Play Like Romania – Attacking/Defensive Headers
1. Heading Warm Up
- One ball between two players
- Head rally
- How many can you and your partner perform?
- Use air light balls for players 6 – 9 years’ old
2. Defensive Heads
- Red serves to Yellow
- Just above head height to encourage jump
- Yellow must try to head it over Red for a point
- Swap roles after 3 repetitions
Key Tips
- Mouth closed
- Eyes open
- Point the nose to stay on impact
- Trajectory of the ball should be high and far
3. Attacking Heads
- Red serves to Yellow, head height or slightly below
- Red immediately becomes the goalkeeper / Yellow must try to score
- Swap roles after 5
Progression
- Server starts on one of the cones and serves from the corner – the attacker looks to place the header either across the goal or back to the server’s post, dependent on the momentum shift of the keeper
- Swap cones
4. Football Tennis
- 2 teams
- The ball must go over the net with a header
- Any other touches can be with any body part except the head
Key Tip
- Have fun!
