⭐ STAR HOME PRACTICE SESSION

Guys! If you are in Beginner, Transition (group 1) or Group 2. This is the video for you!

Dribbling & Running with the ball

FUTSAL (15 – 20 mins)

TAG GAME (10 mins)

Ellen’s Dice Challenge:
Have an exercise area and a ‘dice rolling area’ around 10 steps away. 

Start at the exercise area, sprint to the dice rolling area to roll the dice. Sprint back to the exercise area and perform an exercise. Each number of the dice is a different exercise.

1 = 20 Step Ons
2 = 20 High Knees
3 = 20 Mountain Climbers
4 = 20 Hops, 10 on each foot.
5 = 8 Ice Skaters
6 = 4 Burpies

Challenge: How many exercise can you get done in 2 minutes? Can you then beat your score?

UNOPPOSED PRACTICE

UNOPPSED TECHNICAL PRACTICE (15 mins)

Here you can see that Pavlos dribbles the ball in and out of the cones before running back with the ball once he’s got around the last cone.
Practice the following variations for 3/4 mins each:

– Only using the insides of your feet
– Only using one foot (inside and outside)
– Only using the other foot (inside and outside)
– Only using the sole of your foot

Coaching points:

⚽ Take lots of little, quick touches, keeping the ball close to you when you dribble through cones.
⚽ Take bigger touches using the top / outside of the foot to run with ball back to the start.

OPPOSSED PRACTICE

OPPOSED TECHNICAL PRACTICE (15 – 20 mins)

Set up two cones couple of yards either side of a server and 10 steps away, set up the same thing for the attacker. Have two side lines a couple of yards further on from the cones.

The server passes to the attacker, the attacker selects which cone to dribble around (either left or right) and the server who is now a defender has to run around the opposite cone on their side and then defend against the attacker who is trying to get to the line behind the defender.

Coaching points:
⚽ Apply the dribbling principles when facing the opponent!
⚽ Can you use a beat the player skill?