Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Running with the ball - Warm up

Warm Up -Dynamic (10 mins)

Have the players moving around the smaller square with a ball for the start of the warm up.

Players should stop ball and carry out step overs, toe to ball, change ball. Continue jogging with ball.

3-4 minutes of: Toe Flicks, Heel taps, Instep taps, Hip twists. Jogging with ball.

Warm up leg muscles for 3-4 minutes: Bounding, Gate stretch, Quad sweeps, Hamstring push.

Begin to work Speed. When given the command the players should speed out to a cone on the larger square and then jog back in.

Receiving Refresher (15 mins)

Now we introduce the scanning aspect.

This is a 10 minute refresher on how we should receive the ball when we are moving into space.

Split the group into 2.One group on the outside(with balls) one on the inside of the larger square (adjust size if required)

1. To begin with have players go and play a one touch pass to the server then look for another ball, they should look to use both feet during this practice. Change after 3 minutes and swap..

2. Players now approaches the server at an angle, so will perform a movement to shake a defender (2-3 minutes & swap).

3. Now the player should approach the server with an open body position, so that they can see the other players, they should receive they ball on the back foot, move away then turn back in and pass back (3 minutes& swap). Judge the weight of pass.

4. As per 3 but now player receives on the back foot and first touch is into space, and then find another server (3 minutes and swap)

Tech Warm Up (15 mins)

Here the blue player 1 will make a movement outside if the square to receive the ball from blue player 2. 1 should have scanned the area of the outside square to find a coned area that is free. he then runs to that cone with the ball.

2 follows his pass to the smaller square. When one gets to the cone and turns blue player 3 should look to move out and repeat the process. Continue for 3-4 min or if players are becoming tired.

Coaching points: Move out to receive the ball at an angle, look and scan over your shoulder before the ball arrives to find a clear area, big touch into the space to move off.