Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Passing, Receiving & scanning

Passing, receiving & scanning

Area:

create corridors with cones, poles or lines approx 5m wide and 10m long. Each corridor as 4 players.

Equipment:

cones, discs, poles & balls.

Objective:

To improve scanning before recieving the ball to make better choices on which direction to turn.

Each corridor has a feeder either end (red), a reciever in the centre (red) and a defender in the centre (blue). The blue defender has 3 options to stand. He can stand to the right (corridor1), the left (corridor 2) or directly behind (corridor 3). Once they have chosen they are not allowed to move.The red reciever in the centre of the corridor scans to see which position the defender is standing and then calls for the ball from the feeder. The feeder feeds the ball to the red reciever (shown in corridor 1). and the player turns away into space away from the defender and passes to the feeder at the oposite end. the reciever returns to the middle and the practice is repeated. If the defender stands to the left (corridor 2) the reciever simply turns in the opposite direction to what they would have in corridor 1. The only change is if the defender choses to stand directly behind. If they stand behind the receiver must take a touch away from the defender back to the feeder who fed the ball and pass the ball back to them. Let each player have about 1-1.5mins each then rotate positions so everyone is a feeder, receiver & defender.

Key bpoints:

Focus on a quick scan just before calling for the ball. Turn with purpose and speed in knowing what choice you have made.

Progression:

Make it harder by allowing the defender to put light pressure on the reciever once they have recieved the ball.