Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): MSC Feint/Double Feint

Dribbling Warm Up (10 mins)

Organization: Every player has a ball, grid sizes vary according to number and skill of players, number of gates vary according to number of players

Instructions:

1) Players dribble straight through as many gates at they can in one minute. 1 point per gate

2) Players now perform a feint before the gate and push the ball around it

Coaching Points:

1)Heads up to avoid collisions and to look for space at next gate.

2)Ball control

3)Use of Speed dribble technique when moving from gate to gate (toe down, pushing the ball forward with the laces.

4)Use of control dribbling as the player goes through the gate (tiny touches on the ball with little toe)

5) Technique when performing the feint (plant foot next to the ball, knee bent, touch with the outside of the foot and push the ball away from the target)

Opposed (20 mins)

Organization:15x20 grid

Instructions:

1) Attackers MUST dribble over half way line to score

2) Attacker becomes defender right after the shot is taken, the attacker in the next line goes once the ball is out of play

Scoring; 1 point for scoring 1 point for performing feint or double feint

Coaching Points:

1) Large first touch with laces to space

2) Speed at which the player is moving

3) Recognition of where the defender is approaching from

4) Use feint, double feint, or other skill move to create seperation from a defender

5) Distance at which the move is performed from the defender

Unrestricted Game (20 mins)

Organization: up to 7v7 full field.

Instructions: Regular play

Coaching Points: Game like coaching points, 3 lines of attack, and focus on dribbling as covered in other activities in this session