Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Week 1 - Ashi Waza - Ko- uchi Gari transitioned to Kata Gatame - Decision Making (Start Time: 2022-11-03 19:30:00)

Introduction and Warmup (5 mins)

Organizational / Instructions-

Before the warm-up starts introduce what is going to be involved in the session.

• players are going to run round the red mats rectangle and cut the corners.
• The coach will shout touch the mat with either their left, right or both hands together.
• The coach then shout side step facing in which they face in towards the green mats. then the coach shout side step facing out.
• The last thing for the warm-up is they are doing a front breakfall and rolling breakfall down one side of the mat. 
• As they come up the other side of mat they will do a back and side breakfall.

Coaching Points - 

• keep eyes and head up so you don't run into anybody.
• Listen to instruction so you don not get injured

Progressions / Adaptations - 

While running round the coach could say two names of the people running , the first person named has to try catch the second named person as fast as they can because they have 30 second time limit.

Ko-uchi gari (15 mins)

Organizational / Instructions -

• Break your partner's balance by lifting them on  their toes
• Stepping with your dominant foot forward between your partners toes
• your back foot follows your first step.
• your dominant foot then goes diagonally by behind partner's foot and sweeps off the ground. 
• drive your partner back towards the mat while still holding onto the grip

Coaching Points

• Beware of the space you have when throwing.
• Keep your grip so your partner cannot roll away from you

Progressions / Adaptations

Once you have mastered the techniques try moving around with your partner and catch them on the move. The pace will pick up the more you practise

Ne waza randori (10 mins)

• Organizational / Instructions - 
• Players will pick a partner.
• Once they have a partner, they sit up on their knees back to back
• when the coach shouts hajime, they have to try and get their partner on their back for kata gatame.

• Watch their spacing while fight on the group.
• Kata gatame is the only hold down they should be going for.

Progressions / Adaptations

Use Ko-uchi gari to start off then they have to try get kata gatame without their partner rolling away or the person throwing losing their grip

Adaption for this is putting your partner in Kata gatame and have them try to escape the hold-down

Cooldown and debrief of session (5 mins)

Organizational / Instructions

• Players get a space on the mat
• coach will lead the stretches for the muscles that was used during the session
• after the stretches the players will fix their judo suits

Coaching Points

Progressions / Adaptations

Ask open ended questions about the session. inform what the next session will look to be covering.