Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Technical Acitivities 5-8 age

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Morgan O'Hanrahan

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Name:	Morgan O'Hanrahan
City:	Monaghan
Country:	Ireland
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Description

Fun Technical activities and games which work on the following:

Ball striking
Passing
Dribbling
Shooting
Basic Movement Skills

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Clear the Yard

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Clear the Yard

Organisation:

- Split into two groups (maximum of 6 players per side)

- Two teams start with an even amount of Soccer balls or soft balls

- On teachers command, students attempt to kick all the balls out of the ‘yard’ and into the

opposing teams ‘yard’

- The middle area is the ‘neutral zone’ and only the coach can retrieve the ball. If a ball

goes out of bounds, students can retrieve and bring back in

- Play for 2 mins. Winning team is the team that has the least amount of balls in their yard.

Modify:

Students can throw or roll the ball
over
Students can kick with either foot
If one team is dominating, have
more players in opposing team

Coaches Questions:

What strategies did you use when playing this game?
What part of the football should you strike the ball with?

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Free Dribble

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Free Dribble

Organisation:

• Set up the playing area as shown below

• Each student has a ball

• Dribble the ball around the playing area without touching a cone, another ball,

or another player.

• On signal ‘Change’, exchange your ball with another player and continue

dribbling

Modify:

Use only the inside of either foot
Use only the outside of either foot
Use the inside or outside of either
foot
Dribble slowly, dribble quickly
Dribble the ball in different
patterns: zig zag, circular,
rectangular

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Forcefields

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Forcefields

Organisation:

• Set up the playing area as shown below

• Each student has a ball

• Dribble your ball (forcefield) around the playing area

• If you or your forcefield touch another player or forcefield, you stand like a

‘statue’ holding the ball above your head and can only be released until

another player knock your ball down with their hand

Modify:

Use only the inside of either foot
Use only the outside of either foot
Use the inside or outside of either
foot
Dribble slowly, dribble quickly
Dribble the ball in different
patterns: zig zag, circular,
rectangular

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Pirates And Captains

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Pirates And Captains

Organisation:

• Set up the playing area as shown below

• Designate 1/3 of the class to be ‘pirates’

• Pirates start in the middle of the playing area and without a ball

• Every other student has a ball and is a ‘Captain’

• On coaches signal, pirates attempt to steal a ball from a Captain

• A person that doesn’t have a ball becomes and new pirate

Modify:

Change the ratio of Pirates to
Captains
Use a larger or smaller playing
area
Add a time limit before
designating new Pirates

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Dribble & Shoot Relay

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Dribble & Shoot Relay

Organisation:

• Set up the playing area as shown below. Each player has a ball

• You can run this game as an individual activity or relay race

• Dribble as quickly as you can zig zag style through the Cones and around the goal

• Dribble to a colored Cone and have a shot

• Each cone has a set point value. The further away the more points you receive

(teacher decides)

Modify:

Adjust the distance between the
shooting cones and the goal
Use a smaller or larger goal
Add a student or teacher as a
goalkeeper
Add extra points for shooting the
ball into a corner of the goal

Questions:

What part of the football should you strike the ball with?
What part of the foot should you dribble/turn with?

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Dribble Relay

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Dribble Relay

Organisation:

Setup playing area as shown. Split group into 2 or more teams.
Maximum number of 4 in a group
Players use dribbling skill to dribble around the Cones and back
For fun compete against other groups to see who can finish first
Player must sit down when they are finished

Modify:

Use only the inside of either foot
Use only the outside of either foot
Use the inside or outside of either
foot

Questions:

What part of the foot should you touch the ball when turning/changing direction?

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Speed Dribble

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Speed Dribble

Organisation:

• Setup playing area as shown. Split students into 2 or more teams.

• Each team splits up, with have the team on one side of the playing area and half

the team on the other side

• The aim is to dribble under control but with speed.

• Dribble all the way to the next person in line (no passing) Trap the ball, next to the

Cone

• Make it competitive by having races to see which group can finish first

Modify:

Adjust the distance between the 2
cones
Have students make a pass from
halfway

Questions:

What part of the foot should you touch the ball?

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Passing Partners

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Passing Partners

Organisation:

All players get into pairs and stand opposite each other.
Partner without the ball spreads their legs to make a gate, if their partner can pass the ball through the gate they score a point.
Partner without the ball obviously cannot move until the pass either scores or misses.
Keep score and rotate partners every 1-2 minutes.

Modify:

Adjust the distance depending on age/ability.

Questions:

What part of the foot should you strike the ball with to be accurate?

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Football Bowling

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Football Bowling

Organisation:

Set either footballs on cones/large cones like bowling pins as shown
Player looks to kick their ball and knock down a ball/cone.
You can either play until one team knocks all the balls down, or assign a score to each line as shown and give the players a time limit.

Modify:

Alter distance depending on age/ability of players.

Questions:

What part of the foot should you strike the ball with to be accurate?

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Hungry Hippos

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Hungry Hippos

Organisation:

Setup as shown with 4 teams and footballs in the centre area.
On the coaches call, the first player in each group runs in and collects a football, bringing it back to his teams base.
Only after high-fiving their teammate can their teammate start.
Can run as a game to see which team can collect the most footballs.

Modify:

Can add obstacles players must dribble past on the way back.
Teams can rob other teams bases.

Questions:

What part of the foot should I use to take the football?

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