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Soccer: Functional Team Space

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Player 2 curves his/her run away from the passer and then back to the ball.

Player 2 receives the ball and turns towards goal in 1 motion.

Player 2 then delivers a cross for the waiting centre forward.

COACHING POINTS

Change of speed.

Use dummies.

PROGRESSION

To make hard/complex place a defender behind the player who would like to recieve the ball.

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Goals, Goals, Goals!:

Set up three lines of three across the pitch.

The players on the half way line start with the ball and pass up to player 2's feet. Player 2 controls the ball and turns (where possible with just one touch) and plays a one-two (wall pass) with player 3.

Upon receiving the return pass player 2 shoots first time.

Passing and Receiving

Functional Team Space:

Players 1 and 2 pass the ball back and forth.
Player 4 tries to create space so that player 3 can receive the ball on the inside and have a free run onto goal.

Passing and Receiving

Hit the cone:

Player 1 passes the ball wide of the cone to player 2.

Player 2 has to try and play the ball onto the cone with their 1st touch

Passing and Receiving

Keep ball and kick theirs:

For the first part of this drill put your team into 3s and give them one ball per group.

Staying inside the grid players must pass between themselves, never standing still, working their way all around the area.

Once your players have worked like this for a few minutes you can now add a tackling element into this drill.

Players must continue to work the ball around the grid, constantly moving but they must now also try to kick the other team's balls out of the area.

The last team in possession of their own ball is the winner.

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