Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Age 8-9, Passing/Receiving & Skills- C2 L3 (Start Time: 2016-11-19 10:30:00)

Technical- Passing/Receiving & Skills (20 mins)

Organisation

NO BALL

-In groups of 3, players take it in turns to run to Orange cone, doing the following:

1) Run at 70% X 2

2) Run at 100% X 2 (second time make it a race)

Races:

3) 5 Burpees at orange cone

4) 5 Push ups at orange cone

5) 5 Jumps over orange cone.

WITH BALL

-Split everyone in teams of 3

-Allocate teams to either Red, Blue or Yellow- each team working on different phases of passing and receiving (this is displayed by the RED marker labelled A, B or C)

-1 passer: Oscar (in blue) and 2 people dribbling: Neymar, one at a time

Description

-First Neymar will perform a 1-2 pass with Oscar before then performing a skill at the orange cone.

-After the skill, return back to the beginning.

-Rotate players' roles after 1-2 mins and rotate teams after 3-4 mins.

RED= Shoulder Feint

BLUE= Step Over

YELLOW= Any Skill!

Progressions

1) Make all 3 stations the same now & add freestyle zone after completing skills- players have 10 seconds do practice what they like i.e. these skills, knew skills, kick ups etc. before returning to the beginning.

2) After 2 mins, replace the freestyle zone with goals, so players can recap on last week's finishing (shooting).

Small-Sided Games (15 mins)

Organisation

 Set up two small-sided games.

Organise players into teams of 2-3 max. Use bibs to divide teams.

Description

End the lesson with a game. Coaches should observe whether improvements have been made in the following points and raise these at the end of the lesson:

1) Passing and moving

2) Timing of passes

3) Passing & receiving techniques

4) Skills

Coaching Points

- Have fun

- Play without the fear of making mistakes

- Try skills

- Work as a team