Name: | Paul Burke |
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City: | Corunna |
Country: | Canada |
Membership: | Adult Member |
Sport: | Football/Soccer |
Introduce dribbling with no pressure
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Paint the Field Dribbling:
All players will dribble their soccer ball in a 15Wx20L yard grid pretending that is a paintbrush and wherever it rolls it is painting the field. The players will try to paint as much of the area as possible in the time allotted.
Coach: Have the players write their names with the “Paintbrush” (Ball) can they “paint” different shapes? How big can they paint the shapes?
Variation 2: Ask the players to dribble only with the left foot, then with the right foot.
Guided question
How far should the ball be from the dribbler?
What surfaces to use?
When and how to run with the ball and change directions?
How to stop the soccer ball?
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Organization
Place lots of field disks (mushrooms) of at least 2 different colours in a large grid.
Each player has a ball. Players must dribble around the grid stopping the ball
with the sole of their boot with the ball touching the edge of the disk. This
‘smushes’ the mushroom. ‘Smush the mush’ as many times as possible in a
minute.
Progression
Must alternate colors of the mushes you smush.
Now the mushrooms explode and players must explode with pace
away from the mushroom as soon as their ball touches it.
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Focus – Ball Literacy
Name of Game – Houses
Organization
Set up four houses by placing four cones in each corner of
the playing area. A parent/child team is stationed inside each
house. Place all the balls in the middle of the playing area. On
the coach’s signal, one player at a time runs out to get a ball
and brings it back to the house (must stop the ball inside the
house). When the balls are all recovered, count the number of
balls in each house.
Alternatives
Easier - Start by using hands to bring the balls back.
Dribble ball back and stop ball in the house before next player
can go.
Harder - Once all players have a ball they can switch houses
or take balls back into middle again.
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Play 3 v. 3 or 4 v. 4, with no goalkeepers. Have one extra team of equal numbers. They rest until you switch them. This allows for recovery.
Let them play! Here they can learn everything. They should have a great time.
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Ball Retrive (10 mins)
Focus – Ball Literacy
Name of Game: Ball Retrive
Organization:
The coach kneels in the middle of the training area with the players around
him in a circle, with their ball in their hands. The coach takes one ball at a time and throws it away. The players must retrieve the ball and bring it back to the coach as quickly as possible.
The coach then adds various conditions on how the players can return the ball e.g. balanced in one hand, with right or left hand, rolling the ball along the ground, ball between the knees, bouncing the ball, dribbling etc.
Variation
The coach can move.