Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): U9/10 Winter Team Practice - Session #12 (Passing & Receiving) (Start Time: 2024-01-17 17:15:00)

Technical (Unopposed) - Ball Striking (10 mins)

Description:

• Players get a ball and a partner and work on their ball striking across whatever distance you deem appropriate for their age and ability.
• Put two cones as a target in between the players
• Players receiving the ball must focus on their first touch and control the ball within 1 metre of their body

Progressions:
1. Long passes on the ground (side of foot)2. Long passes on the ground (laces)3. Long balls in the air 4. Depending on the skill level of the group, can they curl the ball?* Both feet for each progression
Skill Passes - Rabona!, Henry Fake

Key Points:

• Where does the planted foot go?
• Part of foot
• Body position - lean back (high), get over the ball (low)
• Look at the ball
• Accuracy before power
• Use of both feet

SSG - 3v2 continuous (30 mins)

Set-Up:

• 3 teams, 2 defenders in front of each net and 3 players in the middle. 
• Keepers in the net or if you don't have enough keepers, use puggs or a small goal made with cones.

Details:

• 3 black attack 2 red. 
• When the ball crosses half, the red on the side sprints to the middle of the field at the half line, touches the ground and then joins the defense as a recovery defender.
• If black score, they get a point, if not (either red win the ball, shot misses target or shot is saved) the 3 red attack the 2 grey and the same happens going the other way. 2 of the 3 black stay on defence and 1 goes to the sideline to become the new recovery defender.

*If you have more than 3 teams of 3, simply have the extra players in a cue in the sideline. You can go with as many as you need but this does work best with no more than teams of 5.

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