Football/Soccer Session (Advanced): Indoor Technical Testing - TNS FP

Passing & Receiving

Organisation:

U7/8 - 6x6 yard square, with 8yd distance to goals

U9/10 - 5x5 yard square, with 10yd distance to goals

U11/12 - 4x4 yd square, with 12yd distance to goals

(Coach will call colour in which a server will then have to pass the ball into the central player, these are in the same order for all players)

- Either using mini goals or traffic coned gates

Process:

- No Servers, Players start with a dead ball and bounce it off the ball to then receive, turn and pass through the gate/goal called

Point System (Points only awarded if the ball goes in the goal):

- Players get 1pt for every goal they score

- Players work for 1 minute and try to score as many points as possible

(NO OTHER PLAYERS INVOLVED - Fair testing)

Dribbling (Figure 8)

Figure 8 Dribbling

Area: 3 Cones, 5yds apart from eachother

Duration: 45secs

Players complete 3 teams: Strong Foot, Weaker Foot, Both Feet

Process and Goal:

- Players start at Point marked 1

- Players are to dribble around the cones in a figure 8 shape as many times as possible within the 45secs.

- Everytime a player passes a cone, they get a point

- A full figure 8 counts as 4 points (From P1 back to P1)

- 1pt is taken away for every cone that is touched

Juggling

- Players have 1 minute to do as many consecutive keepy ups as possible using their laces and instep

- Players are to use their strong foot for 1 round, weak foot for another round and both feet for their final round

U7(& U8's struggling) :

Round 1 - no bounces

Round 2 - with a bounce in-between