Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Preseason: Friday- Techincal -Drive Ball (Start Time: 11-Sep-2015 09:30h)

FIFA 11 Warm-Up plus SAQ (30 mins)

Organization: (15 mins)

10x40 yard area (30 yards from first cone to last cone)

Instructions:

FIFA 11 Warm-Up

- Each exercise is ran 2x

- Jog back to the start line - use as recovery

- Try to have each pair be in sync/unison

- Next pair doesn't start until pair in front reaches first cones

1) Simple Jog down.

2) "Open the Gate": Drive knee straight up, then twist rotating out; Alternate legs.

3) "Close the Gate": Knee comes up but at a right angle to the body, then twist rotating inward; Alternate legs.

4) "Circle Partner": Pair runs to first cone, then still facing forward, side shuffle towards each other, going around one another in a tight circle, then shuffle back out to their side of the channel. Run forward to second cone and repeat.

5) "Jump with Shoulder contact": Pair runs to first cone, then still facing forward, side shuffle towards each other, and jump to bump shoulders, land softly and shuffle back out to their side of the channel. Run forward to the second cone and repeat.

6) Sprint to the second cone, decelerate to then backpedal to the first cone; sprint to the third cone, decelerate to then backpedal to the second cone, etc.

7) 75% pace sprint through the channel to opposite end.

8) "Bounding": Drive the knee up as you "jump/bound" across the channel; opposite arm should come up as your knee comes up; each "step" is a new bound (think long-jump strides).

9) "Plant & Cut": Pairs run across one another to the first cone and plant/cut to then go to cone two; zig-zag across one another through the length of the channel 

SAQ (15 mins)

3 lines

1) poles- forward shuffle, backward shuffle, foward, backward, forward

2) ladder- 1 touch, 2 touch, ichy shuffle, left in both in right in, side ways shuffle sideways

3) hurdles- 2 legs, right leg, left left, shuffle between, high knees

Technical Semi-Opposed (15 mins)

Organization:

40x30

groups of 4

1 ball per group

Gates set up 3 yds in front of players

Instructions:

1. Player A drives the ball to player B and continues in the direction to go behind player D.

2. Player B controls the pass and drives the ball to player C.

3. This rotation continues

4. Players must drive the ball before the gate, any ball hit once past the gate will not count

Make this into a competition. First team to make 10 passes wins.

Coaching Points:

1. Angle of approch

2. Head up to observe target

3. Placement of non-kicking foot

4. Hitting ball slightly off center – opposite to kicking foot

5. Body weight over ball (this is effected by placement of non-kicking foot)

6. 2nd knuckle of big toe

Progressions:

R/P - Shortne/Increase distance

Full pressure (30 mins)

Organization

Three teams of four players, each set up in their own zone.

1 ball

50x20 grid, two zones of 20x20, middle zone is 10x20

Instructions:

1. White team at one end must make 3 consecutive passes before looking to switch the ball to the light blue team in the opposite end zone.

2. If the ball is intercepted by the blue team in the middle, the team that lost the ball switches into the middle.

3. Players should attempt to drive the ball to the other side

Coaching Points:

1. Quality of short passing, first touch, communication and movement to posses the ball

2. Quality of long pass to switch the ball.

3. Timing of long pass - Don't force it.

Progressions/Regressions:

-Increase/decrease size of areas

P1 - 1 defender caqn pressure ball in attackers zone