Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): G8W Dribbling Messi/Ronaldo

Warm Up With Game

Organization:

25x25 Grid 

4 Small 5x5 Coned Grids In Each Corner 

Instructions:

Phase I: Dynamic Warm Up 

50 Touch Dribble Challenge: Begin with the players dribbling around the grid. Coach's Command Dribbling Techniques  - Left, Right, Both, Inside/Outsides

Players listen to coaches command

1-Burst of Speed

2- Moving Foundations

3- Moving Toe Taps

4 - Feint and Accelerate

5 - Stationary Scissors

If you bump into a player: 10 toe taps

If you dribble out of the grid: 10 toe taps

Phase II: Cat and Mouse 

Coach Selects Two-Three Players to Be Cats - Cats Have No Ball 

Everyone with a ball are the mice, they are dribbling around and must protect their 'cheese' which is the ball. Play 90 second rounds - players do not want to be the ones without their ball at the end of the session. 

The Square Grids are the Safe Zones

       - 5 Seconds Max in Safe Zone 

       - Only One in a Safe Zone at a time 

       - Cannot re-enter an exited safe zone 

Coaching Points:

- Spacial Awareness: Identification of Space, Player, Safe Zones Etc. 

- Size of Touches Due To Spacial Recognition 

- Shielding/ Dribbling with foot farthest from the defender  

Semi-Opposed Repition RWB Races

Organization:

- Same as previous

-Add 4 Puggs goals

-4 Teams

Instructions:

- Blue vs Red and Yellow vs Green

-On coaching command players dribble towards the middle take a touch on on side using big touch out of their feet and and trying to score

Coaching Points:

-Drive quickly when you have space in front of you

-Slow down in the middle

-Keep your the ball close to you

-Keep your head up

Progressions:

-First ball that touch the net get a point