Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Table Football Breaking The Lines

Technical Pass, Control, Turn and Pass (25 mins)

Organisation

• 12 Players - Split into 2 groups of 6
• 14 Red Small Cones to mark out the different zones
• 16 Discs to mark out zones inside playing area - 10 yards apart.
• Pitch split into 2 Halves 15 Yards x 25 Yards 

Players are as diagram.

2 on starting side , 3 on the opposite side and 1 player in the middle.

Starting player passes to player in the middle. Middle player receives, turns and passes to the other side, next player passes to the middle where the original passer has followed his pass and now becomes the receiver. All players follow their passes at all times. 

We can encourage good solid passing to feet using different parts of the feet and weaker foot in all aspects. Communication is encouraged at all times. 

Table Footy SSG (5 mins)

Organisation

Transition will be smooth as pitch layout has not changed since the skill practice

• 12 Players - Split into 2 Teams of Six A-Side
• 14 Red Small Cones to mark out the different zones
• 14 Discs to mark out zones inside playing area - 10 yards apart.
• Pitch split into 6no. 5 Yard y 25 Yard Playing Zones
• Like Table football each zone only has players from the same team except for the goal scoring zones. Where the keeper will face one striker. In the diagram you will see that the white outfield players are in the shaded zones and the blue players remain in the green zones. The aim of the session is to utilise movement, control and passing to pass through the opposition finding team mates in a safe zone. Players must stay in their 5 yard x 25 yard zones at all times. 

Encourage control and movement, receiving players must be moving to make an angle for pass and show good control with both feet and different parts of the foot. 

We can progress the session by having a time limit on ball time in zone etc and perhaps allow movement of one player at a time out of their zone. We can also rotate positions and number of players in zones. We can also use the position of the green markers (5 Yards in from touchline) to keep width if needed and add players into zones accordingly. This could work with extra players and larger zones. We could for example make the central 2 zones a free playing area where the 2 whites and 2 blues would need to move the ball faster etc.