Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): HYSC Week 5 Development Program Game day Clinic Creativity

Kindergarten Warm up Lion/Coach says (10 mins)

Organization:

30x20 field

1 ball per player

Instructions:

coach performs a skill (dribbling fundamentals) and the players copy

Coaching Points:

Elephant - Dribble slow using pinky or laces and arm swinging down like a trunk as a guid to keep distance and find space but when shooting they use it to aim to the goal they will shoot at.

Cheetah - Bigger touches to move quicker around the square.

Parriot - arms wide using them as wings for ballance and dribblie using inside and outside surfaces changing direction.

Monkey- stop and jump over the ball to turn

1 - Head up to observe space

2 - small touches to keep close control.

3 - bigger touches to move around the square quicker

4- execution of task & listning skills

Progression

Add goals and have the players with inside & laces surfaces

3 v 3 or 4 v 4 small sided game day clinics (50 mins)

Organization:

1. Area size 15 x 20 or 20x30

Instructions:

1. Players split up into teams and play a round robin tournament where all teams play for 8 minute games .

2. players must not step inside the red cone areas infront of goal this will stop goal tending ,the players must shoot from out side the area

Coaching Points:

1. 3 lines of attack, 1 defender, 1 midfielder, 1 forward.

2.Team mates create gaps, can player in possession look to dribble into them.

3.when to Dribble,Pass or Shoot

4.reinforce the characteristics of each foundational player and how the use the foot work with the space they have.

Week 5 Restart & team shape

The restart this week will start with a kick infor Kindergarten-2nd grade coach will demonstrate correct technique for the group, first pass is free. Team shape will be based on a 3v3 or 4v4 format pick the best formation to bring out the below principles of play this examples on diagrams above.

Please Note: for Kindergarten,princaples of play will not be emphesized, we want them to just simpaly play and get to know the basics, like field boundarys Game rules & restarts.in some cases you may be able to teach them more but do this on a case by case bases.

also make the teams animal names and try to find moments in the game to reinforce the animal techniques for individual possession.

Rules

the secondary learning outcome give each team 5 points at the start of the tournament ,they will loose points for bunching up and getting to close to their players. also, they can win points by making a successful pass or move to beat the player. coach will judge .

along with wins 3points draws 2points and losses 1point the team with the most over all points including bonus points will win the tournament at the end of practice.

Week 5 Principle of play!

this weeks principal of play will be creativity looking for players to use their technical skill set they have learned during the season to create initiative moments of brilliance were they can put their moves to the test from wide areas try to base your game stoppages both corrections and positive reinforcement, around this principle of play and recreate a realistic game situation to identify What move to select for the moment ?, when to use the skill ?, were would it be most appropriate ? & Why are they using the skill for ?