| Name: | SoccerEM SoccerEM |
|---|---|
| City: | San Mateo |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Membership: | Adult Member |
| Sport: | Football/Soccer |
This session is designed for 2010 first day of tryouts. With our youngest players we are looking for the following four items: (1) Speed - we would like our players to have either physical speed or speed of thought. Preferably both. (2) Intrinsic motivation - does the player want to be there, enjoy playing soccer, seem engages? (3) Willingness to learn, (4) Movement talent - some sort of athletic ability/ability to move. Also size is important.

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Objective: Improve speed with and without the ball.
Organization: cones set-up 10 yards apart.
Instructions: on signal players sprint around the figure 8. After they understand the pattern add the ball. It should be a relay race.
Variations: (1) dribble then step on the ball and leave it in the middle, sprint around cone, return to middle get the ball and dribble around the starting cone. Repeat. Runs covered include (1) both feet dribbling, (2) right foot only, (3) left foot only.
Key Coaching Points:
1. Dribble full speed;
2. Compete

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Objective: to improve combination play and finishing.
Organization: 2 teams of players one line on each side of the coach.
Instructions: Blue passes ball to red and red must dribble through the cones with control if defender wins the ball they score by dribbling through the blue side.
Variations: Change in position of of receiving the ball.
Key Coaching Points: Coaching should be minimal if any becasue we want to see what the players know.
Watching for: First touch, creatitive and mobility, agressive play.

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Objective: Improve our attacking shape "get big" and possession.
Organization: 20x30 yard grid with small-sided goals on each end.
Instructions: Players play 4v4 to goals.
Things Im looking for
1. Team work
2. Game understanding
3. Ability to take over a game and or beat defenders on a regular basis.
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Warm-up 3 (10 mins)
Objective: to improve ball touch, control and flexibility. Physicomoto
Organization: players each have a ball on adjacent sides of 10x10 grid.
Instructions: Each group alternately crosses the grid after the other on the coach's call.
Variations: (1) dribble across grid, (2) boxing across the grid, (3) toe taps across the grid, (4) side slide across grid alternate directions. Etc
Key Coaching Points:
1. good technique on the touches;
2. eyes up once they get more comfortable;
3. demanding lots of repetitions.