Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): being aggressive: dribble/shield/shoot to score goals

Warm Up - Shadow Tag - 5 minutes

Equipment

- Half field and all players

Organization

- Pair up all players

- Game of tag where one play is "it" and chases partner for 30 seconds and tags them as many times as possible in the time period.

- Players then switch roles

Key Coaching Points

-Be quick and work to get away

-Jukes and fakes to create space

Circle M Shooting - 10-15 minutes

Equipment

-Cones, bag of balls and one goal

-Line of cones starting on goal/ end line and arcing back towards goal.

Organization

-Players start with the ball and dribble outside the cones and shoot on goal

- Retrieve ball and switch lines

Key Coaching Points

- Striking with laces

- Pushing ball ahead enough to strike, but not too far

- Pick a target or side and aim for it

- Players dribble close trying to use outside foot for dribbling and shooting

Throw ins/finishing

Use This for ExPV 1/21/15

game 1

Equipment

- 8x8 yard grid

- Cones for each play to start from

- Group of balls at top of grid

Organization

- Each player receives a color. he stands at that color cone.

- When color is called, assigned player from throwing team puts both feet down and throws as far as possible across grid. both players then go to goal. player who receives ball looks to shoot quickly before defender can reach him.

- Player who does not win ball works to win it as a defender - if won shoot on goal

- After shot return ball to coach

PROGRESSION: call more than one color at a time.

Key Coaching Points

- Keep feet down on throw ins.

- set ball up wide of body for shot.

- make contact with your laces (have them touch their laces)

-lock ankle

-hit the middle of the ball

-jump and land on striking foot for more power.

- aim planted foot towards target

- plant foot next to ball when shooting (not behind or in front too much)

reminders:

"it's tough to score when you roll the ball straight ahead of you, move it out to the sides at angles".

"bring your leg back before driving it forward to shoot, just like when we throw the ball we bring our arms back then forward, we must also pull our leg back to generate energy for our shot"