Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): WSSL G8W 9/8/2017

Juggle/Dribble Warmup (15 mins)

Organization:

20x20 area.

Instructions:

Juggle on arrival (Different challenges)

Once everybody arrived - initiate dribble activator: toe taps, boxes, scissors, moving boxes, moving toe taps, step overs, moving scissors, l turns

Coaching Points:

Juggling: soft touches, no spin, use top of the toes/shoe laces, anckle lock, keep eyes on the ball, keep ball below head high.

Dribbling: Small and big touches, keep head up, different surfaces of feet, attack the space, dribbling technique, skill technique.

Progressions:

N/A

Activity 3 - Extended Main Theme (15 mins)

Setup:

Same as before.

Instructions:

One team attacks first. Defender passes to attacker and attacker attempts to beat player in a 1v1 situation trying to score.

Coaching Points:

Positive 1st touch (drive at defender, makes it easier to unbalance defender)

Smaller touches on the ball when approaching the defender

Unbalance defender with body movement (Use of body to sell the fake)(Perform different moves)

Timing of execution of move based upon space between you and the defender

Accelerate away once the defender is beated

Progression(s):

Points for scoring

2v1

2v2

Video(s):

https://youtu.be/hki7rn-EL_Q