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Make the most of limited training space
More game-like activities as skills take on more importance. Possession play and Coaching in tight areas
Box to box
using the different areas of the pitch. Defending will advance defending in 1s, 2s
Overlap pass or disguise and go
and 3s and holding up play. Players will rotate in two or three different positions
Tight marking
to avoid early specialization. Tight Targets
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The first player throws the ball to his partner so
that he has to use part of his body, either his chest
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In this session the players use both feet, it isn’t
very far to pass and they should have no problem
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aims to dribble his ball from the big square into
one of the smaller squares. The three middle
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Start with two players facing each other over the
catchers have 30 seconds to try and win as many
middle cone. Make one the attacker and the other
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the defender. The attacker is the lead and must
try to fool the defender and get to one of the
cones first and knock the ball off – the defender
must try to mirror the movement and get there
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A great head to head battle, with the attacker
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Pass and react to the pass Receive and control the ball
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Give the ball to one of the end pairs. They must
pass the ball to each other with short passes then
make a long pass through the middle to the other
end zone within three passes. MORE

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Pass and react to the pass Score a goal (U9 game)

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