Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): micros u6

Warm Up Simon Says (10 mins)

Organization:

Any open Space

Players with ball

Instructions:

Simon says game;

-Coach shouts instructions; toe taps, hands on head, touch your knee, hop on one leg, sit on ball, stand up, forehead on ball, dribble away, jump over ball, Foundations ( passing ball bettween feet, big toe to big toe) ect..

Coaching Points:

1. Listen to Simon carefully

2. Keep your head up so that you don’t bum p into other players

3. Encourage a change of speed and direction

Progressions:

Add cones for players to go around, jump ect.

Pirates of the Caribbean (15 mins)

Organization:

1.20 x 20 yard area set up as shown

2.8 players set up as shown

3.8 balls

Story/Description:

1.Each pirate (player) has a ship (ball)

2.Their task is to sail around as many different islands (cones) as they can in order to get gold coins

3.Pirates have 30 second to get as many coins as they can

4.If a ship gets stuck on an island (ball hitting a cone), they must call for the captain (coach) to come and fix their ship

5.If another pirate ship comes close, they can fire the cannons on them (kick the other players ball away)

Coaching Points:

1.Keep your ship close to you

2.Watch out for other ships and islands

3.Sail as fast as you can

Developments:

1.P – If captain yells “Scrub the deck” all pirates must use the sole of their foot to scrub the deck (ball)

2.P – If the captain (coach) yells “hoist the sail” all pirates must throw their sail (ball) in the air and catch it

3.P – Sharks (coach) also live in the ocean and can attack at any time. All pirates must get back to the dock if there is a shark attack

4.P – The islands have now turned into treasure and the pirates have to sail out to get it. The pirates like to wear the treasure as bangles, earrings and crowns