Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): U7 CASA Day 2

Indy 500 (10 mins)

Set up  10x10 pit stop, 5x5 middle grid with cones surrounding it in a circular fashion (you could use the center circle)

A ball for every player.

OBJECTIVE

1. Players run around the track and return to the pit stop and complete ball mastery skills every lap in the pit stop 10x tic toks, 10x toe taps, 10x scissors, sole rolls.

2. 1 footed hop around track

3. 2 footed hops around

4. Bounce ball around

5. Dribble the ball around track 

6. Walk backwards around the track with the ball in your hands

7. Do drag backs backwards around the track

8. You can do red light-yellow light, green light within this grid as well.

COACHING POINTS

Physical Literacy

Dribbling under control

Ball Mastery skills

dribbling through traffic (10 mins)

Set up a 20x20 grid, place a bunch of scattered cones in the middle of the grid (traffic)

OBJECTIVE

1st player in the beginning of each line dribble through the traffic using different parts of the foot to maneuver ball through the traffic.

Once through the traffic players make a pass to the player diagonally across from your line, follow your pass and join that line.

PROGRESSION

add 2 nets and give each player a ball, have players dribble through the traffic, once through the 1st player to score wins that round, next player in each line go.  

Clean Your Room (10 mins)

Set up, 30x30 grid, 2 teams split evenly, place more balls than players in each grid.

OBJECTIVE 

Each team passes balls into the other teams square (room).  play for 1 minute cleanest room wins (Least amount of balls in your square)

COACHING POINTS

Proper technique

Head up 

Movement