Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): U9 - Cruyff's Turn

Gates Turning (15 mins)

Organization:

- 30x20 yard area, all players with ball.

- Set up gates around the whole area, where players can dribble through.

- Make sure to have differently sized gates, some big, some small, to cater to the different skill levels of players.

Instructions:

- Players are dribbling inside of area. They are given specific moves to do with the ball.

- Moves include hip swivels and forward and backward rolls.

- After performing these rolls we will start to work in specific turns such as the Drag back, inside cut, and outside cut.

Coaching Points:

- Head up to see space and look over shoulder to see where they are turning.

- Technique of all three turns.

- Look to turn into space.

Progressions:

- First to 10 or 15 turns through a get gets a point.

- Play for 45 seconds and see who gets the most turns through gates.

Conditioned game (15 mins)

Organization:

-30 x30 grid

-3v3 4v4

-extra balls

Instructions:

-One attempts to score in goals labeled A and the other in goals labeled B these goals can be different colors so that players can easily visualize where they are trying to score.

Coaching Points:

-controlled aproach

-appropriate turn to protect or change direction

-turn into space

-head up after turning for next action

Progressions:

Take two goals and move to free play