Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Sunrise_Soccer_Club_Coaches_Clinic

Warm-up/Activator (20 mins)

Organization:

Each player as a pinnie, all players inside the area marked by the Red Cones( Size of area determined by number of players, space, temperature etc. Adjust as needed based upon conditions on Tuesday)

Instructions:

• Attackers have a pinnie in their shorts (pinnie must be on the right or the left side and must hang down to at least the knee)

• Defenders start with out a pinnie

• When the defender pulls out an atackers pinnie they become the attacker.

• Each player Starts with 10 points, they lose a point if their pinnie gets pulled

• The goal is to finish the game with as many points as possible

Coaching Points/Guided Questions:

1) Identifying gaps in defense to penetrate

2) Identifying defenders position

3) Recognize how to protect the pinnie-(Position the body in between the ball and opponent)

Q1) How can you keep from being tagged?

Q2) Who/What do you have to look out for?

Q3) Can you do well if you change direction? and Speed?

Progressions:

P-Add More Defenders

P-Decrease size of area

Fully-Opposed (20 mins)

Organization:

• 1 Ball per player

• 1,2, or 3 players without a ball to be defenders (hold pinnie in hand)

Instructions:

• Players with a ball attempt to dribble around in the area, maintaining control of their ball and preventing the defending players from stealing it or knocking it away

• Defending players (players holding a pinnie) attempt to steal the ball from one of the players in possession and score at any of the goals on the outside

• If the defending player steals the ball and scores, they give the pinnie to the player who they stole the ball from to become the new defender, they then retrieve the ball they scored and enter the

game as a dribbler

• If the defending player steals the ball but does not score, either because they miss the goal or because the opposing player stole it back, then they continue to play as the defender and attempt to

steal someone else's ball

Coaching Points/Guided Questions:

1) Keeping ball close

2) Finding the gaps

3) Size and direction of touches get through gaps

4) Awareness of space and position of the defender turning if gap is to small or to escape pressure

5) Defenders-when they win the ball can they find the spaces and gaps to penetrate and score a goal

Q1) What/Who do you have to look out for?

Q2) How should you look out for these things?

Q4) When you steal the ball (Defenders) How should you get to the goal?

Q5) If you are defending how should you decide which goal to score in?

World Cup (20 mins)

Organization:

Same set up as all previous activites

Instructions:

• Players number themselves in their teams 1 through 3 or 1 through 4 depending upon numbers

• Coach calls out a number and the player matching that number (one player from each team) plays 1v1v1v1 for the live ball.

• The four players playing (1 from each team) ae each trying to score on any of the other teams' goals. • Once a team is scored on 3 times they must flip their goal upside down, they can no longer win the WC but still play each roound, to help knock out the other teams

• The last team with their goal upright is the winning team.

Coaching Points/Guided Questions::

1) Identifying defenders position

2) WHEN and HOW to protect the ball

3) Head up to observe available options

4) Final product (Score a goal)

5) Position the body in between the ball and opponent

Q1) How do you decide which goal to score in?

Q2) Is the closest goal always the best option?

Q3) Why could a goal thats farther away be a better choice?

Progressions

1. Players get into 2 teams and have to knock each others soccer balls out of the area, team to knock out other teams ball 1st wins