Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Rec curriculum - Week 5 - Ronaldo chop

Warm up- RWB (15 mins)

Organization:

-Two 20x20 grids

- Each player with a ball.

Instructions:

-1v1 attacking in each grid, attacker dribbles i

Coaching Points:

(1). Big positive touch out of feet.

(2). Head up with every touch.

(3). Control on approach to other side (small touches).

Progressions:

(1). Non-opposed- Red vs. blue- keep a team score.

(2). Opposed- Play game- defender steals ball and dribbles across 1 point, attacker dribbles across 1 point.

Conditioned Game- 1 v. 1 matchups (15 mins)

Organization:

-40x40 yd area

-6 red players and 6 blue players.

-2 targets from each team on either side of attacking goal.

Instructions:

1. 4 v. 4 + 2 to goals

2. Each player must choose a player from the other team to "man mark". Players can only defend the player they are "man marking".

Coaching points:

(1). Head up after every touch

(2).Awareness of next action

(3). Awareness of speed and direction of the defender

(4).Can you get in front of the defender and cut across them if wanting to continue to dribble? Diagonal touch across the defenders pathway

(5). Execution of move if they are looking like they will overshoot you.

Progressions:

(1). Man to man play with 2 targets each end line both teams. Score in the goal for a point or dribble to target of same team for a point, and replace them.

(2). Target players can join the game once passed to to create numbers up situation. No more man marking.