Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Diamonds - Dribbling (Start Time: 2018-09-28 10:40:00)

Warm Up (10 mins)

Organization:

20 x 50 area split into 5 zones (3 defending zones and 2 safety zones).

Instructions:

Players look to move through the zones without their pinnies being pulled out by the defenders. If they reach the end zone they score a point, if their pinnie is pulled out then they go back to the start and continue to play.

1st player goes, the next player doesn't go until the 1st player either has their pinnie pulled out or they cross through the 2nd zone.

Coaching Points:

- Unbalance Defender - Look to run at defender and try to unbalance opponent

Faint - (dropping shoulder, bending knee)

Accelleration - (pushing off bent knee, using momentum to sping in opposite direction)

Protection - Making sure that you are always protecting pinnie (positioning body between defender and pinnie)

- Look for Space to exploit

If space, they take it quickly (accelleration and running techniques Messi/Ronaldo)

Progressions:

Addition of ball to work on dribbling/moves techniques

3v3 Conditioned Game (25 mins)

Organization:

3v3 set up as shown, with end zones

Instructions:

Team Scores by dribbling into their attacking endzone

Players will match up with a player on the opposing team and can only defend that player

Coaching Points:

Head up when dribbling to observe position of defender and open space to dribble in to

Messi touches when defender is close or when in a congested area of the field

Ronaldo touches when there is space in front of you to exploit

Progressions: