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Objective: To get a basic understanding of heading the ball.

Detail:

Players work in pairs to begin with, so 8 x 2.
I player acts as a server, whilst the other player heads the ball back.
To progress, players head the ball to their partner and run around them and back to original position.

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Heading Variations:

Working in pairs one player feeds whilst the other player is the returning player who heads the ball back to the feeder's hands.

However, the returning player must have their wits about them as they need to listen out to the feeder's call.

The feeder has three calls -

Feet, attacking and defensive.

Depending on the call the heading player must perform a different sort of header.

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Pass Wide, Cross and Attacking Header:

Players line up in 3 queues, with the ball starting with player 1.

Player 1 makes a 1-2 pass with player 2 before passing the ball down the line for player 3 to run onto.

Player 3 times their run to meet the pass and gets the ball under control before swinging a cross into the box for the players 1 and 2 to run onto and head into the goal.

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Players 1, 3 and 5 are feeding the ball towards the 6 yard box. Players 2, 4 and 6 take turns to either head or volley towards goal.

Once players have either fed, or shot they swap to the other side.

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Triangle Conditioning - Double Headers:

Set up a triangle as shown.

3 players on the outside have a ball each and the player in the middle without a ball.

Player in the middle receives a serve from one player on the outside and heads it up in the air, and then heads it up back to them.

He/she then leaves the vicinity of the triangle before coming back and and receiving from another player.

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