Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Howell Riptide- Defending: Poke Tackle (Start Time: 2016-10-19 19:00:00)

Warm Up (10 mins)

On Arrival:

Ball Mastery Homework- Inside squishe catch

Organization:

24x16 area split in half into two 16x12 areas

2 yard wide gate at endline of space near outside

2 yard wide gates 3 yards into space from lines A and B

4 groups of players total

Instructions:

A starts the game by stepping into the field, B then goes, both A and B must run through the gate before be B can tag A for a point, A's objective is to run through the gate without being tagged.

Once the game ends, players must go around the outside and return to the line they were previously in.

After each player has gone at least once, rotate attacking/defending lines A and B.

Coaching Points:

Big steps to cover more distance quicker

Angle of approach

Progressions:

Opposed (15 mins)

Organization:

Same area as prior

Players in partners

1 gate per amount of groups

1 ball per group

Instructions:

Partner 1 starts with the ball with partner 2 behind them

Partner 1 tries to dribble through the gates for a point

Partner 2's objective is to steal the ball and now become the attacker dribbling through gates for points

Coaching Points:

Poke the ball using the front foot (one closet the ball)

Lock the ankle

Weight is on the back foot

Toe pointed down

Progressions:

Make gates bigger or smaller based on success of tackles

P: Bigger for more challenging to tackle

R: Small for more opportnities to tackle

Keep score, rotate partners

Conditioned Game (25 mins)

Organization:

24x16 area

3 teams

Instructions:

3 teams play against each other

When a team stops the ball on the end line in between dribbling gates, they then maintain possesion and go the other direction to score while the losing team leaves the field and the team in waiting now comes on to defend.

Team on standby must stand at a red cone, ready to come on.

Team with most points after a set amount of time wins.

Coaching Points:

Close down attacker quickly from an angle

Poke the ball using the front foot (one closet the ball)

Lock the ankle

Weight is on the back foot

Toe pointed down

Progressions:

P- Can stop ball anywhere on end line

P- Can dribble across end line