Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): U12s Session 4: Embed Positional Understanding

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James Taylor
Name: James Taylor
City: PENARTH
Country: United Kingdom
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Taking the ball on back footWarm Up

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Taking the ball on back footWarm Up (10 mins)

On Arrival each player jumps into a pair


Warm Up

Key Factors

  • Attention to detail
  • Focus and concentrate
  • Urgency and intensity

Organisation



  • A ball between 2
  • Main focus on player behind the 2 cones 

  • Ball played in through the 2 cones, received on back foot, open up and the touch takes it to the outside of the cone, then pass back. 10 reps then repeat on weak foot before rotating.

  • Dribble freely round the cones with both feet
  • Right foot only, inside/outside
  • Left foot only, inside/outside
  • Inside outside one foot onto another
  • Be creative dribbling - throw some turns in or stepovers
  • Toe taps
  • Insides
  • V's - drag back with left & open up on left, repeat on right so the ball moves along a V
  • outside to inside on right foot, outside to inside on left foot - repeat
  • Sole rolls
  • Drag back with studs then nudge forward with laces, then 10 on the other foot

  • Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Rondo 1: 4v2

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    Rondo 1: 4v2 (20 mins)

    Organization - areas, 10*10 yds

    4 players on the outside stay on their own line

    Instructions and variations:

    - The 4 greens play keep ball while the 2 blues press to break up the play

    - You can change it up from unlimited touches, to 2 touch, to 1 touch, to 1 or 2 touch 

    Progressions/Regress/Conditions-Challenge-Target:


    - How many consecutive passes can you make?

    - 2 or 1 minute blocks, same 2 in the middle, how many times can you win the ball? Green players do a press up for every time the pair win the ball.

    - 5 minute block, 5 lives each and you lose a life every time you end up in the middle - who can survive? When you get to zero you still carry but the ones at the end with lives left win the round.

    Coaching Points:

    - On your toes and springy

    - Inside of the foot, correctly weighted pass

    - Moving to prepare to receive

    - Receive on back foot

    - Close control, inside of foot and cushion ball out your feet ready for quick pass with second touch

    - Move the ball quickly

    - Body shape, deception of pass


    Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Specific Practice - Positioning all around the pitch

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    Learning Objectives

    Technical Technical
    To develop the technical ability of passing
    Technical Tactical
    To develop an understanding of different ways we can pass a ball to threaten the opposition
    Technical Physical
    Competition element makes the session more physically demanding
    Technical Psychological
    To develop decision making skills around passing, such as what is the best pass to make at a given time
    Technical Social
    Use of team meetings - requires social interaction

    Specific Practice - Positioning all around the pitch (25 mins)

    Match practice - 5 touch max, then move to 3 touch, then 2 touch, then all in

    Main focus is to observe positioning and coach individual and units on their positioning depending on where the ball is on the pitch. 

    Work with one unit at a time

    ORGANISATION:

    - 2 Team 9v9

    KEY FACTORS:

    - The Objective is to get the ball into the feet of the False 9s

    - Ball has to be played on the ground only up towards the False 9 Zone

    - When False 9 receives ball quickly set an attack to try and score

    Coaching points

     - Firm weighted passes to reach target

    - vary breaking lines & going around

    - False 9s moving and rotating picking up different positions all the time

    - All attacking team players to receive ball on back foot half turn and ensure checking over shoulder


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