Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): 11/04/2025 U10 (UEFA C SESSION 2) (Start Time: 2025-04-11 17:30:00)

Description

PRINCIPLE - SUPPORT - LINKED TO PREVIOUS WEEK

CAPABILITIES - SCANNING, POSITIONING, MOVEMENT

CORE TECHNICAL SKILLS - PASSING AND RECEIVEING

OVERARCHING LEARNING OUTCOME:

• Continue to build on the SUPPORT focus
• Learning how to be in the right position to help your teammates during play

COACHING POINTS:

BEFORE PASSING AND RECEIVING: TRY TO...

• Scan the playing area to ensure you are in an effective position to receive the ball and progress play - BOTS
• Imagine the path for the ball to travel to you and then where you want it to go next - is it clear and helpful? Can we play forwards?
• Make a connection with your teammates - eye contact or body language. Can you understand their intention and ideas?

• Players can recall key elements of SUPPORT as a principle
• Players starting to consider when to hold their run as opposed to running into forward areas to find space
• Starting to see instances of an X shape around the player in possession

• Welcome and greet all players as they arrive, keep an eye out for new boots/kits, talk about recent or upcoming matches involving their favourite teams and players 
• Try to ask questions rather than provide information, see if the group can come to the conclusions I am hoping for 
• Allow room for the activities to be “broken” by players thinking outside the box. If this happens, praise and then adjust the game to close the loophole if it is providing unhelpful outcomes 
• Do not allocate positions during games - offer suggestions to some players if this would assist their team

• Organised play areas ready for arrival - use set play area for all activities to allow for minimal waiting time 
• Utilise welcome activity as opportunity to introduce session and learning outcome so that players are able to get back playing asap with a focus on the sessions aims
• Use board for visual learners to introduce activities, provide slow paced walkthrough for 20-30 secs for kinesthetic learners

• Multiple teams training at once on one pitch - ensure plenty of space between groups
• Check players are dressed appropriately throughout - boots, shin pads, layer, earrings etc 
• Lots of collisions in whole game scenarios, be prepared to adapt rules or adjust intensity levels if required

• Use 3v3+1 as the technical part of the warm up 
• Use the pregame/midgame/endgame discussion to refer back to the core principle of SUPPORT 
• Matchday target: using a reset pass - players decide gold/silver/bronze threshold. Subs count to stay engaged