Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Academy Week 5 - Learn Vision (Start Time: 05-May-2024 08:40h)

Field Set Up (15 mins)

Ball Manipulation Warm UP

Set up

20x20 square 

Cones on the corners different colours

Game

Set up

3 Fields 

50 long 35 wide

Cones 10 yards apart 

Soccer Tennis/ SAQ

Set up 

3 soccer tennis nets

4 line of 4 cones one yard a part(Alternate line colors and split lines 3 yards apart) 

1v1 to goal game

30 x 25 yards

Two 9v9 Goals

Three team finishing

30 x 25 yards

Two Big Goals

Three Team Switch (20 mins)

Set Up

4 10x10 squares (Diagonal Squares the same colour)

1 5x5 square in the middle different colour then outside squares

Outside squares 10 yards apart 

20 cones 

Instructions 

- The objective of the game is to catch the opposite team by getting three passes and switching the ball

- A ball is played into each square on the outside from two defending players in the middle box (Every time defender wins the ball a new ball from the middle square|Designate two defenders to always defend the same team

- Both teams on the outside attempt to get three passes without the ball leaving the square

- After three passes the team can switch the ball to one of their players running to the empty square (The ball cannot be touched in between squares by attackers or defenders)

- Once player receives the ball the rest of the team can join them and attempt to get three passes again. (If the player does not receive the ball then they must return to their grid and a new ball is played in)

Learn | Show players the final vision for the game | Coaches join the demonstration by becoming one of the teams in the outside square (Have one of the players pass the ball in but limit them to walking pace

Repeat| Once coaches transfer the ball have the opposite team attempt three passes and switch the ball with no defender

Apply| The coaches become the defending team and demonstrate how to pass the ball in to play and what happens if the ball is won by defenders (New ball played in by defender in the square) as well as what defenders do if there is a successful switch ( New defender runs in without a ball and tries to steal the ball from players in the new square

Coaching Points

Learn | Football is opposites - go left to go right | Keep body shape open like a bench and pass the ball out of pressure inside small square 

Repeat| Timing of run | Choose when the right time is to make a run into the next box while defenders decide when to pass 

Apply| Speed of play | Quickly transition into boxes and play the ball before defenders can close you down | Once you've drawn the defenders in look for space to play around them|