Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Ball Mastery & Passing

Warm up (10 mins)

Organization:

*each player has their own 4x4 square

*players will bring their water and their ball to their square 

Description:

*players begin with movement activities within their square to warm up

*coaches will call out and demonstrate movements:

• Fly like a bird
• Crabwalk
• Hop like a frog
• Bear crawl
• Fast like a cheetah
• Tall like a giraffe
• Hop like a bunny
• Slither like a snake

Ball Mastery (5 mins)

Organization:

*each player has their own 4x4 square

*players will bring their water and their ball to their square 

Description:

*work in 5min breaks to practice skills

• Sole roll
• Roll behind standing leg
• Turn
• Inside touches
• TicTok
• L & V turns

Passing (15 mins)

Organization:

*each player has their own 4x4 square

*place a tall cone in middle of channel for players to knock over with a pass

*OR place a ball on a cone and players look to knock the ball off with a pass

*1 ball per group? everyone with a ball - see what works best

Description:

*players will look to pass the ball across the channel, looking to knock the ball of the cone

*each time the ball gets knocked off, that player gets 1 point

*when the player receives the ball, they must dribble around one on the cones behind the, and then attempt to hit the cone in the middle. perhaps set up 3 or four cones as targets.

*important that coaches replace the ball and not the players

Coaching points:

*surface area - inside, outside, laces, heel?

*wind up and follow through of kicking leg

*follow through to target - point foot to ball as you strike it

*eyes on ball as kicking

*balance on standing leg