Rough guide to Monday and Tuesdays Futsal session 5/6 th January 2016

We kicked off with some small sided games 3 vs 3,s 2 vs 2,s , get  all the kids on the ball, more passing more control more decisions to make I like to use the whole part whole system from the youth modules. Start with a game / some isolated practice , followed by 10 mins at least of ball manipulation .I see the basics as the inside cut and outside cut , if you watch any pro game you will see these 100,s of times I then asked the players to pick some turns / skills , which they had a go at . Here are some below






inside /outside cut




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlMwNGOmkwA


The Maradona


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYXcoG_mVUA




Cruyff turn




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOqQbamkPvE




We then went into some isolated practices just passing using different parts of the foot, controlling the ball with one foot (futsal trap), then rolling it to the other foot, passing it on, lots  of different variations
Then we progressed to more small sided games , I use the dutch style games , and tonight we used , the line goal game which encourages the players to attack and be positive , to score a goal they have to breach the line and put there foot on the ball  . At the opposite end we used the 4 goal game , two goals each end , coaches use this a lot for switching play, and it breeds by its nature more decisions . . We split the group in two , Owain took the players from his Barkingside team and I took the BHFC kids , both teams varied in ages , both were 4 vs 4 . We switched teams and both played at both ends of the court
We then set up two zones and focused on our 1 vs 1,s , on any pitch anywhere regardless of the number of players on it , there will be  lots of one vs one situations, an all round player should be competent in attack and defence and the more 1 vs 1 ,s you can do in any session the better the player you will produce. Below is a slight variation of the one we used tonight, I tend to give the defending player 3 pug goals to score into , I explain this , as when a defender nicks the ball of an attacker he doesn't give it back to him .The pug goals separated one on the left , one in the centre and one on the right represent a left and right sided player and a player in the middle is the centre fwd . I also found in any session I have done over the years, the more goals you give a defender to score into the more players will volunteer to be defenders !!!, but they have to know the reason they play into them. Ie a centre back wins the ball and plays out to his left sided midfielder ( the pug goal to his left ).














https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4KXrv8M1wk




With all games and training likely to be called off this Saturday and Sunday, 45 local boys and girls have had training over 2 nights and 3 sessions , playing indoors this time of year is a must , that is why we started Futsal nearly two years ago.