Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): U7-U10 Curriculum - Week 8

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Aaron Anderson-Winchell
Name: Aaron Anderson-Winchell
City: Middletown
Country: United States of America
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Ball Mastery

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Ball Mastery (10 mins)

Organization:

-Two teams.

Instructions:

-Red players with ball dribbling in the area.

-Yellow players in pairs passing with each other.

-Yellow gets a point for passing between gaps created by other players.

-Red gets point for passing though gapes created by other players.

-Change dribblers and passers every 60 seconds.

Coaching Points:

-Correct passing technique.

-Anticipation of movement from supporting players - players on the run.

-Angle of approach.

Progressions:

-Players dribbling with the ball can block the passing lanes.

-Take away surfaces


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Zone Dribbling

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Zone Dribbling (15 mins)

Organization:

-4 zones setup as shown

-3- 4 Teams of 3-4 players

Instructions:

-3 teams

-Teams score by dribbling the ball into 1 of the 2 zones in the direction they are going

-Once one team scores, the team that scores comes off, and the team that is waiting starts with the ball attacking in the same direction as the team that just came off

-Team cannot stay on for more than 2 games

-Games max at 2 minutes

-4 Teams

-Teams that are not on stay at the end lines when they are not in.

-Games go for 2 minutes

Coaching Points:

Player led questioning to lead to:

-Identifying gaps or spaces in defense to penetrate

-Identifying defenders or the other teams position

-Recognize when space is available and use proper touches to take space

-"What/Who should you look for?"

-"How can you take advantage of the other team?"

-"Can you look for gaps or holes in the other team?"

-"Can you ge away from the other team?" "How should you do that? (Fast? Slow?)


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Progression

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Progression (15 mins)

Organization:

-same setup as previous with the addition of a middle scoring zone

Instructions:

-Games are 3 minutes long

-Losing team comes off, teams cannot stay on longer than 2 rounds

-With the addition of the center scoring zone, point structure is as follows:

-Yellow Zone- 1 pt

-White Zone- 2 pts

Coaching Points:

-Identification of Space (in behind, in front or to side)

-Look to commit defender if pressure is in front and drive with speed to unbalance defender

-Dribble techniques in relation to space and pressure of defender

- Principles of play in relation to creating width, depth and length when in possession

Progressions:

-Add goal in on the end line. Teams get 1 pt for dribbling into the yellow zone, but can get another point if they score.

-Teams can score a goal at any time


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Main Activity

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Main Activity (15 mins)

Organization:

- Players distributed evenly at corners as shown.

- Every player with a ball.

- Center square - 8x8 yds.

Instructions:

-First player from each corner dribbles through square upon making eye contact.

-As soon as they are out of the square, the next 4 players go and so on. Until everyone is now moving throughout the area

Points:

-2 points- player is able to dribble through the grid to the corner diagonal from where they started

-1 point- player dribbles into the box and dribbles to a corner on the side

-Players lose all their points if they dribble out of the area or run into a players

-Coach begins to introduce technical moves based upon the age/development of the players.

Coaching Points/Questions:

-Smaller Touches in Tight areas and on approach to center square

-"When we are in tight spaces where do we need to have the ball?"

-Larger touches when looking to accelerate/dribble into space

-"When I am in space can I push the ball a little farther away to get more speed?"

-Points related to technical application.


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Progression

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Progression (15 mins)

Organization:

-Same setup as previous activity

-Addition of defenders and 2 counter goals

Instructions:

-Same point structure as previous activity for attackers

-If defender wins ball from an attacker they look to score in one of the 2 counter goals.

-If defender is able to score the attacking player loses all their points, but still remains an attacker once they get their ball out of the net and can look to regain their points.

Coaching Points:

-Identification of space/pressure of the defender;

-"Why is it important that we get our heads up?"

-"How does knowing where the defender is help us decide what we can do next?"

-Change of Speed

-"Once we have beaten the dfender, what should we then look to do?"

-"Once we speed up, what should we look to do with the distance of our touch?"


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SSG

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SSG (20 mins)

Organization:

-Two puggs per field

-One ball per field

-Pinnies

Instructions:

-3v3

-Restart with dribble in or kick-in

Coaching Points:

-Awareness

-Application of techniques


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