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simple games and drills that improve passing and receiving skills
from the North
Alabama Soccer League
download
a printable practice plan that includes these and more simple passing
games by clicking
here
(.pdf file) |
Warm Up
Divide the team in two. Place players in a
20 x 20 yd grid without a ball. Place an equal number of players on
outside of the grid each with a ball. Inside players move around the grid
freely, receive a ball from an outside player and return it as quickly as
they can. Switch positions after a while.
Progression
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Return with one touch,
then two touches,
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Receive with outside of
the foot, inside of the foot, left foot only...
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Receive balls out of the
air.
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Receive, turn and find a
different target
Coaching Points
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Quality of first touch.
Keep it outside your "footprints" so that it can be returned quickly.
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Prepare the receiving
surface as soon as possible.
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Be first to the ball, get
into the line of flight of the ball.
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Make "eye contact" with
the server.
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Changes of speed and
direction.
Do not run "across" the
server, check back at an angle. This makes it easier to turn and look back
over your shoulder. |
the ladder relay
Divide the team into two or three groups
depending upon how many players are at practice. Set up a "ladder" of
cones as shown. Players pass and receive moving the football up the ladder.
Last player in ladder dribbles ball to bottom and re-starts the passing.
When the original bottom rung player gets back to the lowest rung the team
"wins".
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The
following game is used as a warm-up by the U.S. Women’s National Team as a
way to work trapping skills in a match related type of environment.
Four (4) players are inside a 15 yard diameter circle
with the rest of the team outside. Four (4) of the outside players have a
ball. The inside players have to run around within the circle and free
themselves for a pass coming from the outside.
Initially let them just return the ball to the outside
player and then move on to take another pass from another outside
player. After they have become relatively proficient at trapping the ball
have them trap it and perform a three touch move and then return it to
another outside player.
The quick movements within the circle, the heads up
required so that you don’t run into a teammate all help to simulate match
type conditions
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You can
download
a printable practice plan that includes these and more simple passing
games by clicking
here
(.pdf file)
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