Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Warm Up - Rondo

Warm Up - Rondo (15 mins)

ORGANISATION:

- Area: 10X10m - Size of depends on numbers. (This area can be used to implement Physcial Literacy (without the ball): Skipping, jogging forwards and backwards, jumping, sideways steps etc).

- 5v2, 6v2, 7v2.

LEARNING STRUCTURE & CONSTRAINTS:

- Two players in the middle, they can hold their bibs

- Players must try to maintain possession, if a player makes a mistake they go in the middle along with the player to their left

- Can have conditions – 1 or 2 Touch, Middle Players stay in for another round if one gets nutmegged, Middle Players stay in for another round if they let three passes in between them

COACHING FOCUS:

- Quality of pass – pace, weight and accuracy

- Individual movement to receive pass, open body shape, first touch

- Individual skills to get out of tight spaces

- Decision making

Defenders:

- Encourage Communication

- When is the right moment to go and press

- If press is unsuccessful, can they orgranize and try again.

- Angles and tuning of movement( how they do it)