Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Age group training

warmup tehnical (25 mins)

Technical Warm-up - Popcorn Passing 6 minute blocks.

Set up: 2 cones 20 yards apart with 2 poles creating a gate 10 yards apart in the middle. 6-8 players each station. Emphasis 2 movements when receiving a pass: first movement is to take defender away, and then the second to receive the pass.

Progressions:

1.) Player passes across to teammate. The player receiving the ball must control it with the inside of their foot and play back with the same foot (emphasis taking that touch outside of their body and out from underneath them - should be playing in 2 touches). Players should follow their pass afterwards.

2.) Players continue to receive with the inside of their feet. The return pass should be with opposite foot (first touch should be a positive diagonal touch across their body).

3.) Players now receive the ball with the bottom of the foot and manipulate it left or right before returning the pass to their teammates.