Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): YDP_P1_RWTB_04B_Oli Brittain

RWB & Dribbling (20 mins)

THE SESSION: 20 x 25 yards Dribbling & RWB - 15 mins

- The red players rwb in a straight line across the box length wise all that the same time, once they reach the end, they perform a turn and dribble back to the start line.

- While the reds are rwb the blues dribble width wise across the box, once they reach the line, quick turn, accelerate and once they reach the half point of the box, they pass the ball to their partner.

After an allocated amount of times or time limit, the players swap lines.

PROGRESSIONS:

P1

- The reds now have to look for space on the other line and don't have to dribble in a straight line.

- Blues stay the same.

P2

- Reds can still dribble to whatever part of the opposite line providing that space is open.

- Blues now stand opposite each other and look to pass across the grid to each other.

Swap after certain amount of time.

P3

- The reds now get a point for every time they dribble across the box without hitting or getting hit by one of the blue balls

- The blues now have 2 players in the middle and the others spread out around the area. They look to pass the ball and get a point for every pass. If the players have to dribble a little to create some space before making a pass they can.

- 1 minute time limit. Then swap.

KEY MESSAGES/POINTS:

- Head up to see space/other players

- Close control

- Smaller touches when congested

- Bigger touch when space

- Sharp turns and acceleration

- Positive 1st touch

- Speed (if you go too fast you wont be able to control the ball at the line)

Line Soccer (20 mins)

THE SESSION: Line Soccer 50 X 30. 1 Ball - 4 colour teams - 20 mins

Start with two teams in the middle of the field (Red & Blue) and two outside the edge of the end zones (Yellow & Green)

The objective is to dribble the ball across the end line and into the endzone, then stop the ball.

In our picture, the Red player will get in the endzone and stop the ball, when he does, the Reds now transition to defenders, the Yellow players would now bring the ball out and the Blues will now go where the yellows were.

The teams waiting on the outside have to stay out of the endzone until the ball has been stopped and the attacker has left the endzone.

Put a time limit on it, 30secs to 1 min depending on level. If its a draw at the end of the time limit, both teams swap with the ones on the outside.

Everytime a team dribbles the ball into the endzone they get a point, keep scores.

PROGRESSIONS:

- Shorten the time limit.

- Split the field into thirds and the players have to RWB through two sections before entering the end zone ( receive in middle third, rwb through final third before stopping in the end zone.

KEY MESSAGES/POINTS:

- Identify the space that you can RWB into

- Speed of play

- Positive first touch

- Head Up

- Surface of foot to use

- Least amount of touches to cover distance

- Playing under pressure