Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): evaluation - 7 - 8 years old

Passing moves - Go around the cone (15 mins)

Organization:

Put two cones in front of eachother (32 feet) and in the center two different colours cones to create a gate.

Each gate has to have two different colours, so the player knows which side to go (players don't know left/right).

Instructions:

Each player is standing at a cone. The will dribble around the right side of the gate and will end at the opposite cone. The players have to go at the same time (they can say GO to eachother). First let the players just dribble around they gate so they know how the drills works. When they players understand they can do different moves before the gate (the gate is a defender). The players can make a:

- Body Fake

- Sole Role (left to right)

Coaching Points:

- Small touches on the ball, after every step a touch on the ball

- To make a body fake the players have to make a big step to left and then touch the ball with there right to the right side.

- With the sole role they have to put there left foot on top of the ball and role the ball to there right.

If players can do all the moves you can add:

- Scissors

- Step overs

Scrimmage (20 mins)

Organization:

Set up two fields (32ft x 20ft) with two small goals on each side. Play 2 vs 2 or 3 vs 3 scrimmages.

Instructions:

The kids will play scrimmage. When some of the kids don't know the rules go with the whole group over it. When one team scores let the team go back to there own half so attacking have space to build up.

Coaching Points:

- Get all the players involved in the game

- There are no goalies

- Stimulate the kids to make one of the moves of the day