Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): WSA Feint

SAQ (10 mins)

Organization:

- 30 by 30 square

- 10 by 10 blue sqaure in middle

- 5 by 5 red square in middle

- 2 defenders in blue square 2 outside

- Attackers allowed anywhere inside big square

- Attackers with pinnies

Instructions:

- Attackers get a point by running through blue box

- 2 points for red box

- Defenders pull out pinnies

Coaching Points:

- Identify the space behind the defender

- Unbalance defender with body movement

- Lean to one side drop shoulder

- Change of speed

Activity 1 (10 mins)

Organization:

- Same as previous

Instructions:

- Attackers dribble ball and try to get points by dribbling through red or blue box

- Defenders try to win ball and score

- Attackers get the ball out the goal and play again

Coaching Points:

- Drive at defender

- Attack defenders front foot

- Unbalance defender with ball movement

- Timing of execution

Conditioned Game (10 mins)

Organization:

- Add goals in middle zone

Instructions:

- 3 v 3

- 1 player in each zone

- Stay in zone

Coaching Points:

- Identification of 1vs1 (space behind defender)

- Positive 1st touch (drive at defender, makes it easier to unbalance defender)

- Attack defenders front foot

- Awareness of next action (where is the goal, space, teammates, covering defenders)

- Unbalance defender with ball movement

- Smaller touches on the ball (use of pinky toe to dribble the ball) “Like Messi” as approaching defender

- Unbalance defender with body movement (Use of body to sell the fake)

- Timing of execution of move based upon space between you and the defender

- Final touch of move bigger (allows head to come up)

- Accelerate away if looking to continue to dribble

- Cut across defender, if looking to continue dribbling

- Lean to one side dropping your shoulder

- Plant the same side foot to the side of the ball

- Take the ball away with the outside of the opposite foot

- Lean to the opposite side taking the opposite foot past the back of the ball

- Take the ball away using the outside of foot that started the movement

- Quality of end product

- Protect the ball (put body between defender and ball)