Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Receiving Aerial Balls #1

Aerial Ball Mastery (15 mins)

Set Up: Each player should have a ball and dribble around the area. As the players dribble the coach will call the following body parts and players must pick the ball up and throw it in the area before controlling with the part of the body that the coach called.

:: Laces

:: Inside 

:: Outside

:: Thigh

:: Chest

Progression:

:: All players complete part one for 6-8 minutes before moving onto the progression

:: Only half the players have a ball now and hold it in their hands. All players should be running around the area

:: Players with the ball throw it (underarm throw) to a player without a ball who has to use the appropriate body part of control the ball and pass it back to the thrower on the ground

:: Switch throwers and receivers every 90 seconds

:: Throwers now bounce the ball into the receiver to add more difficulty

Session Aims: To provide players with unopposed opportunities to control aerial balls

Coaching Points:

:: Get your body behind the ball

:: Keep your eyes on the ball

:: Stay light on your feet so you can adjust your body quickly

:: Try to get the ball on the ground as quickly as possible before passing back

:: If volleying the ball back - make sure your knee is above the ball

Directional Possession (Aerial Balls) (15 mins)

Set Up: 3v3/4v4 plus targets. Each team is aiming to get the ball from one target to the other (yellows) without losing the ball for a point. When a target receives the ball they must pick it up and throw it (underarm) to the same team that they received it from

Session Aims: To create opportunities to receive an aerial ball within a game situation

Coaching Points: 

:: Get your body behind the ball

:: Keep your eyes on the ball

:: Stay light on your feet so you can adjust your body quickly

:: Try to get the ball on the ground as quickly as possible to attack

:: If volleying the ball - make sure your knee is above the ball