Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Build up play; Forward Movement (Start Time: 25-Nov-2013 19:30h)

Warm Up (20 mins)

FAST 1: DYNAMIC CIRCLE

FITNESS COMPONENT TARGETED: TRAINING OR MATCH PREP INCORPORATING AGILITY/BALANCE/CO-ORDINATION WITH TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT

EQUIPMENT= 16 LARGE DOME MARKER CONES (4/4/8) - 2 BALLS

DRILL INSTRUCTIONS

THE CIRCLE HAS 16 GATES (ADD GATES IF REQUIRED BUT DON'T REMOVE GATES IF FEWER PLAYERS AS PLAYERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SWITCH GATES

PHASE 1

START WITH PLAYERS IN PAIRS (BLUE) AT GATE 1 AND PERFORM FOLLOWING PROGRESSIVE EXERCISES TO GATE 2 WITH PLAYERS SPINNING LEFT AND RIGHT AROUND CIRCLE BACK TO START

1- SLOW JOG

2- BACKWARDS JOG

3- KARAOKE STARTING BIG AND SLOW > SMALL AND FAST

4- WALK WITH 3 DEEP SQUATS WITH FEET FLAT AND HEEL RAISE UPON RISING

5- BACKWARDS SHUFFLE WITH ALTERNATE OVER THE GATE EVERY 2 STEPS

6- FORWARDS SHUFFLE STARTING TALL AND SLOW > SMALL AND FAST

7- SIDE STEPS SETS OF 3 IN FLEXED POSITION WITH LEFT>RIGHT LEG LEADING

8- SKIPPING FROM SLOW AND BIG STEPSTO FAST AND SMALL STEPS

9- LATERAL CIRCLES SMALL>BIG>SMALL>BIG IN FLEXED POSITION

10- BUTT KICKS WITH ARM PUMPS SLOW TO FAST

11- HIGH KNEES WITH ARM PUMP STARTING LOW AND FAST > TALL AND SLOW WITH LARGE RANGE OF MOVEMENT

12- 5 YARD BURSTS WITH STOP/STARTS

PHASE 2

PLAYER AT EACH GATE: EMPHASISE IMPORTANCE THAT PLAYERS STAYS ON TOES AT ALL TIMES TO ENCOURAGE REACTIVE STATE

START WITH 2 BALLS AT ANY GATES AND PLAYERS COMPLETE 1 MINUTE OF 4 TOUCH WITH STIPULATION THAT THEY USE BOTH FEET AND PUSH AND PULL CHOPS ON BALL TO CHANGE DIRECTION BEFORE PASSING TO ANY PLAYER THEN FILLING THERE GATE OR ANY AVAILABLE GATE

PROGRESS TO 3 TOUCH X 1 MINUTE WITH STIPULATION THAT PLAYER KILLS THE PASS THEN MANIPULATES BALL WITH PUSH (OUTSIDE OF FOOT) OR PULL (INSIDE OF FOOT) BEFORE EXECUTING PASS ON 3RD TOUCH

PROGRESS TO 2 TOUCH PLAY FOR 1 MINUTE WITH 1ST TOUCH OUT THEIR FEET BEFORE PUNCHING PASS TO PLAYER THEN SPRINTING TO FILL GATE

PROGRESS TO 1 TOUCH FOR 1 MINUTE WITH ONLY 1 BALL WITH ANY SINGLE PLAYER IN CIRCLE AT ANY TIME AND ENCOURAGE 1-2'S AND HIGH TEMPO PASSING WITH CONSTANT CHANGING OF THE MIDDLE MAN

PLAYERS ARE PROMPTED TO KEEP AN EYE ON BOTH BALLS AND ARE ENCOURAGED TO DEVELOPM VERBAL COMMUNICATION TO PREVENT SESSION BREAK DOWN OR A DOUBLE PASS

GOOD TIP TO INTRODUCE COMPETITIVE COMPONENT IS TO SCORE EACH MINUTE WITH BALLS TOUCHING/DOUBLE PASS TO SAME PLAYER OR BALL LEAVING CIRCLE WITH BLIND PASS ETC CONCEDING A GOAL. PLAYERS AGAINST COACH WITH CLEAN MINUTE RESULTING IN A GOAL SCORED. BONUS GOAL CAN BE GIVEN FOR GOOD TEMPO AND EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION

PHASE 3:

IN INDIVIDUAL GATES PLAYERS COMPLETE NEURAL PREP WITH 10 ALTERNATE LUNGES FROM SHALLOW AND SLOW TO DEEP AND FAST WITH EMPHASIS ON HEAD UP AND NO KNEE OVER LITTLE TOE > 3 DEEP SQUATS AT SPEED WITH JUMP AFTER EACH ONE > 10 SINGLE LEG WINDMILL TOUCHES LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE > 10 SQUAT POSITION HEEL RAISES ON TOES

THIS PREP WILL ENCOURAGE NEUROMUSCULAR STABILISATION WITHIN ALL SPORT SPECIFIC MOVEMENT PATTERNS AND DEVELOP PHYSICAL AND TECHNICAL ATTRIBUTES FOR ALL AGE GROUPS

PROGRESS FROM DYNAMIC CIRCLE TO KEEP BALL DRILLS PRIOR TO GAME OR FULL TRAINING AND LOOK FOR TRANSITION OF BOTH BODY POSITION AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Psychological

Stay Focused and positive.

Social

Encourage team mates

SSG + Spare Striker (35 mins)

Session Organisation: 2 goals,balls, bibs, cones

Detail: working spare striker, ball must be passed through zones, before players can be released into next zone

Four Corners

Technical: ball retention, receiving skills,

Tactical: positional awareness

Physical: sprints, agility

Psychological: mental strength, concentration

Social: communication, team work skills