Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Covid - Passing and Receiving

Passing & Receiving

Organisation:

Please create two diamonds as shown above. Setup the red cones first and add the blue ones if you are doing that progression.

Instructions:

Pass in sequense of the letters and follow your pass after.

Progressions

1. play a give and go and other combination variations

2. player receiving the ball would start in the middle and run to the outside cone and receive the ball as they turn and open up to the next pass they are making. (focus on movement and body potition. must be able to see the pass and player they are passing to next)

3. you can also have the player start in between the two points (blue cone) and run to receive the ball and continue going.

4. You can also add a net depending on what you are working on and when the player on done D received the ball, they dribble and take a shot at the net.

Coaching Points:

- body position

- part of the foot

- accuracy and follow through

- weight of pass

Turn & Shoot (10 mins)

Set Up - 7 minutes

Set up the activity as shown above (size and cone spacing varies on age and ability)

Enough balls for each player

Instructions

Players will be in groups and dribble around the mannequin and then take a shot

Progression

1. Have a relay challenge for 90 seconds and see which team, gets more goals in that time

2. After the player goes around the mannequin and shoots, they will turn around and then shoot a first time shot in the other net. Have another plyer on the other side of the net to pass the ball in and rotate.

Rotation: Player from line A will dribble and shoot then turn around for a first time shot on net B. After shooting the shooter will go to net B and continue on.

Coaching Points

-Close control

-slow when turning

-variety and appropriate turn to do