Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Turkey Day

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Chris Pedersen

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Name:	Chris Pedersen
City:	Los Angeles
Country:	United States of America
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): American Animals

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American Animals (10 mins)

Organization:

- 20 x 20 yard area, set up as shown

- No balls.

Story/Description:

- When Coach calls out an animal the players must become that animal, making the correct movements and sounds

- The United States has all types of animals!

Coaching Points:

- Keep your head up so that you don’t bump into other animals

- Four legged animals have to move on four legs!

- Don’t forget to make the correct animal sound

Developments:

- You can add gates or cones and have the players go to as many gates/cones as fast as they can.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Collect the Turkeys!

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Collect the Turkeys! (10 mins)

Organization:

1.20 x 20 yard area circle of cones set up in the center, set up as shown

2.4x Pugg Goals (2 Goals is also fine!)

3.Lots of soccer balls

4.Disc cones

Story/Description:

1 Its our job to put the turkeys into their home.

2. You can make it an individual race (steal the bacon), or a team game.

3.Players are split into groups.

4.Players must run into the middle to collect a soccer ball from the pool

5.When all the soccer balls are gone each player must count to see how many soccer balls they have.

Coaching Points:

1.Get the ball as close as you can

2.No hands when collecting the ball from the pool

Developments:

1.Set a time limit – Players now only have 1 minute

2. Add 'Wolf' to steal the balls from the mouths and return them to the middle.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Turkey Tag

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Turkey Tag (10 mins)

Organization:

Game starts with one Turkey!

All the balls are in a goal/sideline.

Turkey has a ball at their feet.

Instructions:

The turkey is trying to turn all of the soccer players into turkeys!

They turn the players into turkeys by passing a ball into the feet of a player.

Players are running away.

Last player left wins

Coaching Points/Questions:

Head up.

Small touches.

Players are trying to look every direction.

Don't stop moving.

Regressions/Progressions:

Start with multiple turkeys.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Gobble Gobble

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Gobble Gobble (15 mins)

Organization:

1.20 x 20 yard area set up as shown

2.10 players

3.1 ball per player

Story/Description:

1.Somebody has let all the turkeys (players) out

2.It is the Farmers (coach) task to catch (tag) all the turkeys.

3.If the farmer catches you, you become a farmer too

4.Players must dribble their soccer balls from one safe zone (end line) to the other

5.The game starts each time by the heroes asking ‘Turkey, Turkey, Cross my Thanksgiving?”

Coaching Points:

1.Keep the ball close

2.Head up to observer where the farmer is

3.Head down when dribbling your ball

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Thanksgiving Day Games

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Thanksgiving Day Games (10 mins)

Organization:

Instructions:

Set up the field for a soccer game!

Understanding the rules of soccer can be difficult for children.

Turn everyone into a family and tell them that they are playing soccer on Thanksgiving.

Coaches have to work hard to restart the ball as quickly as possible from their feet because the children will chase the ball when it goes out.

Coaching Points/Questions:

What part of the foot do we use to dribble?

How can we help our team?

Which goal are we trying to score in?

Regressions/Progressions:

If the game is not progressing well or there are too many children fighting for the ball, add multiple balls!

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