Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Combination play

Dynamic warm up (10 mins)

Organization:

2 lines, 2 cones

Instructions:

Coach will lead the dynamic warm up.

- open/close the gate

- Front/Back kicks

- Across/side kicks

- high knees

- side step

-Karaoke.

- 3 jumps and sprint to coach. 

Coaching Points/Questions:

making sure the players are having good form while warming up

Regressions/Progressions:

4 corners passing (25 mins)

Organisation:

30 x 30 metre pitch; corner areas marked out (5 x 5); 

- Split team in two teams. 

- 2 players from each team will be the taggert players, the rest of the team will be inside the box. 

- two grids if you have 16 or more players. making it a 4v4 in each grid with 2 targets and 2v2 in the middle. 

Description:

- The teams try to get points by doing a give and go with their target players. 

- Target players will pass the ball back through a different side from which they received it. 

- Players can not take the ball from the target payer, they can only intercept the pass.

- 3, 7 minute rounds. Switch target players every round. 

Coaching points:

- Spreading out.

- Passes should be fast and accurate.

- When a player in the corner box receives the ball, their teammates need to make supported angles to the left and right.

- Quick combinations are needed and passes should be made into the player's path.