Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): 1st Grade pre-travel: Fall: Session 9

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Shane Clark

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Name:	Shane Clark
City:	Rye Brook, New York
Country:	United States of America
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Description

Receiving: inside of the foot: technique

Game rule: Kicks-offs

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Ball Mastery

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Ball Mastery (10 mins)

Organization:

-12 to 15 players

Part 1-Players working on keeping the ball up in the air

Part 2-Ball Mastery

Variations/Progressions:

-start with ball from hands

-allow bounces and catches in between

-inside/outside cuts, ball-boxing, toe taps, sole rolls

Key Coaching Points:

-good agility, balance, coordination - on balls of feet

-good touch/feel of the ball

-close control, lots of touches, using all parts of the foot and head-up to scan the space

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm-Up: Pass and Switch

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Warm-Up: Pass and Switch (20 mins)

Decription

Half of the players start in the middle with a ball. The other half are spread out around the outside of the field. White must find a Player on the outside and pass to them, taking their place. The new Player (Green) must dribble into the box and find another outside player to pass to. Continue.

Progressions

Give and Go - Inside players keep the ball, work for 1 minute. Switch roles.

Give and Go w/ Turn - When receiving the pass back, turn and explode to a new person

Give and Hold - The outside player traps the ball while the inside player runs around them. Lay off.

Coaching Points

Ankle locked

Heel down, toe up

Clean strike with inside of foot

Body faces target, follow through

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Activity 1: Hit the Target

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Activity 1: Hit the Target (20 mins)

Description

In Players, players stand facing the ball. Using the correct passing technique, partners must knock the ball off of the cone as many times as possible in 2 minutes. Shift partners along.

Coaching Points

Step into the ball

Follow through

Body facing target

Heel down, Toe up

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Activity 2: Pass through Gates

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Activity 2: Pass through Gates (15 mins)

Description

Set up 10 cone gates, 5 of each color. Put players in pairs with a ball between them. Pairs must travel around the area passing through as many gates as possible in 1 minute. You can progress to having them go through alternate colors.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Small sided scrimmage + neutrals

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Small sided scrimmage + neutrals (20 mins)

Set up an area 40 wide x 30 long. Split into three teams

-4v4 to small goals. Blue vs. White with black as neutral.

-2 black players work up and down the sidelines. Everyone else plays as usual.

-Neutral players may not score

-First team to two points wins, losers become the new neutrals.