COACH: Ross Duncan

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AGE: U14

GENDER: Mixed

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AIM OF SESSION: To Improve dribbling technique, incorporate  penetration into game play

SESSION ONE

ORGANIZATION

COACHING POINTS

WARM UP
0-10 minutes

1000 Touches – 20x20 yard area. This warm-up will be consistent throughout the ages and will work on close control.
Click here for an explanation of 1000 Touches.

EXERCISE ONE
10-20 minutes

Technique Box, 10x10 yard boxes with a cone in the middle, 4 players to a box.  Players dribble into cone and back out to starting position

Progression:
Each player goes into middle and out one place to right/left
Each player goes into middle and out one place to right and down one side of the box to the left (finishing directly opposite their starting position)

Ball control, use inside of feet

Head up

Quick feet

High tempo

EXERCISE TWO
20-30 minutes

Intense Dribbling - Four small games at all corners of your area, 1v1, 1 attacker, 1 defender, attacker will try and dribble through a gate to score a goal, defender will try and tackle attacker, if successful, will then become attacker and dribble through a gate.

Head Up – looking for space, pass, shot

Use laces to dribble quickly

Keep the ball moving at all time

Speed away from players

GAME-RELATED PRACTICE
30-40 minutes

4v4 Intense Dribbling – Using the same area, 4v4 play exactly the same exercise, except they can now pass to a team mate. 

Head Up – looking for space, pass, shot

Use laces to dribble quickly

Keep the ball moving at all time

Speed away from players

CONDITIONED GAME
40-50 minutes

Dribble past a player before scoring

BEDDING DOWN
50-60 minutes

Penetration 2v1 15x 10 yard area. Defender passes to attacker, attacker must dribble defenders line

See Principles of Soccer document

GAME-RELATED PRACTICE
60-75 minutes

End Zone Soccer – small sided, create an end zone at either end of the field (8 yards from goal) with a target man inside. To score a goal the players must pass (penetrate) to their target man and must shoot to score

Re-enforce penetration points

Be Direct

Attack Quickly

SMALL SIDED GAMES - 4v4
75-85 minutes

4v4 Small Sided Field  - 35 x 24 yards (24 = 10 yards either side of a 4 yard goal) Ensure team are still working at a high tempo

Re-enforce sessions points, don’t loose focus of group

COOL DOWN
85-90 minutes

Relaxing Movement + recap session

Slow + gentle movements