Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): SDP : Fall Session Week 3: U8/12 -Dribbling/Running with the ball (Start Time: 2023-06-09 18:00:00)

Ball Mastery/Physical Literacy5 mins

Physical Literacy 3-4 min General movements

 

3 min ball contact warm-up

 

 Equipment Used: Balls, Cones

 

Jogging 30 sec: Jog in any direction.

 

Lateral Movement 30 sec: move in any direction to anyobject side to side without clicking your heels

Move backward 30 sec:  keep low, check your shoulders tosee where you are going, and change direction.

One Foot Hops 30 sec: look to jump over as many objects as you can, switching feet (left/right)

Two Foot jumps 30 sec: big jumps over as many objects as you can

 

Clear the playing area: Dribble - 2min  Use one ball dribble for a min lots of touches on the ball left and right foot, inside and out, do a turn using different parts of the feet

 

The move of the Week - STEP OVER 

Together the players run forward with the ball ,and every 2 or 3 touches, they put their foot around the ball (draw a half circle) then using their opposite leg push the ball into space.  Have Players try with their left foot, then the right foot , last progression they decide which foot.

1v1 attacking & defending 15 mins

1v1 Dribbling/running with the ball -12:2 work/rest

 

Organization: 20 x 20 field size gates per game (5m)

 (Adjust to players needs/challenges) 10/12 players 2 teams of  5/6 players per team 

 

Equipment: cones, balls, bibs pug nets

 

 

Procedure:  Pick a team to start (blue)  The attacker looks to drive into the scoring zone and score. As soon as the blue scores the red player can attack and the blue player becomes the defender. The Attacker must be in the scoring zone to score.

 

If the defender wins the bal,l they become the attacker and look to score through the opposite gates. passing through a gate equals 1 points dribbling through equals 3 points. 

 

1) Allow players to decide on how many points an action is worth.

 

 2)Allow players to pick their team name 

 

 

Objective: When to Dribble/Run with the ball?

 

Running with the ball:  look to take big touches with the ball  and get to the open space as quick as you can. 

 

Dribbling:

See the ball/player, attack with speed use your laces, small touches change speed change direction 

 

Q: When/where is a good time to dribble ? 

A: The Opponents attacking third, as you can recover and look to win the ball back.