Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Pre Travel K Fall Season Session 9

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Greg Primavera

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Name:	Greg Primavera
City:	White Plains
Country:	United States of America
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Running with ball

Learning Outcomes:

Play with the laces of the foot closet to the ball

Head up after every touch

Observation of when space starts to run out, start to take smaller touches

Physical:

Spacial Awareness

Physical Awareness

Motor skills:

Running

Speed

Cognitive:

Listening Skills

Game Rule:

The ball in and out of play

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm Up

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Warm Up (5 mins)

Organization:

Make Pitch 10 x 20 Yards

Each Player with a ball

Instructions:

Game of Simon Say's (Use as Intro or Warm Up activity)

Touch your head, Touch your toes, Touch your knees, Jumping over ball,

Touch the ball with Head, Knee, Laces... etc

Be creative and make it fun

Introduce Basic Ball Mastery: Toe Taps, Drag Back.... ect

Coaching Points:

Listening Skills and Ability

Space awareness

Basic Ball Mastery

Progressions:

Introduce various movements with the ball

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): I can do this

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I can do this (5 mins)

Activity - I Can Do This

Organization:

- 10x20 yard area

- Each player with a ball

Instructions:

- Coach calls out to players, "I can do this...can you?"

- Examples: Toss ball in the air and clap before catching (add

claps to make harder), Toss ball in the air and spin before

catching, Kick ball up above your head and catch, Any Coerver

technical touches, etc.

Coaching Points:

- Body control and coordination.

- Hand & eye coordination.

- Dexterity.

- Spatial Awareness.

Progressions:

- Judge difficulty based on group, challenge individually as well.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Paint the Field

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Paint the Field (10 mins)

Activity - Paint the Field

Organization:

- 10 x 20 yard

- Each player with a ball

Instructions:

- Pretend the ball is a paintbrush and wherever it rolls on the ground, it

paints that area.

- The task is to paint as much of the area as possible in the time

allotted by dribbling their soccer balls all over the grid.

Coaching Points:

- Keep ball close

- Use laces

- Jog/run, do not walk

Progressions:

- Paint with only their left foot/right foot.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Tails

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Tails (10 mins)

Activity - Tails

Organization:

- 10x20 yard area

- Each player with a pennie in the back of pants (tail)

Instructions:

- Players run around the area and look to steal tail out of the back

of their opponents.

- If tail is pulled, player is frozen, and they must try to grab a tail as

a player run by to get back into the game.

- Player with the most tails pulled wins.

- Playfor set amount of time.

Coaching Points:

- Avoid having tail pulled,

- Head up to observe

Progression:

Introduce dribbling with a ball to evade tail being pulled.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Treasure Game

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Treasure Game (15 mins)

Treasure Chest

Organization:

1. 20 x 20 yard area setup

2. Players divided into 4 groups

3. Combination of pinnies, balls, cones used as treasures

Instructions:

- Players (Pirates) aim is to gather as many treasures as possible

- 1 pirate at a time from each of the 4 corner runs to the center of the field for a treaure and return to their corner. (A Relay).

- The group or team with the most treasures at the end of the treasure hunt...WINS

- Each ball retrieved is worth 2 treasures.

Coaching Points:

Head up to observe other players

Head up to locate their corner

Head up to encourage decision making with/without the ball

Progressions:

If player selects a ball as a treasure, the player must dribble and pass the ball to a team mate before the other player can run to t he center of the field for a treasure.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Game 5

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Game 5 (15 mins)

Organization:

- 10x20 yard area

- 2 groups of players

- 2 goals

Instructions:

- Free Game.

Coaching Points:

- Dribble the ball to get as close to the goal as you can

- Head up

- Be creative

- Strike middle of ball

- Use your laces

Progression:

Passing the ball 2 or 3 times with team mate before scoring a goal

Increase numbers to 2 v 2, 3 v 3, etc