Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): U6 Session 9

U6 Warm-up #3 (10 mins)

Players jog around doing a variety of agility skills:

a) 1 foot hop

b) 2 foot hop

c) Agility around cones

d) Run to a cone and stop

e) Picking Apples

f) 1 hand or two hands touch the grass

g) Log rolls

h) Nate Rolls

i) Backwatds roll

Avoid the giants (10 mins)

Organization:

1 - 30x25 area

2 - 1 ball per player

3 - Coach/ volunteers (giant)

Instructions:

1 Players must avoid the giants and get through the castle grounds

2 - Players that are caught/tagged by the giant must go to the back and dribble through cones before they re-enter.

3 - Giant must kick the soccer ball out the sqaure to capture the players.

Coaching Points:

Play with head up.

Use shoulder feint to create space.

Keep ball close (Messi).

Attack the open space with big touches (Ronaldo).

Turn away from pressure (Giants)

Progressions:

Add more Giants/Reduce width of field

U6 - Game 3v3 New Ball (15 mins)

3 v3 Game - Players play a regular game, when the ball goes out of play coach calls out 'NEW BALL' and the players leave that ball and look for the new ball, directional play.