Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): U5

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Mark Coakley

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Name:	Mark Coakley
City:	Saint John
Country:	Canada
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 1

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Set up a pop-up goal or two.

Have the players line up beside the goal spread out.

Scatter all the balls 10-15yds away.

1. On the coach's command the players will run and retrieve a ball(one at a time) and dribble it back to the treasure chest (goal) and shoot it in the goal. Repeat 2 times.

2. Next have the players start with a ball. Scatter lots of cones and pylons around. Have the players dribble their ball and retrieve a cone or pylon (treasure) back to the treasure chest then go and retrieve another piece of treasure and repeat. Continue until all the treasures are in the treasure chest.

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In a 20x20yd grid make with disc cones 5 square boxes as shown.

Fill the middle box with balls.

Divide players into "nests"

One at a time or all at once depending on the age of players. They will go and take a ball from the middle square and dribble it back to their nest.

Continue this until all the balls from the middle square are gone.

Count the balls in each nest and reward the nest with the most balls in it with 5 points.

Progression: Do the opposite where the players will dribble the balls back to the middle square.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Palm trees and coconuts

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Palm trees and coconuts

Set up:

1.Make a 15x15yd square grid with orange pylons or disc cones.

2.Place several disc cones scattered on the inside of the 15x15yd square grid. This square grid represents the "island" and the disc cones are "palm trees".

3. Place a ball on top of all the disc cones. The balls are "coconuts".

Instructions:

1. Have all players start inside the grid ("island") without a soccer ball.

2. On the coaches "Go" the players try to kick the coconuts off the palm trees. Reset the coconuts and repeat.

3. Next have the players start on the "island" with a soccer ball at their feet.

4. Ask the players to try to knock the coconuts off the palm tree by kicking their ball at the coconuts to knock them off.

5. Instruct the kids to keep their ball on the "island" without letting their ball fall into the "water" (outside the grid). Reset the coconuts and repeat.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Volcanoes

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Volcanoes

Set up:

1. Make a 15x15yd square grid.

2. This grid represents the "island".

3. Scatter disc cones around the "island" with a soccer ball on top of each cone.

4. These represent the "volcanoes".

Instructions:

1. Have the players start inside the grid ("on the island") with a soccer ball at their feet.

2. Ask the players to dribble the ball around the "island" without hitting any of the "volcanoes".

3. If a player knocks a ball off a cone then this represents the "volcano erupting!".

4. 2-3 rounds of 2 minutes.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Receive and shoot

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Receive and shoot

Set up:

1. 2 pug nets and plenty of soccer balls.

2. Have one line 5yds away from the net. Depending on number of players another pug net can be set up with another line of players.

Instructions:

1. Have the player and parent line up together 4 feet apart and 5 feet from the net.

2. The parent starts with a ball.

3. The parent passes to the player and the player attempts to stop the ball and kick(shoot) the ball in the net. Repeat 3-4 times.

4. Next have the parent pass the ball to the player but this time ask the player to try to kick(shoot) the ball in the net without stopping the ball. Repeat 3-4 times.

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Set up as many different coloured gates as possible. Spread them out.

Have the players and parent together.

1. First ask the players to run through as many gates as they can carrying the ball in their hands in one minute.

2. Next have the players dribble the ball through the gates.

3. Next have the players and parent find a gate and pass through the gate. They then find a different gate to pass through. They can try to pass through as many gates as they can in two minutes.

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Set up 2-4 squares with cones and have players line up 10yds from each square.

One at a time the players will run and retrieve a ball and dribble it back to the start.

Whatever team empties their "tank" first wins.

Play 2-3 rounds.

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