Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Minesweeper (Replay)

Minesweeper Relay (10 mins)

Area:

Create an area with poles or different coloured discs, cones to the cones in the square. Size will be dictated on number of players but 5 in the middle would be approx 10m x 10m. Put 4 exra poles in the corners of the penalty area and inline with the 2 poles closest to the half way line.

Equipment:

Cones, bibs, poles or discs & balls.

Objective:

1st Phase:Spit the blues and the reds equally on oposite corners. (roughly 2 each but may have a 3 +2 or 3+3. Each team has 1 ball and the objective is to dribble into the grid, collect a cone and take it to your team on the opposite corner and put it on the pole. Your teamate on that corner then repeats, dribbles the ball, collects a cone and contiinues to the oposite corner and puts the cone on the pole and so on untill all the cones are gone. The winner is the team with the most cones.

2nd phase: Once the players understand the game the coaches will feed balls in and try and hit players on the legs or hit their ball. If a player is hit they have to return back to their staring position and touch the pole and then try again.

Key Points:

Ensure the players are getting their heads up inbetween touches of the ball.