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Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Camp Group Activities

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Takiyah Thomas
Name: Takiyah Thomas
City: West Chester
Country: United States of America
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Stuck in the Mud

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Stuck in the Mud
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Stuck in the Mud (20 mins)

Equipment Needed:

  • Soccer balls for each player

Set-Up:

  • Defenders (mud monsters) must catch the dribblers by stepping on their ball
  • If caught (stuck in the mud) the dribblers must
    • Make a bridge with their legs
    • Hold the ball on their head and call for help "Help! Help! I'm stuck in the mud"
  • To be set free another footballer must nutmeg you.

Progression(s)

  • Increase/decrease amount of mud monsters.
  • Time limits to win the game or release all footballers who are stuck

Coaching Points

  • 1v1 dribbling skills to beat or evade mud monsters.
  • Awareness - always look for space, always look to see mud monsters.
  • Teamwork and communication to get free.
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Soccer Bowling

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Soccer Bowling
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Soccer Bowling (15 mins)

Equipment Needed:

  • Cones 
  • Soccer Balls  

Session Organization:

  • 5-9-year-olds will mix and play together on stations 1 & 2 fields
  • 10-15 will mix and play together on stations 3 & 4 field

    • Set-Up: 

    • Set soccer ball on top of 6 cones as shown (can use more depending on the number of soccer balls available)
    • Gate 10 feet back
      • may need an older player gate and a younger player gate
    • Ball for each group

    Organization: 

    • Using proper passing technique first player in line tries to knock down as many cones as possible. 
    • Player 2 picks up the knocked-down balls and moves them to the side. 
    • Player 2 sends the ball back to the passing line and then joins the back of the line
    • Player 1 takes the job of Player 2
    • Make a competition between the 2 teams 
      • The first team to knock all the cones down wins
    Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Challenge

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    Challenge

    Equipment needed

    • Goal
    • Soccer balls
    • Cones

    Set-Up

    • Break players into 2 teams
    • Coach plays two soccer balls to the first player in line.  One long/One short
    • Player has one touch to shoot (can be 2 touches if that is better for the level of players)
    • Player must score one ball to stay in the game
    • If player misses both shots they are out and go behind the goal.  If they can catch a shot they are allowed back into the game
    • Game goes until there is only one team left standing

    Challenge:

    • If a player makes both shots they can either bring back a teammate that is out or they can challenge any player from the other team
    • The player that was challenged must make both shots to stay in the game otherwise they are out
    • If they make both shots, the player that challenged them is out
    Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Over Under Relay Race

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    Over Under Relay Race (15 mins)

    Equipment Needed:

    • Soccer Ball for each group
    • Cone for starting and end if not using field lines

    Set-Up:

  • 5-9-year-olds will mix and play together on stations 1 & 2 fields
  • 10-15 will mix and play together on stations 3 & 4 field


    • Organization:

    • Have players line up behind each other in groups of six to ten, spreading out one arm’s length distance apart.
    • Demonstrate how to pass the ball over someone’s head then under someone’s legs.
    • Give the person in front of the line a ball.
    • Designate a start and finish line.
    How to Play:
    • The object of the game is for the group to pass back the ball either over their head or under their legs, alternating methods with each person 
      • First-person passes over their head, the second person passes under their legs, the third person over their head, and so on
    • When the last person in line gets the ball, he or she runs/skips/jumps/etc to the front of the line and starts passing the ball back again
    • Play until everyone reaches a finishing point (the line should have moved up with each new start) or until a specific number of turns
    Variations: The ball starts in the back, the last player must pass the ball through all legs to the front, run to the front, then over/under ball to the back to start again

    Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Head,Shoulders, Knees & Cones

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    Head,Shoulders, Knees & Cones

    Equipment Needed:

    • Cones

    Organization:

    • Players get in pairs and stand across from one another with a cone between them
    • The coach calls out a body part, and players then touch that body part
    • When the coach calls out "cone", both players try to grab the cone first
    • Can have blue players rotate left to get a new opponent
    Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Lightning

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    Lightning (15 mins)

    Organization: Lightning. One GK. Everyone else in line. Players dribble forward and shoot. If they score they go to the back of the line. If they miss they are out / stand behind the net. If a player catches a shoot that goes wide or over the net they can re-enter the game at the back of the line. 

    Regression: Only players who miss the net are out of the game.

    Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): On the Bank/ In the River

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    On the Bank/ In the River

    Session organization:

    • Line everyone up on one side of the line
    • Tell everyone they are now standing on the bank of a river and when you say "in the river"  or just "river" they all jump to the other side of the line
    • When you say "on the bank" or just "bank" they jump back (small jump right over the line)
    • Keep doing this until there is only one player left
    • Mix up the speed and pattern to confuse people as much as possible (i.e: River-Bank-Bank-River)
    • If players are caught on the wrong side of the line they are out and sit near the coach and cheer on the other players

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