Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Pirate Session

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Steven Drew

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Name:	Steven Drew
City:	Las Vegas
Country:	United States of America
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Description

3-5 year olds petite session

teaching the abc's of soccer

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Walking the plank

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Walking the plank

Organization:

1 area (20 x 30), Area also has additional channel (Plank)

Instructions:

Players are told that the coaches used to be Pirates before they were coaches and that they own their own pirate ship. Players are told that they are going to train to be a pirate on this ship.

Players are walked down the plank to start with and play the game "On the plank, in the sea"

If players mess up they then have to climb the rope (10 toe taps to get back into the game)

Coaching Points:

Working on spatial awareness

Working on balance

Progressions:

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Pirate training

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Pirate training

Organization:

Same as previous

Instructions:

As players enter the ship they are given a parrot (the soccer ball) which must stay with them at all times. Players are told to explore the ship but are not allowed to go into captains den (circle in middle of area.

On coaches command players players do chores around the boat

1. Scrub decks

2. Hoist the sail

3. Come to attention - Captain on board

4. Under attack - Sword fight

The captain then goes for a nap and the 1st mate who is a mute then takes over. All commnads are now visual instead of verbal.

Coaching Points:

Balance

Co-ordination

Spatial awareness

Picking head up

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Getting ready for war

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Getting ready for war

Organization:

Same as previous but with 4 goals, if noy you can have tall cones.

Instructions:

Pirates are now told they have graduated and have their own ship (pug goals in the corner).

1. Black pearl

2. HMS Interceptor

3. Queen Anne's Revenge

4. Pirate Armada

The 1st thing they need to do is collect cannon balls. Players take it in turns to run into the area to grab a soccer ball and put it on their ship. Once all the balls have gone the game stops

Coaching Points:

Players are now able to steal soccer balls from other ships once all of the soccer balls have gone.

Progressions:

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Pirate war

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Pirate war

Organization:

Same as previous.

Instructions:

Now that players have all their cannon balls it is going to be a pirate war.

Players have to dribble into the middle and look to sink other pirate ships. 1st ship to have 5 cannon balls on board will sink. Game restarts and the pirates on that ship continue but that ship is turned over.

Coaching Points:

Awareness

Passing technique

Progressions:

Balls come from coach and the number of balls changes every round.

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