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Pass Through The Zones
Pass Through The Zones
- Players can use their first touch to control the ball and give them options
- Players develop positional awareness
- Teams can work tactically to use 1v1 duels to their advantage
Activity 1:
3 Touch Football
10 mins
Method:
- Set up a football pitch
- Pick two teams
- Give out bibs to each team
- Ask team captains to organise their team into positions
- Play normal football rules but include a free kick if any player has more than 3 touches when in possession of the ball.
Teaching Points:
- Your first touch is important. Look to get the ball under control straight away (or you could pass first touch)
- Scan (look around) the pitch as often as possible to aid your decision making upon recieving the ball
- Off the ball movement needs to be good to give your teammates an option whenever they receive the ball
Equipment:
Football
Bibs
Cones
Zoneball Football
Activity 2:
20 Mins
Method:
- Mark out a football pitch
- Split the pitch into zones with cones
- Place a player from each team in each zone
- Players must not leave their allocated zone
- Normal rules apply other than that
Teaching Points:
- How can you move within your zone to be an option for the ball carrier on your team
- Where do you need to be stood in relation to the opponent in your zone when out of possession in order to mark them?
- As a team, are there any 1v1 match ups where you think you have an advantage and could tactically look to play into that zone?
Equipment:
Cones
Footballs
Bibs
Goals
Activity 3:
Football Matches
15 mins
Method:
- Mark out a football pitch (or pitches) with a relevant size for the number of players per team
- Pick your teams
- Give teams bibs or a kit etc
- Explain the basic rules that they will need to follow
- Play
- Complete a set of round robin fixtures or similar
Teaching Points:
- Aim of the game is to work together to get the ball into the opponents goal while keeping it away from your own.
- Teach children how to restart the game when the ball goes out of play (goal kicks, throw ins, corners etc)
Equipment:
Markers
Footballs
Bibs
Goals
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