WARM UP: GATES GAME 20 Minutes

Organization:

20x30 yard of area .

9 players

12 gates.

Instructions:

Dribble through different gates by changing directions.

Get in as many gates as you can by turning in 2 minutes.

How many gates you go through in 2 minutes by using different parts of your feet.

Coaching Points:

1. Keep the head up

2. Use different parts of the foot.

3. Close control of the ball

4. Move towards the free space.

Progressions:

1. Change direction , turning by using the sole.

2. Change direction by using "Maradonna"

AIN THEME: DRIBBLING BY FEINTING AND TURNING ( 2x35 minutes).

Organization:

20 x 30 yards of area.

8 cones

2 shaded pitches

Instructions:

Lean to one side dropping your shoulder

Drop the shoulder as the foot plants

Plant the same side foot to the side of the ball

Take the ball away with the outside of the opposite foot.

Red and Blue have to make the feint in the same side (left/left) and move in the oppsite side)...

When you are in the shaded pitch use the outside-inside-sole to turn and get back to the cones.

Coaching Points:

Keep the ball closer to your feet.

Speed movement while you are getting closer to the opponent.

Change speed and accelerate after passing the opponent.

Progressions:

1. Start 15 yards from the opponent.

2. Suppress the cones

1V1 / 2V2:

Organization:

2 fields: 2 20x25 yards

Fiels 1 (Ligue I ) , Field 2 ( Ligue II)

4 goals

Instructions:

Each player gets a number.

When I call out a number , the same numbers in each team play against each other.

Once the attaquer dribble , the defender can move to defend.

The defender starts to move in different situations ( from the touchline, goaline..).

Score after making a feint and turning to win 3 points. If not the goal counts for 1 point.

The winners in Ligue 2 will play in Ligue I against the winners in Ligue I.

The other teams will play in Ligue 2.

Coaching Points:

1. Keep the head up

2. Use different parts of the foot.

3. Close control of the ball

4. Move towards the free space.

Progressions:

1.Increase the field 20x30 yards of area.

2.3v3 or 4v4

FREE GAME 30 Minutes

Organization:

25x30 yards of area

4v4 with a neutral ( joker).

2 goals.

Instructions:

Dribbling and turning in a scrimmage game.

Coaching Points:

Same as the main theme.

How to find and use the right space to dribble by turning.