Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): 4 Person Receiving

4 Person Receiving (15 mins)

Session Topic: Attacking Principles

Ball control, Passing/recieving, Communication, Conditioning

Stage: Stage 1

Set Up:

5 x 30 yard channel (Scaled to age and level of play), 3 cones per channel w/ 1 cone placed halfway, 4 players per group

Time:

10 mins (1 minute working sets, to 1 to 2 minutes rest)

Organization:

Two players on the outside cone with a ball. Two players on the middle cone back to back. On coaches signal players will run towards there partner to recieve a ball and play it back. Player will then run to opposite partner and receive/play the ball back to them. This continues for 1 minute.

Coaching Points:

Ball Control (Soft Touch, Bring the ball in like an egg toss)

Passing/Recieving (Locked ankle, toe pointed up, inside of foot, chest over ball, eye contact with partner before looking back at ball)

Communication (Eye contact, Verbal, Hand Signals) *BE SPECIFIC*

Conditioning (Pace of Play, Go at game speed when running around cone)

Adaptions:

Touch Pass = 5 Points

1 Touch Pass Weak Foot = 10 points

2 Touch Pass = 5 points

2 Touch Pass (control across body and play with opposite foot) = 10 points

Outside foot control and pass = 10 points

** Points don't count if the pass back is not accurate **