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REMEMBER: Each coaching
session should include the four components, the four stages of practice,
PCP, and LLL :
These drills all include progressions
for passing and receiving the ball, presented as days of the week:
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Monday: "Blocks"
Groups of 4, 2 soocer balls
per group. Feeders (F) feed ball to Passers (P); Passers control
the ball and pass back - two touch. Progression could be top down
or bottom up: example used was top down: a) heading; b) chest control,
pass back in air off foot (instep or top); thigh control, pass back with
foot; two touch (passer's choice); and ground balls (control/receive ball,
pass back with push pass/instep). AFTER EACH PASS, PASSERS SWITCH
PLACES WITH EACH OTHER. Drills go for one minute at a time (could
go less for heading with younger children). That is, after one minute,
passers become feeders and vice-versa
F • < P
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(players are in a square formation, about 15 feet apart)
F • < P
Fig. 2: Formation for Blocks (Key: > = pass;
( ) = switch)
Tuesday: "Firing Squad"
Groups of 4, 2 soocer balls
per group. Feeders (F) feed ball to Passers (P); Passers control
the ball and pass back - two touch. Progression could be top down
or bottom up: example used was top down AFTER EACH PASS, PASSERS ROTATE
AROUND EACH OTHER TO FACE THE OPPOSITE PASSER. Drills go for one
minute at a time (could go less for heading with younger children).
That is, after one minute, passers become feeders and vice-versa.
F • < q p > • F
Fig. 3: Formation for Firing Squad
Wednesday: "Player in the
Middle"
Groups of 4, 2 soccer balls
per group. Feeders (F) feed ball to Passer (P); Passer controls the
ball and passes back - two touch. Progression could be top down or
bottom up: example used was top down. Passer stays in the middle
for one minute, then switches places with a feeder on the fly. Passer
must pass to the open player: feeders must time their passes to challenge
the passer but not make it impossible.
F •
F < ( P
F •
Fig. 4: Formation for Player in the Middle
NOTE: For the above drills, switch
players and feeders as quickly as possible, with little/no break in the
drill.
Thursday: "Brazilian Line"
Team forms two lines facing
each other. One line has a ball. Each Player in this line (feeder
line) faces a player in the opposite line. Feeder feeds the ball
to the opposite player, who plays it back and then moves quickly one feeder
to the left (or right). Last player sprints around coach and back
to start of line. Progressions are the same as Monday-Wednesday.
Switch players and feeders every minute.
F F F F
F F F F
F F
• • •
• • •
• • •
•
P - P - P - P - P - P - P - P
- P - P
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COACH
Fig. 5: Formation for Brazilian Line
Friday: "Scotland"
Team forms two groups: One group
forms large circle (feeders, each with a ball) and other group is in the
middle (passers). Passers move accross the circle calling for a pass/feed
and returning ball to feeder - then moving accross the circle to another
feeder. REMEMBER: Don't be a "cirle jerk!" Progressions are
same as above.
Variations: Wall pass/give
and go; fake/let ball go behind; pass, accelerate, runa round feeder, feeder
lays ball for player to run on to.
F . F .
F .
. F
F .
P P P
. F
P P
P P
F .
P P P
. F
P P
F . . F
F . F .
Fig. 6: Formation for Scotland