Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Forward moves

Techniques (15 mins)

THE SESSION:

Group of 2 or 3 depending on the number of players.

Players do tippy tappy to the center and do turning techniques near the center spot.

Then run with the ball as quickly as possible.

As soon as the partner comes back to the gate, the next person can go.

Tippy Tappy techniques can be:-

inside touches

sole of foot tap

inside-outside

outside-outside-stop, etc

Turning techniques can be:-

inside hook

outside hook

drug back, etc

PROGRESSIONS:

1) Introducing the forward move

When a player infront reaches to the center, the next play starts.

When 2 players are just about to meet, both players do the forward move.

Forwar moves can be:-

Drop shoulder

Step over

Scissors, etc

KEY MESSAGES/POINTS:

Ball mastery techniques

Turning

Forward moves

Change in pace

Timing

Look up

1v1 Progression (15 mins)

THE SESSION:

PROGRESSIONS:

As soon as a player infront reaches to the center, the next person runs to marked point to do 1v1.

If a defender gets a ball, he needs to go out the square as quickly as possible.

KEY MESSAGES/POINTS:

Be brave to use forward move techniques

Use speed

Creativity

Decision making

End product