Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Activation practice - U16B

Technical Warm up (15 mins)

Organization:

30Wx44L grid. Two even groups of players: one outside the grid, one inside.

Players outside each have a ball.

Instructions:

Players outside go to every station to practice unooposed ball control.

Players outside have ball in their hand. Instruction by station:

A) Jumping header

B) Volley back with right leg, then left leg

C) Thigh and pass back with inside (left leg and right)

D) Chest & left leg, Chest and right leg

Coaching Points:

On toes to control and impact the ball

Put the ball back to tosser's hands

Field the ball well and adjut feet to compensate for the bounce -to pass back

Progressions:

Bring in pressure of opponent.

2v1 finishing (activation) (25 mins)

Organization:

44Wx40L grid with two goals.

Diving the team into two equal teams. Have two keeprs defend each one a big goal.

Goal in the bottom of the half circle.

Plenty of balls.

One team defends 15 balls, the other attacks.

Instructions:

Two players from white pass back and forth between the cones. One blue is positioned at either side of this pass without pressuing.

As soon as one of the white players takes two touches (the first in the direction where they want to attack), a 2v1 is made. In the mean time, the other defender at the other side is now doing a recovery run to try to make it 2v2.

If blue steals is a scores, it is a goal for blue.

As soon as the play ends, the next batch starts. Two white and two blue play.

The idea is to make it constant and dynamic.

Winner is whoever has the highest goals in 15 balls played.

Coaching Points:

First touch in the direction of attack (weight and direction)

Attack the 2v1 and use the advantage

Shoot with the furthest foot (even if weakest)

Definition based on GK positioning.