Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): U7 Pre-Academy - Passing & Receiving (Start Time: 03-Jan-2019 17:00h)

Arrival - Warm Up & Ball Mastery Combined (10 mins)

Ball Thief - U7 Ball Mastery and Warm Up Combined - Every Player has a ball and moves round the allocated area dribbling. One player is appointed the Robber and his job, whilst dribbling his own ball, is to steal 3 balls from his teamtates as quickly as possible so he can get out of jail and someone else replaces him/her. When a player is caught he must move to the outside of the area and practice an allocated Fifa25 Ball Mastery skill (focus this week on sideways shuffle)

Coaching focus on encouraging use of all parts of the foot, head up when moving round the zone. For the robber, its encouragement to work hard to steal the ball by closing down opponents whilst maintaining control of his own ball.

Make a competitive table with timings to add competition.

Phase 2 - Lateral movement to receive and pass (10 mins)

Progression 1 -Players can move laterally along the line when P2 back is turned the opposite way, giving P2 the challenge of scanning before receiving and then ensuring head is up and looking for team mate to pass to before releasing the ball. All other components remain the same

Coaching focus same as Phase 1 but addition of scanning before receiving from P2 and head up when playing pass. Encourage P1 & P3 to actively move along the line when not in posession to make the exercise more challenging for P3

SSG (20 mins)

SSG - 5 Minute matches, Focus on passing and receiving. Standard scoring mechanisms apply but additional golas awarded by coach if he sees good body shape and control to receive.

After 3mins, add in progression of 1 goal for each passed achieved in scoring a goal ie if team plays 3 passes and scores then 3 goals awarded - run this for the final 2mins of the game. Rotate teams after 5mins