Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): 4v4 Possession

Warm up

Organization:

20x20 areas

3-4players per area

7-9 cones at each area

1 ball per grid

Instructions: Players to pick a cone and stand next to it. Player that starts with the ball passess the ball to an open player and runs to a different cone, player that receives the ball passess it to another player and goes to the next play. Can not pass to the same player that passed you the ball!

Coaching Points:

Head up to see the target

weight and accuracy of the pass

inside of the foot

pass move in space(to a different cone)

Progressions:

Main theme 2

Organization:

25x30 area

4 mini goals

2 cone gates as shown

Instructions:

play 3v3 or 4v4. Red or blue get 1 point scoring any of two goals, also get a point by dribbling through any of the gates get extra point. So if dribble through the gate + score a goal get 2 points total! Play for 3 min switch teams.

Coaching Points:

encourage players to run into space by dribbling through gates

switch points of attack by going to a different goal

accuracy and weight of pass

take the defender on 1v1 situations

Progressions:

Put mini goals together for one of the team(for example red team`s goals put together and leave blue team`s as it is on diagram) this way your switching the point of attack of blue team, now they have to attack forward instead of the sideways and also red team will try to stay compact!