Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Acceleration and Deceleration w/ Ball

Acceleration and Deceleration w/ Ball (15 mins)

Set Up:

Two gates leading to a pole or cone. Two more gates (different colors), cone and another gate along with mini-goals.

Objective:

Speed of Play, Agility, Reaction

Time:

10 - 15 mins

How:

Coach is the trigger and tells the athletes to go right or left. First player is the attacker and cuts around the pole then takes the ball between the gate and dribbles around the far pole. Once around the far pole player can take a shot. Second player goes at the same time and runs around the pole then cuts around the outside cone and tries to block the shot.

Alternates:

Coach raises a cone of the color and athletes have to react to that color cone

Coaching Points:

Pace of play (Game Speed)

Be Competitive

Reaction

Agility (Plant outside foot and push ground away)

Shoot quickly