Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): GK handling and Diving

Warm Up/ Handling (15 mins)

•  20 X 20 yards sized field.
• Split the group in half, half start with the ball, others start without.
• all players are jogging around the playing area.
• players with the ball have to feed the ball into the players without.
• all feeds will be under-arm. 

• introduce receiving a rolling ball, then catch in the mid-rift and catching the high ball.
• Low Catch- Pinkies together, scoop catch
• Mid Catch- if it's under your chest, pinkies together, and if it's over your chest, thumbs together. catch the ball outside of your body then bring it in to secure the catch.
• High Catch- Thumbs together, catch the ball at the highest point you can reach. catch ball at least over your head then bring it down to chest to secure catch

Game- Goalie Wars (15 mins)

• Players take turns to shoot at each other. players can shoot using underarm roll, overarm throw, dropkick or kick from the ground.
• Variation- if it is too hard for players, take away dropkick and kick from the ground and just do underarm and overarm.
• if the ball is in your half you can shoot.
• if the player takes a shot and it is saved, the shooting player can one-time shoot it with the rebound, or the player who makes a save can go in and recover the ball from the other side before the rebound.
• add a time limit for games, 2 minutes, 5 minutes, 7 minutes?
• add a goal target, 3 goals win? 5 Goals win?