Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Passing and Receiving

Warm-up/Arrival (15 mins)

Description

Warm up/Arrival

Players have a ball each and are asked to dribble around touching the as much as possible with different parts of there feet, heads up avoiding the cones 'mines' and other players moving around - if they knock a cone over they lose one of their 5lives if they get to 0 they do a quick couple of star jumps and then rejoin the group

Progressions;

ask players to use any part of there right foot only

ask players to use any part of there left foot only

ask players to just use the sole of there feet

ask players to just use the laces

big toe little toe both feet

ask players to use a turn/skill or trick to get around the cone,whilst being aware of the other players moving around the square

ask the players to do keepy uppys again avoiding the cones

Passing and Recieving in Pairs (15 mins)

Description

Passing and Receiving

Players asked to move around the area passing and moving with a partner and asked to think about the following;

the weight of the pass

timing of the pass

the type of pass ie inside of foot/outside of the foot or driven in with the laces

players asked to think about the quality of the pass not quanity of passes

asked to use 2/3 touches so they get more comfortable recieving on both the front and back foot

make sure they use both feet and try different types of passes

Pass Rotation with a Finish (15 mins)

Description

Pass Rotation with a shot to finish

Players follow pass,the person who shoots goes into the net after his shot

Tempo can be increased by adding footballs

It can be changed to suit ie have a set/pass through such as Black can pass a through ball to RTed to shoot and Yellow makes a curving run off the ball or Blue passes to Black ,Balck sets the ball for Blue to pass through to Red

Another progression is to add a defender ie after shooting Red becomes the defender

Encourage off the ball movement and players to lose markers by checking away and timing runs to recieve the pass,to think about the next pass not just there's