Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Carmel United U7 Session 2 (Start Time: 2016-04-19 17:30:00)

Tag Games (5 mins)

Organization:

1 - 30x30

2 - 2 taggers

Instructions:

1 - Turtle Tag - 3 turtle taggers have 1 minute to try and tag as many players as possible. If tagged players lay on their back like a turtle.

2 - Players who havn't been tagged push the turtle(player) onto their front and now they are back in the game.

1 - Banana Tag - 3 Taggers have 1 minute to try and tag as many players as possible. If tagged players turn into a banana and stand with the their hands in the air pushed together.

2 - Players who havn't been tagged peel the banana (players hands) and now they are back in the game.

1 - Shower Tag - 3 Taggers have 1 minute to try and tag as many players as possible. Once tagged the players turn into a shower.

2 - Players who havn't been tagged save the tagged players by washing under their shower.

Coach

1 - change of direction

2 - head up

3 - change of speed

Bank Robbers (10 mins)

Dribbling - MINI KICKS - Bank Robbers

Organisation:

30x40 area with 4 5x5 squares in each corner.

Plenty of balls

Instructions:

At coach command players must run to the middle to retrieve a ball and dribble back to their corner. Upon return, next teammate runs to do the same.

Once all balls are all gone, team with the most in their corner wins.

Progression: Allow dribbling with single foot adding a move (feint, roll, etc.)

Regression: Allow dribbling with either foot.

Competitive: How many can your team retrieve?

Coaching points:

Outside (pinky-toe) for close control.

Laces for fast, longer distance dribbling.

Head up to locate your corner and avoid other players

Toy Story Run (25 mins)

Organization:

1.15 x 20 yard area set up a shown

2.10 players set up as shown

3.10 balls (add in progression)

Learning Outcomes:

- Agility

- Balance

- Physical Awareness

- Spatial Awareness

Story/Description:

1.Lots-O (Coach) has captured all the toys (players) and has them locked up under the watchful eye of Baby

2.The Monkey on guard (Parent with two cones as cymbals) watches for any movement from the toys.

3.If the Monkey sees any of the toys move they should sound the alarm (Monkey noise and smashes the cones together)

4.When the alarm sounds all toys have to get from one side of the area to the other, without getting caught by Lots-O

5.If a toy is caught they help Lots-O get all the other toys

6.Toys escape from a new area each time until they are free!

Coaching Points:

1.Move really fast to get past Lots-O

2.Change your speed and direction

3.Keep your head up

Developments:

1.P - Toys are required to use R.C the car (ball) to get past Lots-O