Excercises from C.A.Peñarol Youth Divisions
(Atlético Peñarol Club, Uruguay)
TENNIS FOOTBALL
Ball skills development.
The game simulates a tennis match, where the ball each time it crosses the net can bounce once on the floor and then must be returned to the other side. The variation is that, after a player touches the ball, several touches can be made (alternating players from the same team) as long as the ball does not touch the ground. This game encourages the development of air ball control skills, as well as peer passes. It is normally used from 10 years
SQUARE PASES
The exercise consists of playing frontal and breaking away in rupture.
The ability to lean with the leg farthest is trained. This excercise automates top passing skills, improves technique as well as power direction control on the ball. It is normally used from 5 years.
DRIVING EXERCISES
Ball pass sensitivity.
Driving and changing direction with different contact surfaces of the foot. Basic exercise. It is normally used from 6 years but remains in use until 13-14 to compensate for the lack of coordination produced with the first stage of growth of the players.
2 ZONES RONDO
Remove the ball from the pressure zone.
It is played 7 players vs 4 alternately. The exercise improves the speed with which players make and execute decisions in the presence of various rivals and their pressure.
It is normally used from 9 years.
SMALL SPACE
2 vs 2 players + 2 others in width (lateral).
Those who attack with the ball, in this exercise learn to advance in a situation of numerical superiority and take marks to create gaps, in small spaces. Marketers learn to take more than one brand at a time and cut rival advances in situations of numerical inferiority. The 4 centrals alternate in their occupations (2 attackers and defenses) while the lateral supports play the same way in all cases. It is normally used from 8 years but remains in use until 15-16. At an early age, the presence of a coach is mandatory to ensure the continuity of the game and even to analyze together with the players the decisions that were made.