Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): June 8 - Passing and Work off the Ball

Open man

Find the open man

Set up

5x5 box in the middle with 4 or 5 cones (pending on how many players you have) set up around the square around 5-7 yards away from square. 3 players will have a ball and 1 player will no have a ball

Objective

Working on passing and receiving and knowing what you’re doing before you receive the pass.

Practice

Working player will call for the ball of a player with a ball who will pass the ball into the square. The working player must take a touch into the direction of the open man and pass them the ball. The player will then move to receive another ball from another player without a ball.

Progressions

1. Play a 1-2 with player serving you the ball, open up body position after you send the ball back.

2. Play a 1-2 with player serving you the ball then open up to play next pass 1x to open player.

3. Working player dumps ball back to serving player to will then play the pass to the open player.

4. Working player dumps ball back to serving player to will then play the pass to the open player, the working player will then go and support that pass with a 1-2 with the open player before moving to a new ball to restart sequence.

5. Make pass longer if needed

6. Lofted passes to work on controlling ball out of air and brini

Coaching Points

1. Pass with inside of your foot

2. Control with back foot

3. Touch into direction of open player

4. Check shoulders

5. Communicate with serving player

6. Work on weak foot

7. Weight of pass

End Zone Game (10 mins)

Target Player Game

Blues playing N to S

Reds playing E to W

Teams score points for each successful transfer of the ball from one end zone to the other.

Coaching Points:

Players must help each other by getting open to receive passes.

Receive on the back foot, open body position.

First touch needs to be good and in the direction you wish to play.

Play back to end zone player to switch point of attack if you need to.