Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Turns-U-turn

Phase 2.1: Unopposed Technical (20 mins)

Organization:

- As shown. Groups of 3.

Instructions:

- First player in line dribbles and crosses the blue line, performs a given turn and dribbles back to line.

- Next player begins his dribble on eye contact and performs the same as above.

Coaching Points:

U-Turn:

- Entry 1 – Dribbling with the ball on the safe side (away from the defender)

- Entry 2 – Arms out to feel the defender

- Entry 3 – Head up to see the field

- Execution 1 – Toe part of the sole

- Execution 2 – High Knee

- Execution 3 – Movement of the non-kicking foot to help generate power and create space for ball

- Execution 4 – Contact on the top of the ball

- Exit 1 – Angle of touch out of the feet (helps with next action)

- Exit 2 – Distance of touch

Progression

P: Player that turns plays a pass and next player goes when receiving.

Phase 3: Conditioned Game (30 mins)

Organization:

-5v5 +GK & Blue Target

-Attacking vs Defending team

Instructions:

- Defending team looks to play out of the back to the blue target player, and switch to become the attacking team.

-Attacking team looks to go to goal and score.

Coaching Points:

- Quality of pass / first touch.

- Timing of movements.

- Keep possession