Practice Organisation:

*7yd Square with lines of players on each side.

*1st player stands inside square, the rest stand on the cone to give room.

1. Practice starts with: Player must put hand on the ball and pass to a team mate.

2. Once he has passed he runs to the back on the line.

Progressions:

*If you pass to the right you must run left, and vise-versa.

*Can you play a 1-2 around the middle man.

Learning Objectives:

1. Get a picture of where to play.

2. Draw the defender in to play around.

3. Direction of first touch.

Practice Organisation:

- A 20x20yd square with a small 4yd square marked out in each corner.

- A mannequin outside the square can be adjusted if needed.

- An even number of payers in the corners.

- Practice starts with: A player from each corner runs anti-clockwise towards next square, once there they tag the next player, he then sets off. Player A must run around mannequin and try and catch Player B.

Progressions:

- Add a football.

- Change style of run, backwards, sideways etc.

Learning Objectives:

- To improve speed with and without the ball.

- Stay low for good turns and good acceleration.

Two Touch Play

Inside, outside and sole surfaces of the foot.

1. Player A starts with a pass to opposite player B

2. Player recieves, takes one touch past the pole and plays back to A. After player B checks back into the centre of the poles.

3. Player B repeats step 2 with Player A.

4. Player A repeats step 2 but in the opposite direction

5. Player B repeats step 4 with player B.

Practice Organisation:

*Mark out an area and split it into 4 channels.

*Players set up as illustrated.

*Players look to transfer the ball to each other, defenders must stay in own channel. You can only regain possession by intercepting the ball.

Learning Objectives:

1. Nearest player must press the ball showing towards team mates - curve run.

2. Second player must be correct distance from team-mate, needs to be in a position to stop foward pass.

3. Third player does the same as second.

4. Make sure there are small gaps, and player are not in a straight line.

Practice Organisation

*Set up a pitch half of astro

*Two teams set up in a 4-3-1