Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): ball control

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Dominic Lavelle

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Name:	Dominic Lavelle
City:	Clydebank
Country:	United Kingdom
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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aim: to improve players ball control - in particular opening the body and receiving on the back foot

objective 1 : develop being able to open up the body and take a positive first touch in the direction you want to set yourself up to play your next pass

objective 2 : being comfortable doing so on both feet , always taking the ball on the back foot

objective 3 : being able to then take these touches and implement them into game like and small game situations and play forward as much as possible

client group : u13 football camp

participants : 12

equipment : balls , bibs , flat markers

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warm up ( 5 )

Organisation / Instructions

- 2 groups of 6

- balls start at the marker where play starts

- one player in box recieving the pass , remaining players queue behind marker

- player takes positive first touch out the box on the right foot to begin out the right side of the box and passes to player now at front of the queue

- continuous rotation : all players follow their pass

- after a period of time working on the right side change to opening up and pushing touch out the box with left foot

Coaching Points

- make sure the pass into box is played in firmly

- movement from player in the box [ start at back of the box to give yourself space to take the touch]

- open up the body take a positive first touch out the right side of the box

Progressions / Adaptations

- then becomes the choice of the player as to which side they want to open up and take touch out of box on depending on the pass and angle they create themselves

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technical practice (15)

Organisation / Instructions

- 2 passing boxes 6 at each box

- simple pass and follow around the box continuously

- on the left side to begin with then switch direction and take touch on the right side

Coaching Points

- opening up the body to recieve pass and touch on the back foot in the direction you want to go

- movement off the cones to create an angle [ just like the warm up] is key

- make sure its the pass is firm and into the player your passing to back foot

Progressions / Adaptations

- change direction on command

- bring a second ball into it if the standard is good

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game related practice (10)

Organizational / Instructions

-directional 4v4 possession with 2 players in either corner for each team

-goal is to transfer the ball to one corner to the other while playing through the middle

-must play through the middle from corner , cannot go from corner to corner

-player who passes to corner player switches with them

- corner player has 2 touches , 1 to take positive first touch out of the box and 1 to find a pass

Coaching Points

-emphasis on players in the corners opening up the body and taking a positive first touch out the box and into space

- players in the middle make the box big and give the corner players space to take touch out [dont kill the space]

- middle players must then be available for a pass [ movement away from opponent to create angle for themselves

Progressions / Adaptations

- teams get a point every time they are able to transfer from one corner to the other

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fun game(10)

Organization / Instructions

- all in 6 v 6 game with goalkeepers

-focus on opening up the body and taking positive forward touches within the game in the direction in which you are playing

-most goals wins

Coaching Points

- emphasis again on the importance of opening up body when recieving and taking touch on the back foot

- angles to recieve pass just as previously

-doing this allows to play forward and encourage this as much as possible

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cool down(5)

organisation

- have players jogging around slowly decreasing heart rate and collect any equipment to bring in

- then bring players into a circle to going through some static stretches to loosen off

- go into a quick debrief with the group on the outcomes of our session and ask a few questions to the group on weather they thought our aims and objectives were achieved throughout the session and how they enjoyed it

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