Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): U14 19 sept 2013 (Start Time: 2013-09-19 17:30:00)

Passing/Receiving (25 mins)

Session Objective: Receving

Organisation: 4 lanes 30 yards long (split at 15 yards) 6 yards wide. Players stationed at A, B, C, E, F, H, I, K, L. excess players have a ball each and wai at zone A (start). Zones D, G & J left empty to begin with.

1. drill commences with player at zone A, passing to Zone B, who receives and passes to player at Zone C, (each player to follow pass and move onto the next zone). the player at Zone C's first touch is to to take them to zone D (which is empty) and pass to player at Zone E. who receives and passes to player at Zone F, whose first touch takes him to G. and so on until the ball is played to player at Zone L, who on receiving of pass goes and starts the cycle again at A.

each player goes on each zone once.

when the player on Zone C goes to Zone D, a new ball starts at A at the same ti, so eventully there is 4/5 footballs moving at the same time.

Progressions

2. players in the middle zones (B, E, H, K) move to ether side on the half turn and receive on the furthest foot.

3. players in the middle zones come short to receive (moving off the cone) and play a longer pass.

4. players in the middle zones alternate coming short to receive long, or going long to receive short (moving off the cone)

5. Introduce 1 2's so A plays to B who sets athe ball back to A, and spins round to play a 1 2 with C whilst they move to D.

Key Factors:

1. receiving on the furthest foot

2. quality of pass

3. weight of pass

4. communication

5. checking shoulder

6. half - turn

7. movement off the cone

8. tempo

Basic passing drills (15 mins)

Session Objective: Speed Drill

Organisation: 20 x 20 yard square, 4 yard squares in each corner with a flag/cone about 5-8 yards (depending on age/standard/fitness of players)

1. without the ball, one at a time player sprints through the line and the next player goes

2. two at a time

3. with the ball player moves with the ball and stops it for next player to go

4. two at a time

5. one player at a time, stops the ball then sprints round the flag/cone and tries to tag next player who aims not to be caught.

Key Factors:

touches

control

agility

tight low turn

speed