Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): 3rd/4th Grade - Sporting Rec League Week 1

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Tanner Brock

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Tanner Brock
Name: Tanner Brock
City: Kansas City
Country: United States of America
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer

Description

Objective: Introduction to Dribbling & Comfort with the Ball


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Play Phase 1

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Play Phase 1
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Play Phase 1 (10 mins)

Description: Coaches hand out bibs when players arrive.  Establish directions for teams (which goal to attack, which goal to defend). Place soccer balls in or behind the goals as well as outside of sidelines in order to facilitate continuous play.

Coaching Tips:
  • Use Positive Reinforcement.
  • Keep soccer balls in-hand for "New Ball" if a ball goes out of play.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Dribbling Skills

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Dribbling Skills
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Dribbling Skills (10 mins)

Description: Using half a field, have your players dribble around inside the box. Coach FREEZES every 30 seconds to implement a new coaching instruction/task for players. Coach demonstrates new task. Players continue to perform tasks at Coach's instruction. 

Coaching Tips:

 Task Examples: Red Light, Yellow Light, Green Light. Toe taps (alternating feet touching top of ball) and tick-tocks (alternating feet touching with inside of foot). Stationary scissors & step-overs. Roll Overs (using bottom of foot to roll into a new direction). 

Progressions:

 Scissors & step=overs on the move
 Pullbacks & turns

 Increase tempo 


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Dribbling Skills w/ Cone Defenders

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Dribbling Skills w/ Cone Defenders (10 mins)

Description: Using half a field, have your players dribble around inside the box. Coach FREEZES every 30 seconds to implement a new coaching instruction/task for players. Coach demonstrates new task. Players continue to perform tasks at Coach's instruction. 

Coaching Tips:

 Task Examples: Red Light, Yellow Light, Green Light. Toe taps (alternating feet touching top of ball) and tick-tocks (alternating feet touching with inside of foot). Stationary scissors & step-overs. Roll Overs (using bottom of foot to roll into a new direction). 

Progressions:

 Scissors & step=overs on the move
 Pullbacks & turns

 Increase tempo 


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Play Phase 2

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Play Phase 2
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Play Phase 2 (15 mins)

Description: Divide up players. Establish directions for teams (which goal to attack, which goal to defend) Place soccer balls in or behind goals as well as outside of sidelines in order to facilitate continuous play. 

Coaching Tips:

  • Use positive reinforcement!
  • Keep soccer balls in-hand for "New Ball!"
  • Encourage players to use the skills they learned earlier. 

Animation Controls (PCs, Macs, Laptops):

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