Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): U4-U5 Session Plans - Week Six

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Allan Siwela

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Name:	Allan Siwela
City:	Medicine Hat
Country:	Canada
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Red light, Green light

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Red light, Green light (5 mins)

Set up:

Each player with a ball, lined up on one side of the field

Organization: The coach has a red and green cone, on the coaches shout of green light/hold up green cone, players dribble out onto road looking to make it to the other end. When the coach says red light, players stopand put their foot on top of the ball. Once all the players have made it to the other side, they turn around and come back.

Coaching Points:

Head up, keep the ball close, small, quick touches with the pinky toe.

Progressions:

Coach does not say anything, players have to keep their head up.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Nuts & Squirrels

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Nuts & Squirrels (15 mins)

Organization:

1. Teams are divided into 4 groups – each group is given a different coloured pinnie and all of the balls are positioned in the middle square.

2. On coach’s command, 1 player from each group (with parent) collects a ball (nut) from the middle with their feet. Player dribbles theball back to their assigned team square (nest)

3. Next player (with parent) can go when the ball is stopped in the nest.

4. When the coach stops the game, the team with the most nuts in their nest wins the game.

Progressions:

a) Easier – Instead of dribbling the ball players uses hands

b) Harder–One player from each group is allowed to steal a ball from the other team’s squares

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Numbers Game

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Numbers Game (10 mins)

Set Up:

Set up two small goals at either end of the field, all the balls with the coach in the middle. Split the group into two groups and number 1-3/4 depending on numbers

Organization:

The coach will shout out a number, eg 1, player number 1 from each group then come out to get a ball and score on the other end. Start by playing in two balls then progress to 1.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Shark Atack

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Shark Atack (10 mins)

Split the group into two. One group with a ball start at one end and the other group at the opposite end without a ball.

Objective is for the players to dribble from the beach into the sea using different parts of the foot.

When the coach shouts ‘Shark Attack!’ – group without the ball look to steal the ball.

Player with the ball has to turn and get back to the safety of the beach. When the player loses their ball, they join their parents as the sharks.