Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Give and go - week 2

Layoff + Give and Go (10 mins)

Organization:

Players will begin working in a triangle shaped grip with two players (possibly three) standing at each cone. One line will have soccer balls.

Instructions:

Players will play the ball to the line on their left and will then follow the pass. The player recieving the ball will lay off the ball to the first player and the first player will play a short pass back into the player who layed off the ball. That player will then play a long ball into the next player.

Coaching Points:

Is your toe up?

Are you using the inside of your foot?

Are you following through?

Are your hips pointed toward the target?

Are you balanced?

Give and Go (Decoy - Scissors) (35 mins)

Organization:

Approx 10x20 area. 3 players. 1 ball.

Instructions:

Defender begins on endline and passes to the attacking player. Player with the ball drives at defender, performs a scissors with left foot to fake the pass to the support player and then beats defender going to his right and driving to the endline.

Coaching Points:

Player on ball:

- First touch to drive towards defender

- Messi touches on dribble towards defender

- Commit defender - Scisiors as late as possible

- Dribble with foot closest to support

- Quality of scissors

- Bigger angled touch to beat defender to the right and accelerate after ball

Support player:

- Create angle at which you can receive the ball without the defender being able to intercept the pass (just off defender's shoulder)

- Open body to see where the ball is coming from and where it is going to.

Camera 1: Film entire area (shot as above)

Camera 2: Follow Player A's movement (full body with ball - front shot, from position 2)

Give and go to Big goal (15 mins)

Organization:

As Above

Instructions:

B plays a pass to A then checks out to give an option

C Pressures passively

A receives, drives at C then plays pass to B for a give an go

looking to score on big goal

Rotation: A-B-C

if numbers aren't perfect add extra players to line A

Coaching Points:

Driving at Defender's front foot

Correct Techniques of pass (outside of foot)

2nd pass to space, small touch

Open Body shape

Correct Distance for Check out