touch pass? - Recognize player making fast run

- 2 Touch pass? - Recognize player making run, but not fast enough

Progressions:

Main Activity 2

Right Foot Curled (10 mins)

Set Up 40x60 Box, 2 goals, 2 mannequins, 4 cones, supply of balls 8+ players

Player 1 passes to player 2, Player 2 drives to mannequin, uses skill move to inside , opens up body and hits curled shot with right foot

Rotation, Player 1 runs to player 2’s position, player 1 collects ball and goes to player 1’s position.

Coaching Points

Take your approach at a slight angle from the ball

Keep the hand that's on the planting-side of the body out for balance and power

Follow through by swinging your kicking leg in towards the goal after the ball is kicked

If you want lift on your ball, strike it from underneath it

Small-sided games Heading (30 mins)

Objective: to develop heading

Practice organisation

Pitch 60 by 40.

2 appropriate sized goals.Balls by side of goals.

Game starts by goalkeeper feeding .

Player must throw then next player heads and next player catches.Try to combine using throw head catch to score with header.

Key factors:

Movement to receive

Positive attitude to head.

Direction and power of header.