Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): 121 full session 35 syllabus

Animation 2

Set Up: Small goal  with 2 gates either side, 2 gates facing roughly 25 yrds away. A mannequin or cone 10 yrds back positioned central of goal. Place a number of balls in each side gate for the players to work of. (Server at mannequin can be Coach if working 121, or another player with small groups.)

Format: Player starts at gate, dribbles to gate directly ahead, play a pass into server at mannequin/cone. The player then makes an overlapping run through the opposite gate. The server times their pass to meet the run of the player who strikes at goal & sprints through the last side gate. Repeat from the opposite direction, if working small group opposite player goes next. 

Key Points: Running with ball, passing, overlapping runs, finishing. 

Screen 4

Setup: Circuit layout with a ladder at the start, followed by 3 hurdles then 4 cones with a football at the end finishing with 3 poles in a zig zag with a ball. To the right of the zig zag 10 yards away is another pole with a goal in front. The second part of the circuit is a set of 4 cones to the side/after the first goal and a second goal 10 yards away after. The player starts through the ladders, hurdles, moving in and out of the cones. They collect the ball dribbling around the poles to finish in the first goal. They dribble through the cones and pass into the second goal.

Key Points: Footwork, dribbling & ball control, shooting.