— TRAINING SESSION

Jour 1 de préparation — retour aux bases

Stretch the Game · 75 minutes · 4 drills · Generated 27 May 2026

Séance d'ouverture légère mais dynamique. Focus sur la touche, le rythme de passe et le déplacement. Construit la condition physique par le travail avec le ballon, pas par des tours.

4DRILLS

75MINUTES

19AVG / DRILL

1 Line dribbling — both feet

0 min Difficulty: Beginner Age: u8 Pitch: Half

Player dribbles along a straight line, alternating which foot touches the ball with every step. The drill that fixes a one-footed player.

Coaching points

• Every step is a touch — right foot, left foot, right foot, left foot
• Inside of the foot only at first — outside later
• Head up — don't watch the ball
• Touch is light, ball stays within a yard of your feet
• 30 seconds of perfect touches beats 5 minutes of sloppy ones

2 Passing diamond — outside, inside, switch

0 min Difficulty: Beginner Age: u10 Pitch: Half

Four players form a diamond and rotate through passing patterns at pace. Builds passing accuracy, communication, and intelligent movement after the pass.

Coaching points

• Pass and follow your pass — always be moving
• Call for the ball early and loud
• Inside of foot for accuracy, laces for distance
• Receiver checks toward the ball before opening up
• Coach calls the pattern: 'outside!' or 'switch!' to change direction

3 Rondo 4v1 in a 10-yard square

0 min Difficulty: Intermediate Age: any Pitch: Half

The foundation drill of modern football. Four players keep possession in a tight square; one defender presses. Builds first-touch quality, body shape, and the habit of opening up to receive.

Coaching points

• Open body shape — receive on the half-turn, hips angled to the next pass
• Two-touch maximum: kill the ball, find the next player
• Pass into the back foot of the receiver, never the front
• Use the third-man combination when the obvious pass is closed
• Defender works in 45-second bursts then rotates

4 Circuit de conditionnement basé sur le ballon

0 min Difficulty: Intermediate Age: u14 Pitch: Half

Circuit of three stations — dribble, pass-and-move, sprint with finish. Players rotate through, building football-specific fitness without losing technical quality.

Coaching points

• Quality before quantity — sloppy technique under fatigue is worse than rest
• Recovery between stations is active (jog) not passive
• Use the rest to refocus — the next station starts now
• Coach times the rotations — don\'t leave it to chance
• Hydrate between rotations — fatigue compounds without water