Futsal Session (Academy Sessions): Football Session 1 - Dribbling

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Isla Ramsay
Name: Isla Ramsay
City: Glasgow
Country: United Kingdom
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Futsal
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Description

Aim: To introduce the participants to dribbling in football.

Objectives:

1. Utilise fun games to keep the participants engaged.

2. Use colours that they can recognise with ease to direct them about.

3. Ask the participants questions at the end of the session to gauge enjoyment.

Equipment: set of cones, 16 footballs, lesson plan, whistle

Venue: TBD

Population Group: p1-3s, boys & girls, mixed ability

Duration: 40 minutes


Futsal Session Plan Drill (Colour): Introduction & Warm Up

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Learning Objectives

Technical Social
Listening to instructions

Introduction & Warm Up (5 mins)

Organizational / Instructions

Colour Recognition:

Scatter different colours of cones around. Call out different commands, e.g. "Who can touch 3 different coloured cones?" or "Who can touch 2 blue cones?". The participants sit with their legs in a basket to show they are done.

Coaching Points

  • Look for space
  • Bend down to touch the cone

Progressions / Adaptations

Use different movements

Increase/decrease area


Futsal Session Plan Drill (Colour): Technical Practice

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Learning Objectives

Technical Tactical
Linear approach

Technical Practice (10 mins)

Organizational / Instructions

Sun, Sea, Sky & Land:

There are 4 areas marked out with cones. Yellow = sun. Blue = sea. White = sky. Green = land. When the coach calls out a place/colour. The participants must dribble with their ball into the coned area. Coach can ask questions on what they find there.

Coaching Points

  • Small taps with the ball
  • Keep it close
  • Place foot on the ball to stop it

Progressions / Adaptations

Start without balls then add them in

Add a time limit

Add in two places/colours


Futsal Session Plan Drill (Colour): Game Related Practice

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Learning Objectives

Technical Physical
Adapting practices

Game Related Practice (10 mins)

Organizational / Instructions

Relay Races:

Participants will start in groups, e.g. 5 groups of 4, lined up behind a cone. Starting without a ball they will run up to the cone, go around it and high five their teammate when they get back. Practice a few times then add in cones they must run around. Eventually add in the ball.

Coaching Points

  • Go all the way around the cone
  • Little taps on the ball to change direction
  • Stop the ball with bottom of foot

Progressions / Adaptations

Include challenges

More or fewer cones

Different movements, e.g. left/right foot, sideways, etc


Futsal Session Plan Drill (Colour): Conditioned Game

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Learning Objectives

Technical Tactical
Game related

Conditioned Game (10 mins)

Organizational / Instructions

Sharks & Minnows:

1-3 participants will be called the "sharks". The rest of the class are the "minnows". Each minnow has a ball and the sharks do not. When the whistle is blown the minnows will dribble with their ball and try to get past the sharks. The sharks can only move in the middle area. If the sharks touch the ball, the minnow must place their ball at the side and become a shark.

Coaching Points

  • Little taps to change the direction of the ball
  • Look for space
  • Keep the ball close 
  • Progressions / Adaptations

    Increase number of sharks

    Create teams to incorporate passing


    Futsal Session Plan Drill (Colour): Cool Down & Debrief

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    Learning Objectives

    Technical Social
    Questionning

    Cool Down & Debrief (5 mins)

    Organizational / Instructions

    Balloon:

    Participants jog around coned area, slow it down to a walk, then a slow motion walk. Get them to stop. Participants crouch down into small balls. The coach counts from 1 up to 10 with the participants slowly growing like a balloon. When the coach reaches 10, the participants bill burst and wiggle down like a deflating balloon.

    Coaching Points

    • Move slowly
    • Start low and reach up as high as possible

    Progressions / Adaptations

    Quiet as possible/only 1 person can talk

    Repeat a few times


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