Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Alan Harbs (All ages)

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Alan Heavey

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Name:	Alan Heavey
City:	Huntington Station
Country:	United States of America
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Description

What:

Passing & Recieving 1st touch. Finding an open man. Finding and using the passing lanes.

Where:

All thirds of the field.

Who:

All players over the field.

When:

When your team is in possession of the ball can we keep it and attack in a positive way.

Why:

Too keep retention of the ball and working on the quality of our first touch.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Intro

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Learning Objectives

	Technical Passing & Recieving using all surfaces of our foot.
	Physical Playing with our heads up so we dont run into another group or lose the ball.
	Psychological Finding good passing lanes

Intro (10 mins)

Organization:

40x30
groups of 3. 1 ball per group

Instructions:

Groups of 3. 1 ball each.
Passing and receiving.
Working on first touch and ball retention.
Triangle passing.

Coaching Points/Questions:

Can we find an open teammate?
Can we find open space and a good passing lane?
Use all surfaces of your foot to pass and receive. (Inside, outside, laces etc.)
Playing with our heads up.

Regressions/Progressions:

If less numbers use groups of two.
Apply max number of touches allowed while on the ball.
Use commands of using only one foot or the other.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Main

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Learning Objectives

	Technical Passing & Receiving. Making sure our first touch doesnt get away from us.
	Tactical Working together as a team to retain the ball and not give it up to the defending team.
	Psychological When defending if we win the ball can we go right onto attack and try to score a goal.

Main (15 mins)

Organization:

40x30
3 Teams of 3

Instructions:

3 Teams of 3. 1 ball in play.
2 offensive teams and 1 defending team.
Offensive teams work together to keep possession.
5 Successful passes equal a point
Defending team if you win the ball try to score in any of the 4 goals around the perimeter.
Each team plays on defense for 3 mins. Keep track of your score.

Coaching Points/Questions:

Can we find the open passing lanes?
Can we keep the ball from the defending team when on offense?
Passing and moving as a team.
Offensive team 5 passes equal a goal.
Defending team can you turn defense into attack and score a goal when you win the ball?

Regressions/Progressions:

P: Make the pass limit higher.
Apply a touch limit.
Make space bigger if needed.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Conditioned

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Learning Objectives

	Technical Passing & Receiving working on our first touch.
	Tactical Finding good passing lanes to get open for teammate on the ball.
	Physical Can we beat a man in a 2v2, 3v3, 4v4 situation
	Psychological Win the ball and attack the goal. Find the open teammate through a positive passing lane.

Conditioned (20 mins)

Organization:

40x30
2 Teams. 1 Goalie.

Instructions:

2 Teams. Give each player a number 1-4.
Coach kicks a ball into play and shouts out a group of numbers. (Etc 2,3). Those players run onto the field try to win the ball and attack the goal. If team that starts defending wins the ball they then become the attacking team and try to score in the big goal.
If ball goes out of play at anytime. Restart play with a new group of players called out.
Make sure its atleast 2v2.
First team to a set amount of goals first wins.

Coaching Points/Questions:

When called onto the field, can we get to the ball first and then keep retention of the ball?
Can our teammates help us on offense by getting into a good passing lane?
How is our first touch?
Can we score a goal?
Defending team can we win the ball back and then go on the attack?

Regressions/Progressions:

Add more players to each round.
Add number of goals to win.
P: Can only score if your team makes a pass first.
R: Put two balls in play and first team to score with their ball gets the point.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Match

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Learning Objectives

Psychological
Open match. Can we take what we learned through the session and portray it into a game like situation.

Match (30 mins)

Organization:

40x30
2 pugg goals next to eachother on each end of the field

Instructions:

Fifa rules
Open match. Two halves
If uneven numbers have a player neutral or have on team play man down in first half then in second half let them have the man advantage.

Coaching Points/Questions:

Can we find an open teammate?
Can we find open space and a good passing lane?
Use all surfaces of your foot to pass and receive. (Inside, outside, laces etc.)
Playing with our heads up.
Can we score a goal?

Regressions/Progressions:

P/R: Have a neutral player.
Make space bigger if needed.

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