Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Mini Kick Week 7: Angry Birds

Main Theme 1 (15 mins)

Organization: 8 players (4 blues 4 whites). 13 balls. 5 cones.

Instructions: Blue team aims at the balls in the middle. All fire at the same time. They get a point for every ball they knock off its cone. Then other team goes. First team to 3 points win, then rematch.

Coaching Points: Passing technique - Instep, lock ankle, standing foot aiming at target, follow through, eyes on the ball.

Progressions: Pass from further back, add more balls, weaker foot.

Main Theme 3 (15 mins)

Organization:

1.20 x 20 yard area with a10 x 10 yard area in the center, set up as shown

2.Lots of soccer balls

3.Disc cones

Story/Description: "Backyardigans"

1.Pablo the penguin’s backyard is a mess

2.Before all players can go to Austin’s house for a snack they must first clean up all the mess

3.To do this players must kick the balls into the manhole in the middle of the area

4.The only problem is there is a man in the manhole who keeps kicking the balls back into the Pablo yard!

5.When all the balls are in the manhole the players get to have their snack!

Coaching Points:

1.Look around to make sure all the balls have gone

2.Big kicks to make sure the ball goes all the way down the manhole

Developments:

1.Player can start by throwing the ball into the manhole

2.Then kicking

3.Add a second man in the manhole so players have to work quicker