Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): 2006 HS Boys 03.04.2024 Inferno Chicago

Active Warmup (15 mins)

Phase 1:Simple foot skills to get the legs moving and have the ball moving at all times. After the ball is played, players are doing stretches/mobility designated by the coach

Phase 2: We incorporate the cones and hurdles after the ball is played to advance the movements and increase the tempo to about 70-80 %

Phase 3: We can manipulate the exercises by increasing difficulty based on the players' skill. Here we want to optimize dynamic movements and 90-95% exertion on each exercise to be ready for another - game like activity

Note: Activities and equipment may be tweaked as necessary. the idea here is to provide a proper warm-up of :

 -Mobility

 -High Twitch Muscle fibers

 -Attention

 -Reaction

 -Feeling of the ball

Practice Activity (25 mins)

Phase 1: 1vs 1s with transitions.

The player plays the ball across to start that game. Once the ball is shot, the player from the nearest goal starts right away attacking the opposing goal.

The main point is to finish the ball in under 5 seconds and transition to defend your own goal. Most goal wins. 

*Optional, The losing team does some kind of strength endurance- Lunges/Startjumps/Burpees, The Winning team does half of that and or collects the equipment

Phase 2: Expand to 1 vs 1, then 2 vs 1. Player scores and then has to defend a 2 vs 1. After the 2vs 1 the player that shot the ball stays and defends