Session Topic: Checking Runs: Number One Number Two

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SESSION TOPIC: CHECKING RUNS

SESSION PLAN / PROGRESSION 4 Three Zone Game


1 Checking Back, #4 5 Free Play, 9 v 9 to 11 v 11
2 Checking Back in Threes NOTES: Who is initiating the pass? It should be the receiver. How effectively is the
receiver communicating? Does the receiver sprint into the open space or is he/she
3 Captain Chaos
jogging? How is the quality of the first touch? Is it directed away from the defender?

TEACHING TOPICS NUMBER ONE NUMBER TWO


1 The Checking Run
2 Timing the Run
3 The First Touch

COACHING POINTS
1 Run away from the ball, create space to work in.
2 Sprint to the ball just as the passer looks up. NUMBER THREE NUMBER FOUR
3 Open up and turn away from the passer.

NOTES: Do not be a spectator - Work to get open. Do


not hide in dead space beind defenders. Make sharp
changes of speed and direction. Make eye contact and
connect with the passer. With a good run, you may
have time to turn. If not, one touch the ball off.

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