Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Cyclones Week 4B

Stage 1 -Technique (20 mins)

Stage 1 (20 min)

Organization:

1st 2 players in the rotation start with a ball each

Pass line markers splitting area

Instructions:

Player with ball dribbles to marker line before making pass as shown in diagrams, then goes to back of line again as shown in diagram.

When next players recieve ball they start the next phase of the same rotation.

A - dipicts activity that could be used to ask players to pass with outside of foot

B - dipicts activity that could be used to ask players to play a reverse pass

Coaching Points:

Use of body to disguise which way you are passing

Use of different surfaces to disguise where you are going to pass

Awareness of where want to play pass before make it

Technique of different deceptions

Progressions:

Stage 2 (20 mins)

Stage 2 Deguising Passes Activity (30 min)

Dymanic Stretching Warm Up (10 Min)

Organization:

30x30 area. 3 blue pennies. 18 balls. 12 cones.

3 Players start off as defenders holding the a pinnie each in there hand.

Defenders must look to simply touch a ball or force a ball out of play via a bad pass/touch from an attacker, if they do this the attacker who lost possession takes the pinnie and becomes a defender and the previous defender becomes an attacker. Attackers must help each other to keep possession of both soccer balls.

Objective: Create a game environment where players use creativity and vision for posession & penetration

Coaching Points:

Play with Heads Up, seeing the field

Communication (Verbal & Eye Contact)

Awareness of space/pressure etc.

Try to play to back foot and turn to switch ball in other direction when receive it if possible

Quality/weight of passes.

Angles/distances of support

Constantly re-evaluate your position (can I be in a better position?)

Faint pass to create

Progressions/Regressions:

Add/remove balls/defenders (pinnies) where necessary to accomplish objective

Stage 4 (20 mins)

Stage 4 (20 min - SSG)

1-2-3-3 v 1-4-1-3