Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): V.A. Elmsford - Ball Control / Passes- W3 (Start Time: 2023-05-01 18:00:00)

WARM-UP (20 mins)

Follow instructions warm-up

LEFT OF THE FIELD

1) The players should listen to the coach and follow instructions.

2) Players should dribble around the field without touching the cones.

3) When the coach dictates the players should put their balls on top of a specific color of cone and follow instructions such as:

- Knees up.

- Jump over "green" cones.

- Legs inward/outward rotation.

- Jumping jacks.

- Moving arms around while jogging.

I will be giving one instruction at a time.

4) When the players followed the coach's instruction for a few seconds I will resume the dribbling around the cones.

VARIABLE: make them pick up a specific color of cones. Keep doing the instructions in the middle until there are no more cones left on the field.

RIGHT OF THE FIELD

1) dibble the ball to the middle of the field ( red cone) and go around it twice until you phase the opposite cone you started and go around that orange cone. Keep doing the same movement until reaching 5 reps.

2) Dribble to the middle cone, fake moving left or right, and pick the opposite site to go through.

3)Dribble the ball to the middle cone and give my teammate a deep pass toward the orange cone.

4) Keep 1 ball between 2 players. Make them do passes starting close and every 1 minute make them go further away from each other until they all reach the orange cones. POINT OUT switching the leg that is receiving and passing the ball. Also, try to control and pass the ball in no more than 3 touches!

VARIANT: make sure they are close to each other -->one player passes the ball with the hands, and the other one lets the ball bounce once and makes a pass to their partner.

CRAB GAME (10 mins)

The coach starts as the "CRAB"

1) The players will dribble the ball from red cone to red cone trying to avoid getting their ball from the "crab"

2) If the "crab" touches the ball and knocks it out of the field the player instantly becomes a crab.

3) The last one left is the winner.

Competition drill (10 mins)

I WILL BE DOING THIS EXERCISE FROM LAST CLASS since I did not have the number of players required to do it so.

1) The players must run to the pole and do afull turn around with their head on top of it or until the coach says ( I mightincorporate the whistle to let them know when to stop and go)

2) they must run to the first cone and grab one ball and dribblezigzag and place their ball on the opposite side, following their color patterncones. ( Make two team colors in this case red and yellow).

3) After finishing run through the middle of the exercise andsit behind your last teammate.

Cool-down

Full body stretching

* Make sure the players are stretching properly

* Ask how everyone is feeling.

* Ask for players feedback about the session

* Do the CHANT! Game Changer's 4life!