Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Land Park Session #1 Dribbling

Technical Warm-up (20 mins)

Organization:

20x20 area (size varies based upon numbers)

Every player with a ball

Instructions:

PART 1

Each player has a ball, they will use different surfaces of the foot and different dribbling techiques to reach 50 touches-First player to 50 wins. Lose 1 point if you run into another player. Lose 1 point if your ball goes outside of the area.

--"How can we get to 50 faster"

--"How could you find space that is open"

--"Why is open space good?"

PART 2

Same space and set up as before only now there are 2 defenders, defnders are holding a pinnie, they tag and attacker by throwing their pinnie at the ball, if they hit the ball, the attacker becomes the tagger and the tagger becomes the attaacker The goal is to avoid being tagged.

Optional Scoring system

Each player starts with 10 points, if they get tagged they lose a point, goal is to end with 10 points.

Coaching Points:

1) Identifying gaps in defense to penetrate

2) Identifying defenders position (part 2)

3) Recognize how to protect the ball-(Position the body in between the ball and opponent)

Progressions:

P-Add more taggers/defenders

P-Decrease size of area

R- Take away defenders

Red,Green,Yellow Light W/ Police officer (10 mins)

Organization:

25x25 grid

Red Cones on one side to represent starting point (home) and orange cones on the far side is the end zone "

Instructions:

Players must travel from home (yellow cones) to end zone (Orange cones) without being caught by the Police officer (coach)

Players can only move when coaches hold up different stop lights

-Red (stop ball)

-yellow (messi touch-close control tiny touches)-changing direction

-Green (ronaldo touch-running with the ball longer touches)-Straight line

if spotted moving by the Police officer when RED light goes up he/she must go back home (Yellow cones)

Coaching Points:

Improve motor skills and have kids work on stopping their body immediately.

Introduce head up dribbling - kids must keep eyes on coach to know when to freeze, while completing various tasks (picking up pennies, dribbling around candy shops in different directions)

- observe all the space/objectives within Candy Land

Close control with their ball during each time across the grid.

Progressions:

Introduce Candy Land - Coaches lay area with candy (pennies) and players must pick up their favorite candies up on the way to candy land.

- picking up candy (scattered pennies)

- dribbling around candy shops (different colored cones) throughout the area