Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Block 2 - Week 2 - Aliens

Full Session

Assistants to be alert at all times & encourage participation from all players. Group sizes maybe big so coach needs to be loud, energetic & organised.

Bring players in to say that they will be going on an adventure into space, ask who lives in space & eventually get the answer Aliens out of them. They are going to be Aliens exploring space.

What do aliens look like?

Organisation 

Use all of sports hall, or coned area to start with nothing in the middle

Warm up

Everybody moving without a ball around the hall - different type of movement - skip, jog, side to side etc

If the coach shouts star = run fast

If the coach shouts Astronaut = run slow - make sure to ask players why & coach to demonstrate how astronauts can only walk slow

Orbit - Run around in circles - make sure its a big circle so player don't get dizzy

Introduce ball for the warm up 

Star - Dribble fast

Astronaut - Toe Taps

Orbit - Dribble round in circles

Coaching points - 

Close control, small touches, use both feet, change direction, scanning for other players, using different parts of the foot

Session Setup 

Using the same area, add 4 goals around the side 

Each player needs a ball & a cone

Chief Alien to give each player a spaceship (ball) and their own planet (cone)

Aliens go & place their planet anywhere inside the area & give each planet a name

Alien to do 10 toe taps to let other aliens know where their planet is

Chief Alien will then set out a challenge - how many planets can the aliens visit in a certain amount of time

Aliens are not allowed to crash their spaceship's into other spaceships

Once they reach another planet, they have a little walk on each planet - 4 toe taps = walking

When Chief Alien shouts - Home Planet all aliens must return to their original planets

Progressions to build up -

Rockets = Coach to shout rockets & all players have to grab spaceships & fall to the floor so the rocket doesn't hit them

Sun = Coach to shout too close to the sun and aliens have to change direction - ask players why they cant go too close to the sun

Satellites = Coach to shout satellites aliens must use there spaceships to stop new satellites entering their area - score a goal in any goal - tell aliens that is where they live & they don't like satellites

Coaching Points - 

Striking at goal, listening skills, close control, reactions, changing directions, using different parts of foot, scanning for space & other players.

*Coach must build up the session slowly, make players believe they are in space & be very energetic throughout to keep players engaged. Adaptions or extras can be added to session if needed.

Players will be ready to move into games at this points - to keep the theme going, team names can be space related.