Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): U12 Boys Practice #2 (Start Time: 2013-05-19 18:30:00)

3 out 1 in passing (20 mins)

3 out 1 in passing

A grid of 8 x 8 with 3 players outside the grid and 1 player inside.

Player 1 passes to the middle and gets the pass back.

While this is happening, player 2 passes to player 3

As the player receives the pass from the outside, they play a wall pass with the middle and works that wall pass around to the next side of the square.

Player in the middle has to constantly get their head on a swivvle and see the next pass coming.

Potential Progression

Only at higher levels but the coach can shout change and have the players change the direction of the passes to see if they can make the quick adjustments.

Coaching Points

Player on the middle must receive on the back foot

Details for passing (name, info, show with your hand where you want the pass, weight and direction of pass)

When the player is going to receive the pass from another on the outside, they should be checking away, checking to, chek shoulder, fix shape and receive on the half turn

Player 3 now passes to the middle and player 1 passes to player 2

They are all constantly moving around the grid and the player in the middle is always with his head on a swivvle being sure to up up to the new ball coming in to the grid.

Jodar Drill (20 mins)

Jodar Drill

Put half your team next to you in between 2 cones 4 yards apart (distance doesn`t really matter, just a starting point)

Put half the team on cones that are placed from the goal lin and arcing up towards the other group of players.

Each player matches up with an opponent and the coach passes a 50é50 ball in for the players to play. The attacker is supposed to score, the defender must work on his angle of approach and defend.

Once they have gone, the strikers goes to the back of the line and the defender moves up a cone (if they are at the top then they go to the end line cone, if they are 2nd in line then they move to the top.

Then the next pairing goes. The key is to keep the order with their pairings, not have the person at the top go each time. You want each pairing to deal with each other with a new allignment to mess with how the defender approaches and how the attacker deals with this new defensive shape.

Coaching points

Attacker should look to use the defenders momentum coming in at an angle against him and try some fake takes or steps or circle takes to his advantage

Attacker needs to think about his shielding position

Attacker should look at not over dribbling, keep it simple if possible

Defender has to think about what his position means to his approach (if he is next to the attacker and is faster or stronger, go in hard and quick, if he`s not then think about taking an angle). If he is coming from the goal line then he can close quick and then jockey and push to a weak foot, slow down the attacker, don`t dive in.