Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Greenburgh-Spring-Camp-Day-1-Space (Start Time: 2014-04-14 09:05:00)

International Space Station (red light/green light)- (20 mins)

Organization:

-20 x 40 yard area, as shown

-(2) 5 x 5 areas within main area, one made with green cones and one with yellow

Instructions:

-International space station- red light green light-

-The players are pilots and their soccer balls are the space ships. They are flying arund the space zone. Coach says red-light to stop and green light to go. As the players move in the area they have to keep moving or the space alien (the coach will get them--10 toe taps) Players also have to make crazy space sounds as they are flying.

-The third command is ''Land in Green" or "Land in Yellow" all the players have to find their way into the green or yellow docking zone, they have to dribble in tht zone until the coach says "back to space"

Coaching Points:

1) Positive first touch out of the feet

2) Play with the laces of the foot closet to the ball

3) Fewest number of touches to cover the distance quickly

4) Run in a straight line

5) Keep head up to see in front

6) In tight spaces, keep the ball close messi

Progressions:

Monsters vs Aliens (15 mins)

Organization:

-Same 20 x 40 yard area divided down middle 1/2 set up for rocket fuel race, 1/2 set up for monsters vs aliens.

Instructions:

2 groups of 6 players each-Blue pinnies are aliens, Yellow pinnies are monsters. Players start lined up on one of the. The object is to get to the other side with out running into another playrs. On the coches command players "charge" players race from their side to the other side. If they run into some one they have to go back to the other side and start again. After a few practice runs we will play for points the first to get to the other side wins. After a while I will spread bibs(Space Gems) on the ground on either side players players will pick up the space gems and continue to dribble, the team that gets the most gems the fastest wins.

Coaching Points:

1) Positive first touch out of the feet

2) Play with the laces of the foot closet to the ball

3) Fewest number of touches to cover the distance quickly

4) Run in a straight line

5) Smaller touches as the space becomes less

6) Head up to avoid collisions

Progressions:

Solar-System Trip (15 mins)

Organization:

-Using zone from warm-up with a cirlce of yellow cones in the middle and red blue green and yellow cones around the outside.

Instructions:

-Players start by freely dribbling in zone-If they do go out of the zone they have to do 10 toe taps to get back in. When coach says 'Orbit' the players must orbit, (dribble around) as many planets as possible.

Coaching Points:

1) Quick touches in tight spaces

2) Using multipe parts of foot to get around the cones

3) Big toches in open spces, dribbl with the pinky toe.

Progressions:

P-Must get back to the center, and go throughthe sun each time before going to orbit another cone(Planet)