Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Blocking Shots (Start Time: 2015-02-05 17:30:00)

Warm up - Skills (20 mins)

Set Up

Dribbling within area players are encouraged to do as many skills and tricks as they can, when in space or when approaching a player

- Any skills you choose

skills now do when approaching a player

- Roll over

- outside hook

- inside hook

- Double touch

Progressions

Couple balls have now been taken from players

- Players without a ball need to find space before calling for it (players name wants)

- Players with the ball does one of the skills learnt and looks to pass

Key Points

- Add disguise

- keep ball close when executing the skill

- accelerate once completed

Blocking passes (40 mins)

Set Up

4 zones

2 teams

Emphasis will be on the players without the ball who to regain posession will block a pass and try to play it through to their team mate.

Progressions

Added more balls to be played at once.

- Players now have to scan constantly to 1, try to be an option for team mates and 2, look to see if they can block a pass from opposition

enlarged set up

- condition now is that one player from each sub group can enter opposing teams zone to tackle

Key Points

Cut out passing lines

Constantly move into space to recieve pass

ball must keep moving!