Chasing the Opponent Warm-up Game | Soccer Coaching Drill

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Activity Flow:
1. The coach selects two or three players (depends on level and number of players) who are chasing the other players
2. Every other player has a ball and dribbles through the field and try to defend their own ball
3. The player who are chasing also try to kick all the balls out of bound
4. Players who lose the ball, have to go outside the field and wait for the next round to start
Organisation:
1. 4-8 cones to mark the field
2. Size of the playing field around 20x20m
3. 2-3 bibs for the players who are chasing
4. Enough balls for the players
Coaching Points:
1. Dribbling - when you have the ball
Control - Always maintaining control of the ball recognising when to keep ball close to body and when to move ball further away to attack the space
Awareness / Orientation - Keep eyes on the ball as much as needed but off the ball as much as possible to assess where the space is
Changes of Speed - Slow to quick or quick to slow look to adjust speed of body and ball to escape defenders and maximise space available
2. 1v1 Defence - when you defend
Awareness / Orientation - Before making decision how to pressure the scan to see where the space, opponents and your teammates are on the field
Pressure - Apply pressure to the ball to limit opponents option
Variations:
1. Easier or Harder (depending on the rule) - Make the playing field smaller or bigger (for example: when you decrease the size of the playing area, its's getting easier for the defenders to kick all the ball out of bound)
2. Different rules possible - Coach can give a certain time and then count how many balls are still in the field
3. Different rules possible - Coach stops the time how long they are gonna need to kick all the balls out of bound - players trying to reach a new highscore every time