Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): HYSC Week 8 Development Program Team Training Copa America tournament

HYSC Copa America (75 mins)

Organization:

• Field set up for Copa America Centenario (Eastchester 6/11)

• For each hour all players are split up and randomly combine to form teams from Copa America

• Play 3v3 (prefereably) or 4v4 if numbers require

Instructions:

• Middle area, with tall orange cones are where each team returns after each round of games.

• Middle area is also where scores for each game will be collected

• Metlife Stadium is where the championship game will be played each hour

• Each team will get 1 point for a loss, 2 points for a tie and 3 points for a win,

• Teams also get bonus points for getting back to their cone in the middle first and in line in a SAFE way

• Each team must select a team that is participating in Copa America if they cant think of one we will help them (see the list of particiapting teams below)

• Winning team will get to hoist a trophy, while the other teams applaud

Teams participating in the Copa America

GROUP A

Columbia

USA

Costa Ria

Paraguay

GROUP B

Peru

Brazil

Ecuador

Haiti

GROUP C

Venezuela

Mexico

Jamaica

Uruguay

GROUP D

Panama

Argentina

Bolivia

Chile

Coaching Points:

• Reinforce topics from the season

• Be fans and bring in commentary or real life information when possible

• Bring positive, specific information/feedback when players perform skills we have worked on this season

Restart & team shape

the restart this week will start with a kick in and go live straight away. Team shape will be based on a 3v3 or 4v4 format pick the best formation to bring out the below principles of play this examples on diagrams above.

HYSC DP week 8 Principle of play!

principal of play will be creativity, penetration,width, depth, length try to base your game stoppages around these two principles and recreate a realistic game situation when you see a time where they could of used it in the game.