For our Sunday session it was all individual work, 1 ball per player.
For a lot of our sessions we were doing some individual work, then small group work, then our tactical/philosophical portion.
On Sunday, we did an hour of individual work. We challenged the boys with different sequences with their feet and a lot of repetitions. Some with the ball, some without. Some of the boys were grumbling a bit but they all did it.
I did notice that some of them struggled, and they're 17 years old boys who play multiple sports. Footwork is never a negligible area for soccer players. For ANY athlete.
Watch young players closely when they play. If they get caught up and lose an opponent see if you can notice them possibly leading off on the wrong foot. Or if a player struggles to get a shot off in the box, you might notice their feet fighting each other to get set up to shoot. Or a keeper who takes off from the wrong foot when they dive. Footwork.
After our individual work played for 25 minutes. The first 10 minutes was 2-touch soccer then we transitioned to free flowing soccer. After 60 minutes of following instructions I did not coach them much other than the condition of 2 touch.
For the last 10-15 minutes we had a game, including the coaches. Losers did 20 push-ups, winners collected the balls.
Did they enjoy the session? I think so ... some of them thanked me afterwards.
Was there improvement? Not sure yet ... but I did succeed in reminding them how important your feet are to success.
P.S. I did 20 push-ups.
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