Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Feints Moves - Stepover/Double Scissors/Drop&Go Week 2

Ball Mastery 10 mins

Session Area

Use of half the hall with players having a ball each.

Set Up

Players are to dribble round and then stop ball and do tasks on command

- Tick Tocks

- Toe Tops

- Sole Rolls

After warming up players find themslves space and go through techinques of feint moves with ball static:

- Double Scissors

- Stepovers

- Drop Shoulder

Repeat action with static ball for 20 seconds straight before then moving onto doing moves with moving ball inside the area. Coach is to watch carefully to make sure correct technique is used.

Key Points

- Low to the Ball

- Sell the move (fake cross/shot/pass)

-Change of pace once move performed

Overlap (Group Play) 20 mins

Session Area

Half the sports hall. Players 5 yards away from each other at top with player 8 yards into the pitch laying off.

Set Up

Red team starts with ball and passes to blue team. Red overlaps blue player and blue passes to red who is 8 yards into pitch. Blue overlaps red player he has just passed to and player in pitch passes to red who made original overlap. Red lays it into blue players path who then shoots first time into either goal. Red player who made final pass now becomes passer on the field, passer joins back of line as does blue. Once everyone in team has had shot blue team starts with ball. If time progress into 1v1.

Key Points

Good pass slightly infront of recieving player

Run at pace when overlapping

Eyes up

Killer pass

Clinical finish

Challenges

Which team can score the most goals