Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): U6 - U8 ODP Session 7

Warm Up/Phys Lit (15 mins)

Organization

- All players in a 20 x 20 area

- All players are in the area with a ball 

Activity

 - All players are in the area with the ball in one hand

 - The players will move around the area trying to keep their ball in their hand 

 - As they keep the ball in their hand they are also going to try and not other peoples balls out of their hands

- The last player with the ball still in their hand is the winning player

Progression 

 - Players are only able to move in certain ways e.ge hopping

 - Change so that the ball is on the floor and players are attempting to steal other players balls and kick it out of the area

The focus here is on fun and the social side of the game.

Passing Option 4

Organization

- Create a 5 yard goal 

- Place a 10 x 10 square 15 yards from the goal

- 1 player (Attacker) will start in the box without the ball 

- A 2nd player (Defender) will start at the top of the box furthest away from goal with a ball

Activity

 - The player in the box will move to create a space to receive the ball

- The player with the ball will pass to the player without and then run around the outside of the  box towards the goal attempting to stop the shot/pass

- The player with the box will attempt to receive and get the ball in to the goal before the defender can get back to prevent the goal

- Every time the pass gets the ball into the goal they get a point

- Each player in the pair will have 5 attempts at each role the player with the most points at the end of the game wins

Progressions

 - Adjust the distances to make success and challenges both possible

 - Give the attacker a limited number of touches

This exercise is designed to get the players thinking about how they receive the ball, what makes it easiest to pass the ball to the target and how they can do this quickly. The coaches job here is to ask questions, for example does it make it harder if when we receive the ball we cannot see the goal? Where would we want to take our touch to make it as easy as possible?