Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Passing & Receiving: First Touch

Developmental repetitions

Organization:

20 x 10 area, 6 cones, 3 lines

Instructions:

Player on 1st line plays to player on 2nd line who clips ball around corner for player on 3rd line. Pressure is on player on 2nd line. Player on 3rd line dribbles back to attack space, defender shifts across to block lane, attacker maradonna's into space.

Rotation

1st line - defender

defender - attacker 2nd line

2nd line - 3rd line

3rd line - 1st line

Coaching Points:

- Creation of space

- Awareness

- Body position

- Weight accuracy of pass

Progressions:

Change movement of defender to change repetition.

Developmental repetitions

Organization:

20 x 10 area, 6 cones, 3 lines

Instructions:

Middle players passes either end and add's semi-opposed pressure to the attacker. In turn the attacker does 2 turns and then players to player on opposite line. Defender drops out, passing players becomes defender and pressure attacker after their pass.

Coaching Points:

- Protecting ball

- Distance and angle of turn

- Always looking to play forward

- Looking to constantly find passing lanes

Progressions:

- Use of stop-starts to create yard of space