LEARNING OUTCOME
To improve control and 1st touch
TEACHING CUES
- Quality of 1st touch / soft boot
- Body shape / movement / Speed of play
- Player alert and on their toes
- Player to communicate at all times
ACTIVITY SET-UP AND PROCEDURE
EQUIPMENT:
Marked area, 4 cones, 3 balls for 9 players
SET-UP:
ACTIVITY PROCEDURES:
- In a square, 3 teams of 3 work, 2 end players and 1 working player.
- The aim of the drill is for the working player to exchange passes with his end players, dribble across the area avoiding other players and balls to pass to opposite end player.
- Continuous practice.
- Centre player works for 2 minutes then swaps with an end player.
Progressions:
- End players must take 2 touches, one to control and one to pass
- Working players to concentrate on the quality of 1st touch in the direction they want to go (in to space towards opposite end)
- Increase / decrease the size of the area
- Have a competition between the working players to see how many passes they can make to end players
COOL DOWN/ CLOSURE
Review Skill/Activity, stretching, and questions.
