Training - Tuesday, March 6

6:00PM - 6:30PM Ball Masters - Individual Skills Development

I. Turning Under Pressure

Just a little technical warm-up for the girls.

Setup

• Players work in pairs with one ball between them

Procedure

• One partner (Blue) faces forward with their legs spread just wider than shoulder width apart
• The other partner (Green) stands behind Blue with the ball
• (1) Green plays the ball through blue's legs and then runs to one side of Blue or the other
• (2) Blue gets to the ball quickly, feels the pressure from Green on one side and turns away from pressure and dribbles quickly back to the line

Coaching Points

• Attackers must either see or feel (with their hands) where the defender is
• Turn away from pressure, don't show the defender the ball.  In the illustration above, Blue could use a Right Foot (RF) Inside Cut, a LF Outside Cut, a LF Pull Back, a LF Step Over Turn, a LF Cryuff Turn, etc.
• Explode out of the turn to take advantage of your move and create distance between you and the defender
• Defenders must stay to the side of the attackers (this is an attacking drill, not a defending drill) and make body contact

6:30PM - 7:45PM Field Training

I. Corner Kick Attack

Attacking Set Up and Runs

Direct Service

• Simple.  Get the ball into the box.  We have 3 or 4 girls now who stand above average chances of getting the ball directly into the middle of the box in the air.  No one is very consistent at it yet, but we're getting there.

Sneaky

• Ball played back to outside back for service
• Runs must be delayed, watch for the signal

Target 1-2

• (1) Target player releases to the ball
• (2) Corner is played to the Target's feet
• (3) Target plays back to corner kick taker for a service
• The idea here is to get a service into the box from a better angle and closer in to the danger area
• Runs are delayed, watch for the signal

Slot Dummy

• (1) Run triggers the play here  Near post runner releases early demanding the ball. 
• (2) Corner is played in low and hard and dummied (let pass) by the near post runner
• (3) Player at the top of the box shoots