Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Working with Midfielders to Combine

Passing and Receiving Pattern (10 mins)

Passing and Receiving Pattern with Combinations and be sure to switch D to other side to work on both feet and will be confusing at first

Player A passes to B and A give a long pass to player C who receives and quickly passes to do who passes back to Player A

Players will follow their pass as Player A goes to B and Player B goes to C and Player C goes to D and Player D goes to A

Coaching Points and Focus

Weight of Pass and Accuracy of Pass

Visual and Verbal Cues

Locking the Anklle and being prepared to receive the ball

Good first touch and opening up body to receive outside

Surface of foot and movement off the ball to check away and look over shoulder

3 v 2 Activity (15 mins)

Set up small grid with goals on ouside and players need to dribble through to score

3v2 activity and set up 3 players on each end and alternate colors.

The player in the center will jog out to center and one of the two players with the ball on the outside will pass as the two players on outside of opposite grid will come out to defend

The player upon receiving the ball mades the decision to turn if space allows or connect with teammate who enters the grid.

Do the players work together on a 3v2 and create scoring chances with combinations

Coaching Points

Players receving the ball do they look over their shoulder

Good touch on receiving

Locking ankle for wall pass to connect with teammate

Movement off the ball wiith visual and verbal cues

Can players do wall pass or overlap

7 v 7 Goal to Counter (20 mins)

Goal to Counter setting up my attacking team with 1 neutral player starting the activity

Looking to build up play with 4 midfielders or going wide to create goal scoring opportunity

Looking for blue team to possess and combine to go to goal

Coaching Points

Verbal and visual cues

First touch and accurate passing

Movement off the ball

Looking over shoulder and creating space