Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Spring Camp: Thursday U8+

Arrival Games (5 mins)

Set-up: Support coaches / Match play fields.

Organization: Players participate in small sided games when they arrive to the field. Increase players on the field as players arrive. Begin at 1V1 and progress to 5V5. If a field is maxed out start to fill a new field. Aim to keep similar aged players together. Coaches should participate as they complete field set-up.

Tag (10 mins)

Set-up: Each lead coach sets-up inside or use the same space as ball mastery.

Organization: Donkey Tails. Players tuck a pinnie into their shorts / pocket. Player try to steal and collect others tails / pinnies. The game ends when there are no more pinnies to steal. Whoever has accumulated the most pinnies is declared the winner. 

Progression: Play with only off / weak hand.

Capture the Flag (20 mins)

Set-up:

We will look to do it in combined groups. We will divide all players into 4 group, 2 groups will Play Capture the Flag on one side and other 2 groups on other side. Later we will split each of those groups again, to have our 8 Jamboree teams (we will use the spaces between Jamboree Fields for this game, see yellow zone of Jamboree activity)

Organization: Capture the 'Flag'. Two even teams. Capture the opposition 'Flag' and bring it back to own teams half. If a player is tagged on the opposition half they are placed in jail. Players can free one player at a time from jail. If you tag a teammate in jail both individuals get a free walk back to own half. If a player is carrying the opposition flag and is tagged the flag is returned back to the starting position. The will have a free space around it where opposition players can stand in the opposite half without being tagged.