Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Rye Brook Pre Travel: Kindergarten Passing + Finding Open Players

Spider Man Tag With Triangles

Organization:

20x30

Small Triangles Scattered Throughout Field

Instructions:

- Coach shows players the triangles on the field.

- Players fill in the triangle - one per triangle

- Taggers are given Pinnnies

- Taggers are trying to throw their pinnie onto their Teammates' Soccer Ball.

- If Taggers Successfully Throw Pinnies Onto Dribblers' Ball They Swap Roles

- Players in the Triangles cannot leave unless a teammate 'passes' a person in the Safe Zone Triangle

- Players Not In Safe Zone Are Trying To Get Ball Safely To Teammates Without Ball Getting Stole

If the ball gets stolen, no 'tag backs' - the player is now a defender and must steal someone elses ball.

Coaching Points/Questions:

- Finding Open Players

- How To Signal A Player

- Passing Technique

- Dribbling To Keep Control

Regressions/Progressions:

- Increase/Decrease Tagger Count

Numbers Game

Organization:

20x30

Targets Lining The Goal Lines (Tall Cone or Disc Cone + Ball)

Instructions:

- Teams are split up evenly & stand behind their pointed cones (If you do not have pointed cones, place balls ontop of a disc cone so it creates a target for players to knock off the cone)

- Each player is given a number

- When number is called players run out to a ball played into the middle and try to either knock the ball/cone over or until it goes out of the designated boundaries.

- The team that successfully elimates the other teams targets first - wins

Coaching Points:

- passing technique

- finding the space + most open cone

- staying under control

- touch size

Progressions/Regressions:

- 2v2

- 3v3

- a 3v3 match