Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Developing Wall Passes (Start Time: 2013-04-30 18:30:00)

Warm-Up (NYRB TRAVEL) (20 mins)

Organization: 30 x 30 Grid

-Players will be working inside the marked area- Juggles/Ball Mastery/Fun- Warm-up Game

Instructions:

-Players from the start will be working on Juggles ( Goal to beat 10 Juggles) to have them focus/determine from the start- Building the positive mindset right away

-Players will work on Ball Mastery - To have the players be comfortable and Confident on the ball ( Be demand/Agressive on the ball

-Fun Warm- Up game - 2 red player and 2 Blue player- all four players with a ball The 8 remaining players will be outside around the Grid as Servers - The objective how many wall-pass can we connect in 1 min- before making the pass add footskills into it

Coaching Points:

-Head up and make direct eye contact with the server before releasing

- Once the pass is made- Can we react quickly and move into space

-Encourage the player to the Little toe (outside foot) to make the play quick and unpredictable

-Timing of the pass

-Accurate pass to Server

Progressions:

-Prog 1: Ball Mastery

-Prog 2: Wall-Pass Game/Combine with Ball Mastery

-Prog 3 : Apply Pressure with Defenders involve- every successful wall-pass counts=1pt

-Prog 4: Rotate the players in the middle

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SSG - Combining through wall passes (30 mins)

30x40 field - 2 goals

4v4 + 2 keepers in goal + 2 players on end line

Players on end line have 1 touch

Must combine with player on end line to shoot

Then progress to open play.