Receive, turn and play on
Ready when: Pass with the inside of the foot (b3) done.
What you are learning
Using the first touch to move the ball into open space, ready for the next pass, instead of stopping it dead. And quick one- and two-touch passing in a group, calling a name before each pass and moving after it.
Words on this card Goal, Inside, First touch, Cushion, One-touch, Give and go
- Goal
- The goal is the frame with a net; the goal line is the end line it stands on; the sidelines run down the long sides.
- Inside
- The inner edge of the foot (by the big toe) and the outer edge (by the little toe).
- First touch
- The first contact with a ball that comes to you.
- Cushion
- Letting the foot give a little as the ball arrives, so it stops close.
- One-touch
- Passing straight away, or controlling once and then passing.
- Give and go
- Pass to a team-mate, run past the defender and get the ball straight back.
Show it first for the one teaching
- Look over your shoulder before the ball arrives to see where the space is.
- Receive with the inside or outside of the foot, pushing the ball a step into that space.
- Pass on with your next touch, call the next name and move to a new cone.
Your part while they practise
Pass; add a defender in the next round.
Step by step
- Cushion the pass and take the first touch into open space.
- In threes, one- and two-touch passes with eyes up.
- Move after each pass.
- Call a name before each pass.
How much: 3 rounds of 3 minutes 12 min a session 3 days a week
Say one thing Pick one line from "What you will see" for today and say only that.
The game: Give and go
Two attackers against one defender, attacking a goal.
Who plays: 2 attackers against 1 defender; rotate after 5 attacks.
How to play, turn by turn
- Turns
- Two attackers start 20 m from a small goal; one defender stands between
- The attacker with the ball passes to the other, runs past the defender and gets the ball back
- Shoot at the goal
- 5 attacks, then rotate
- Fair play
- A grown-up defender may only walk.
- Points
- 1 goal for a shot that scores; 2 goals if it came straight after a give and go.
- Fouls
- The attack ends
- A first touch that stops the ball dead
- Passing without calling a name
- The defender tackling from behind
- Winning
- The most goals after everyone has attacked 5 times.
- 2 goals for 1 star
- 4 goals for 2 stars
- 7 goals for 3 stars
Easier or harder
No defender.
A defender closing from behind.
What you will see, and what to say
- the touch stops the ball dead
Touch it where you want to go
Push it into the space. - the player does not talk
Call for it
Say a name every pass.
Self-check
8 of 10 first touches set up the next pass.
Fitness for this
Warm up first: how to warm up, at workonfitness.com. For strength and stretching, its exercise library shows each exercise step by step, with an easier version.
This card trains first touch, communication.
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