Warm Up - Fast Dribbles (10 Mins)
Technical - Movement (10 Mins)
Key Coaching Points
1. Quality of Passing:
- Objective: Players should focus on delivering passes with the right weight, accuracy, and disguise to maintain fluidity in the team’s play.
- Coaching Focus: Encourage players to make crisp, well-timed passes, ensuring the ball reaches the target efficiently while keeping defenders off balance by using disguised passes when appropriate.
2. Awareness:
- Objective: Players need to develop the ability to play with their heads up, scanning the field to stay aware of the ball, their teammates, and available space.
- Coaching Focus: Instill the habit of constant scanning before and after receiving the ball. This will allow players to make quicker, more informed decisions and execute moves more effectively.
3. Creating Space:
- Objective: Players should use intelligent, creative movement to find or create space for themselves and their teammates.
- Coaching Focus: Encourage players to make off-the-ball runs, use feints, and change their pace to manipulate defenders and open up space for attacking opportunities.
By focusing on these technical aspects, players will improve their ability to move the ball effectively, maintain possession, and create goal-scoring opportunities.
Skills - Creating Space (15 Mins)
Key Coaching Points
1. Creating Space:
- Objective: Players should actively find space away from their teammates to create better passing options and avoid defensive pressure.
- Coaching Focus: Encourage players to move off the ball to areas where they can receive a pass more easily and open up attacking opportunities.
2. Creating Angles for Passing:
- Objective: Players must position themselves to create passing angles, making it easier for their teammate to deliver the ball.
- Coaching Focus: Teach players to position themselves so they can see both the ball and their teammate, ensuring a clear passing lane is available.
3. Passing Quality:
- Objective: Players should aim to play firm, accurate passes to a teammate in space, ensuring the ball is delivered with the right weight and precision.
- Coaching Focus: Focus on the importance of passing with the correct speed and direction to keep possession and transition the ball quickly.
By refining these aspects, players will improve their ability to support teammates, maintain possession, and build attacks effectively.
Conditioned Game - Counter Attacks (15 Mins)
Technical Coaching Points
1. Awareness and Decision-Making:
- Objective: Players must be constantly aware of their surroundings, including the space, the position of their teammates, opponents, and the ball to make smart decisions quickly.
- Coaching Focus: Encourage players to frequently scan the field to gather information, helping them to react effectively, whether it's deciding to pass, dribble, or move into space.
2. Passing:
- Objective: To maintain quick ball movement, players should focus on delivering passes with the appropriate weight, accuracy, disguise, and timing.
- Coaching Focus: Emphasize the importance of using sharp, well-weighted passes, ensuring the ball reaches its target swiftly while incorporating disguised passes when needed to deceive the opposition.