Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): 1st Grade 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): Welcome Circle

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Welcome Circle
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Welcome Circle (5 mins)

Description: Set all players in a small circle, sit with them and introduce yourself. One by one, ask the players to tell everyone their name and one of the following: favorite color, favorite food, favorite animal, favorite soccer player, etc. This exercise will help establish trust and build rapport with the participants. BE CREATIVE! BE SILLY!


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): Island Soccer

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Island Soccer (15 mins)

Description: In an area of 25x20 create four 5x5 boxes in each corner for your "Islands".  Each player can stay in their designated island to start off.  There will be one "Pirate" in the middle of the grid. Players are allowed to move from island to island.  The pirates job is to steal the other players ball and kick it out of the ocean.  If a player gets their ball stolen they also become a pirate.  Players are only safe on the islands.  Play until there is only one survivor left. 

Coaching Points:

  • Make Sure each player gets a turn to be "Pirate"
  • If necessary, allow 2-3 players to be taggers at one time.
  • Coach playing alongside feeds energy of the activity.
  • Encourage players to keep the ball close on dribble, little soft touches.
  • Correct players who kick and chase.

Progressions:

  • Start off with more Pirates
  • Condense the space
  • Have players count to 5 and then find another island

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):

Play animation
Play step-by-step
Repeat (toggle)
Full Screen
Pause
Stop

Back/Forward: Drag timeline button