Graham Thompson
| Name: | Graham Thompson |
|---|---|
| City: | Mission |
| Country: | Canada |
| Membership: | Adult Member |
| Sport: | Football/Soccer |
Duration: 45 minutes
Suggestions:
Player each game once without a ball. This will help players understand the game and focus on development different movements. Each activity will last a longer if you play once without a ball and few times with a ball.
Incorporate different skills into activities. For example is there an opportunity for players to do a pullback in the game (you can say they must do a pullback at that point). Or can players only use a certain part of their foot to turn (the outside or insider).

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Organization: As players arrive they begin to play in games. If there is one play, that individual can play against a coach or their parent. As more players arrive add them to the game. If the game gets to big you can play another game in that field or a separate field.
Objective: Players to be engaged as soon as they arrive. Players to be given freedom to play how they want.
Competition: Players can play against their peers or against a parent or coach. Games should not be bigger than 3V3.
Regression: If a player is not engaged encourage them to play 1V1 against a coach or a parent.

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Organization: Players are split into pairs and given a role of cat or mouse. The mouse must run, dribble away from the cat. If the cat can steal the ball they becomes the mouse and run, dribble away with the ball. Play for 45-seconds then switch partners.
Objective: Players to run with the ball.
Competition: Which partner can keep the ball the longest.

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Organization: Players dribble, finding space, performing tasks commanded by the coach.
Skill = Heel to toe
Players touch their toe to the ball and roll their foot on the ball until their toe is pointing to the sky. Then roll their foot back so the toe is pointing towards the group. Repeat. Switch feet.
Objective: Players dynamic in movement, able to maintain possession of the ball, and recognize: space, opposition, teammates, ball.
Progression: (1) Throughout the duration of the activity include physical literacy movements (with or without the ball). Hops, skips, rolls, jumps, cuts, changes of direction and pace.

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Organization: Four teams, one in each corner, tree. One player, squirrel from each team can leave the tree at at a time. The nut must be brought home and the next squirrel can get another nut.
Objective: Players to run with the ball.
Competition: Which squirrels can collect the most nuts.

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Organization: Two even lines. Players run forward with the ball and score on the goal.
1) Dribble forward and close to the goal
2) Score in the goal
3) Collect ball and go to the back of the other line
Objective: Players dribble the ball with close control and guide the ball to the net.
Competition: Players want to score. Players should celebrate after each goal.
Regression/Progression: Coaches can add in opposition by defending or going in goal.

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Organization: A ball per player in the goal. Players must take out soccer balls from their goal and get them into the opposition goal. Play 90 second rounds. Coaches and parents should provide opposition for the players.
Objective: Players dribble the ball with close control and guide it to the net.
Competition: Which team can get the most ball into the opposition net.
Progression: Players can win the ball from one another, as players get stronger and understand the match more take away some soccer balls so there is more urgency to win the ball from opposition players.
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Overview
Organization: Each team or group should have their own field. Set-up activities inside the field if the activity equipment does not conflict with prior activities.