Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Feints

Motor skills (10 mins)

Organization:

-2 cones next to each other. 1 cone in the center, and 1 cone on the other end of the field.

Instructions:

-1 player tucks a pennie at his side and runs to the center cone.

- Once there the player can continue to the next cone or run back to where they started.

-The other player must chase and try to take the pennie from the first player.

Coaching Points:

-Decision making

-Ability to feint.

Progressions:

Technical fully opposed (20 mins)

Organization:

-2 goals, one on each end.

-1 cone where defender starts.

-Gate where attacker starts.

Instructions:

-Defender passes the ball to the attacker.

-Defender pressures the attacker

-Attacker tries to score in either goal.

-If defender wins they can score through the gate where the attacker started.

Coaching Points:

-Head up to recognize space and pressure.

-Execution of fient/move

Progressions:

-Time limit to score.