Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): U9 Dribbling - Attacking Space

Activity 1: 2v1 (10 mins)

 ACTIVITY 1: 2V1 (10 mins)

Objective: Keep the ball close in tight spaces around cones and accelerate when in open space.

• Set up: Red and yellow cones for two attacking lines. Blue cone for defending lines.
• Players rotate red to yellow to blue to red. (Clockwise)
• Blue defender passes the ball out towards the red/yellow. Red and yellow communicate to who is going to the ball and who will create space to support.
• One attacker with the ball attacks the space and looking to see if they draw the defender in to commit to them. If the defender commits to them they pass the ball to support player who takes and open up first touch at speed to attack the space toward goal to score. If defender commits to player without the ball the player with the ball continues to attack the goal at speed using laces
• Progression: two touch only

Focus: Make defender choose 2v1 & DRIBBLE WITH LACES ATTACK OPEN SPACE

• Attacker with ball (blue) dribbles at defender to make the defender make a choice to commit to player with the ball or stick with the player without the ball. Attacker without the ball (yellow) makes a run into space wide to create space and calls for the ball to support their teammate

Small Sided Game 2 (15 mins)

2 games, with 1 game ball each, 2 pinnie colours, retreat line

Focus:

-TAKE YOUR SPACE - Dribble with laces to attack space

-2v1 making defender make a choice & support run wide (specifically highlight the defender taking space after a goal kick)