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Adem Poric
Name: Adem Poric
City: Gold Coast
Country: Australia
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Dribbling

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Dribbling (15 mins)

THE SESSION: Pirates Of The Caribbean

Set Up: 10x15

Each player has a ball within the area

Each side of the area is a part of the pirate ship (use different colour cones if possible)

All the pirates dribble around the deck until the captain (the coach) calls out part of the ship

All pirates must dribble to that part of the ship and stop their ball

The last pirate to reach that side of the ship must do a forfeit (star jumps, toe taps ect)

The captain can also call out the following for the pirates to preform:

Scrub the deck = ball shuffles

Climb the rigging - toe taps

Clear the desk = flick the ball in the air

Captain on board = stop the ball and saulte the captain

Cannonball = sit down on the ball

Progressions:

Have one angry pirate in the middle of the area who tries to kick other pirates balls of the ship

Key Messgaes:

Keep head up

Ball close to body

Change of direction

Change of pace


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Dribbling

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Dribbling (15 mins)

THE SESSION: Chain Gang

Set Up: 10x15 x 2

Have 2-4 groups depending on numbers

Each team has a starter cone, a ball and a cone to run around

The first player dribbles around the cone and back to their team

This player then links arms with the next player in the team

They repeat this until every player is in the chain and they have

The whole team must get around the cone and back without breaking the chain

Progressions:

Every player must touch the ball when within the chain

Go backwards - every player down to one

Key Messages:

Teamwork

Close control

Communication


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Passing

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Passing (15 mins)

THE SESSION: Space Wars

Set Up: 20x20

Divide the group into two teams, every player with a ball each , both teams in different bibs

Both teams are a fleet or star fighters and stand on their launch pads

On the coaches ball the fleets leave their lauch pads and start to attack each other

To score you must kick your ball to knock an opponents ball out into space (out the area) whilst keeping your ball in the area

If your ball leaves the area you have been shot down and must leave the area

At the end of the battle the fleet with the most remaining star fighters are the winners

Progressions:

You can hit the ball or the opponent below the knee to get them out

Key Messages:

Accuracy of pass

Weight of pass

Close control

Awareness of opponents


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Passing

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Passing (15 mins)

THE SESSIONS: Earth v Mars

Set Up: 15x15

Spilt the group in half, one group are astronauts on planet earth and the other aliens from mars

Have the astronauts wear a space suit (a bib)

All the aliens have a lazer each (a ball), all other balls in the planet mars corner

The astronauts must run around the area avoiding the alients

The alients try to hit them with their lazer below the knee

If a astronaut gets hit, he takes off his space suit and gets a lazer from planet mars

The astronauts are allowed back on planet earth for 3 seconds at a time

Key Messages:

Side foot

Weight of pass

Awareness of space

Change of direction and speed


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Turning

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Turning (15 mins)

THE SESSION: Three Little Piggies

Set Up: 15x15 Triangle

Corner of three corners of the area as the pigs house and place a pig (a guard inside)

All other players are wolves and they have a ball each

The wolves must try to dribble into a pigs house and turn out to get a point

The pig must squash the wolves ball to stop them

If the wolf has his ball squashed, he must leave the area and preform a skill move our action (10 toe taps) to get back into the square

Rotate the pigs every two minutes

Turns to preform: *coach to show the players two turns they can use depending on age and ability*

Drag back/cruyff

V turn

Outsidehook

Insidehook

Stop turn

Progression:

Add one angry pig into the middle of the area who tries to kick the wolves balls out of the area

Key Messages:

Close control

Preform turn with pace

Awareness of space to preform turn

Checking shoulder


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Turning

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Turning (15 mins)

THE SESSION: Around The Clock

Set Up: 15x15-20x20 Circle

All the players start in pairs and stand at a cone, one player with a ball and one without

The first player dribbles around the outside of the circle

On the coaches call the player dribbles into the middle, preforms a turn and must find their player on the outside

First player back to their partner is the winner

The players now swap over

Play a couple of rounds before the progression

Progression:

The first player dribbles around the area, they can now tap any player on the shoulder

Once they tap a player on the shoulder they must dribble into the middle box whilst the player they tapped chases them into the box

Once in the box they preform a turn before returning to the cone before the other player, if they beat them to the outside they get a point

Key Messages:

Drive at pace

Preform turn quickly

Awareness of space and partner


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