Foundation Academy U11s Training
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Warm Up
20 x 20
Practice 1
40 x 40
St Sampsons High School
Session – Possession
Expectations of the session and learning objectives/outcomes
1.11.13
Coaching Points
Time
5
Equipment
Football Tennis in 4’s – Create a barrier ‘net’ area to play over. Group players Good body position.
in 4’s with 2 either side of the net. Players have to keep the ball ‘live’ within Communication.
their 4. Start off with as many touches as you’d like then progress to 2 Control and technique.
bounces allowed on either side. Change groupings and make competitive for
points.
15
1 football per
group.
Cones
Target Man Possession – 40 x 40 with players in 2 groups. Each group has 1 Communication.
goalkeeper and 1 target players. Each possession must aim to keep Good movement.
possession of the football and find a target player with a 1 touch pass to Make the space big.
score. Gk can be used to maintain possession and cannot be tackled. Progress
to 4 passes before playing to target player.
15
2 footballs
Bibs
Cones
T
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Practice 2
40 x 40
As above but players can keep possession with the other zone. Players to stay
in their half to start but can use either target players to score and GKs to keep
possession. Allow players to move between zones.
Take 1st touch into
space.
Can you make a pass
with 1st touch?
Good weight of pass.
Use all players.
20
1 ball
Cones
Bibs
One touch passing.
Movement ahead of the
ball.
Stay alert.
20
Footballs
Bibs
Cones
T
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Conditioned
Game
Ladder 3 v 3 games – Play 3 v 3 on small pitches and one touch finish to
score. Keep score and play 5 minute games. Winning team moves up the
ladder and losing team moves down. Encourage 1 touch passing if possible, if
not 2 touches.
Warm down
Light jog and long stretches
Chat
What have we learnt? How can we maintain possession of the ball?
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