Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Age 6: Session 2, Block 1

Warm Up (5 mins)

Organization:

Make Pitch 10 x 20 Yards

Each Player with a ball

Instructions:

Game of Simon Say's (Use as Intro or Warm Up activity)

Touch your head, Touch your toes, Touch your knees, Jumping over ball,

Touch the ball with Head, Knee, Laces... etc

Be creative and make it fun

Introduce Basic Ball Mastery: Toe Taps, Drag Back.... ect

Coaching Points:

Listening Skills and Ability

Space awareness

Basic Ball Mastery

Progressions:

Introduce various movements with the ball

Game 2 (5 mins)

Activity - Paint the Field

Organization:

- 10 x 20 yard

- Each player with a ball

Instructions:

- Pretend the ball is a paintbrush and wherever it rolls on the ground, it

paints that area.

- The task is to paint as much of the area as possible in the time

allotted by dribbling their soccer balls all over the grid.

Coaching Points:

- Keep ball close

- Use laces

- Jog/run, do not walk

Progressions:

- Paint with only their left foot/right foot.

Game 4 (10 mins)

Treasure Chest

Organization:

1. 20 x 20 yard area setup

2. Players divided into 4 groups

3. Combination of pinnies, balls, cones used as treasures

Instructions:

- Players (Pirates) aim is to gather as many treasures as possible

- 1 pirate at a time from each of the 4 corner runs to the center of the field for a treaure and return to their corner. (A Relay).

- The group or team with the most treasures at the end of the treasure hunt...WINS

- Each ball retrieved is worth 2 treasures.

Coaching Points:

Head up to observe other players

Head up to locate their corner

Head up to encourage decision making with/without the ball

Progressions:

If player selects a ball as a treasure, the player must dribble and pass the ball to a team mate before the other player can run to t he center of the field for a treasure.