Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Rye Brook Pre Travel Spring Season Session 13: Inside Push Pass

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Kelsey Labas

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Name:	Kelsey Labas
City:	Nyack
Country:	United States of America
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm Up & Game

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Warm Up & Game (5 mins)

Organization:

30 x 30

One ball per alien.

Instructions:

Phase I: Individual Ball Mastery

Players Listen To Coach's Command

1- V- Turn

2- Stationary Scissors

3- L- Turn

4 - Feint

5 - Drag Turn

If you bump into a player: 10 toe taps

If you dribble out of the grid: 10 toe taps

Game: Ghost Buster Tag

-Ghostbusters (blue) will "shoot" the ball at the ghosts (white) using correct inside push pass technique. Any ghost hit knees and below is considered 'caught' and then they become a ghostbuster. Last ghost standing wins!

Alternative Point System:

- Give PTs for every ghost the ghostbuster tags to create further incentive.

Coaching Points:

- Head Up: Where is my target? Where will my target be?

- Plant foot next to ball and aiming towards target (partner)

- Connect with inside part of the foot

- Contact: Middle of the Ball

Progressions:

Make the area smaller

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Passing: Balls across the bridge

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Passing: Balls across the bridge (10 mins)

Organization: 40 x 40 yd area.

-7 gates- 2 yd wide.

- Players in pairs.

Instructions:

- Passing through the bridge with inside of the foot only.

- Ball must be passed on the bridge between partners.

- Each pair passes on the same bridge and count how many passes in a row between cones.

- Do not let your ball fly off the bridge and drown in the river.

Progression:

- Cannot go through the same bridge twice

- Every bridge crossed is 1 PT.

Coaching Points:

- Foot beside the ball

- Head is looking in the direction of the pass.

- Angle of approach – center

- Contact ball - middle

- Ankle locked with toe pointed up

(6). Follow through towards target with striking foot remaining open throughout

Progressions: (1). Each pair has 1 bridge and pass through the gate without hitting railings (cones) as many times in a row for 2 minutes. (2). Now, partners count how many bridges their ball crossed and can NOT use the same bridge twice or else will have to pay a toll (-1 bridge). (4). Ball crosses as many bridges without touching the railings. If your ball goes off of the bridge when you pass, you are OUT. Last team standing wins!

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm up- Passing

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Warm up- Passing (10 mins)

Organization: - Establish a 5-yard open space between the paired players. Each pair needs 1 soccer ball.

Instructions: - Players pass the ball to each other ensuring it does not stop in the dead zone.

-Players compete to see how many consecutive passes they can complete in a 2-minute period

Coaching Points:

- Angle of approach – center.

- Supporting foot is next to the ball pointed at target.

- Contact ball - middle.

- Contact foot - inside.

- Ankle locked with toe pointed up.

- Follow through towards target with striking foot remaining open throughout.

Progressions:

- Use both feet.

- Keep the ball moving and don't let it stop in the dead zone.

- Keep ball moving by pushing the ball across the body or to the side of the body so the ball doesn't stop.

- Have the players use the "weak" foot only to increase accuracy and familiarity.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Angry Birds

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Angry Birds (10 mins)

Organization:

1. Line of 3 cones 10yds apart

2. 2 players with 2 soccer balls

3. 1 ball is placed in the center on top of the cone

4. 2nd ball starts with player on the side

Instructions:

- Teams of two are set up against eachother to try to knock down the ball situated on the cone in front of them

- They each have a ball at their feet and are simulataneously looking to pass the soccer ball off the cone. They are responsible for gathering their own ball.

- If the ball is knocked off the cone, the player that knocked the ball off must put the ball back on top of the cone before retrieving their own soccer ball.

- Have the winner move up to a 'Kings Court'

Coaching Points:

-. Non-kicking foot placed on the side of the ball pointing at the target

-. Head up observe target

- Working on inside-push pass: use inside surface of kicking foot, heel down, toe up

- Strike through the middle of the ball

- Follow through the pass to target with passing foot

6. Weight and accuracy of Pass

Progressions:

P1- Create a longer distance to pass

P2- Force players to take a first touch into space before passing

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Tournament 3v3

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Tournament 3v3 (15 mins)

Organization:

- 3v3 Small-sided tournament games:

- 4 teams of 3 players eachteam.

- 2 fields of 20x30 yards

Instructions:

-Tournament Style: 4 Min Games

Coaching Points:

· Review of session's learning outcomes being translated into the game