Session 7: Dribbling Continued

Session 7: Dribbling Continued (To beat an opponent)
Age Group: U10 (16 Players)
Duration: 1 Hour

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Stepover (Ronaldo)
1. Keep ball close to body
2. Assess opponents movement
3. Disguise your body movement by steping over ball
4. Push ball away with outside of opposite foot
- Roll One Way Push The Other (Ronaldinho)
1. Roll inside of foot over ball
2. Use outside of same foot to push ball away
3. Attack the space

WARM UP: 15 MINUTES

For warm up use the key points of session 6: dribbling allowing you to progress onto dribbling to beat an opponent in the main activity
- Grid size 24m x 24m
- Ball for each player
- Players moving freely in the grid
- Coach encourages plenty of touches(right foot, left foot, inside, outside)
- Coach progresses tempo of session by introducing calls to perform an activity(drag back, inside of turn, outside of foot turn)
- Although a warm up reinforce the key factors from previous session to allow progression

KEY FACTORS
- Slow to fast
- Use space
- Good coordination

MAIN ACTIVITY: 20 MINUTES

- Grid size 12m x 12m (4 Grids)
- Ball per player, 4 players in each grid
- Randomly place 2 small cones beside each other around the grid to act as passive opponents
- Players dribble around square and use various manouevres to go by the cone
- Key factors at top of planner to be used










CONDITIONED GAME: 25 MINUTES
The focus in the conditioned game is to get the players to attack an opponent and try beat them, the coach should observe the game and stop where necessary and demonstrate where a skill could have been used, again demonstrate then let the player give it a go. Corner kicks and throw ins are enforced to replicate a real match feel for the players.
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With this particular age group I like to use a long game at the end as this is where a coach can really learn about his players and what they are learning, players need plenty of match situations at this age to express what they have learned in the session. Don't be afraid to do the same session a couple of times if you think the players technique needs to be worked on, repitition is the only way players will get the chance to improve.

Session 6: Dribbling

Session 6: Dribbling
Age Group: U10 (16 Players)
Duration: 1 Hour

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Soft touches at all times
2. Head up
3. Change direction
4. Change pace

WARM UP: 15 MINUTES

- Grid size 20m x 10m
- 16 Players start without a ball
- Players work in pairs
- Players work down the outside of cones and back up the inside
- Players only perform the technique on way up not on the way back down(ie on outside)
- Leave space in between each player
- Coach demonstrates exercise for players to perform(Dynamic straetching, headers, side to side etc)
- Coach increases difficulty as warm up progresses
- Coach introuces a ball each, players perform activity(drag backs, stepovers, toe taps etc)




Ensure
- Slow to fast tempo
-Increase blood fow
- Good mechanics

MAIN ACTIVITY: 20 MINUTES

- Grid sizes 12m x 12 m (4 grids)
- 4 players in each grid with a ball each
- Players move freely in each grid
- Coach encourages plenty of touches, right foot only, left foot only
- Progress to changes of direction with key factors below

DRAGBACK
1. Close Control
2. Standing foot planted beside the ball
3. Sole of foot on top of ball
4. Drag ball behind standing foot
5. Turn and move away


INSIDE OF FOOT
1. Close control
2. Standing foot behind the ball
3. Disguise kicking action
4. Wrap foot around the ball
5. Move away

OUTSIDE OF FOOT
1. Close control
2. Get level with the ball
3. Push ball away with outside of foot
4. Move away

CONDITIONED GAME: 25 MINUTES
The coaches focus in the end of session game is on the players technique of dribbling on the ball when they have space, if there is space to run into the coach should encourage the players to attack it using the techniques learned in the main activity. Again a real match situation should be enforced by using corner kicks and throw ins.
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The best way for a player to become comfortable with a ball is to maximise their contact time with a ball. A session on dribbling is great for players as for most of the session they get a ball each and can express themselves in a passive environment.