Activity 1 (10 min): Speed Limit
Activity 2 (15 min): Sharks Soccer
Activity 3 (15 min): 2v2 to Goal
Activity 4 (15 min): Small Sided Games 4v4
Activity 1 (10 min): Speed Limit
Setup: 1/2 of game field. All players have a soccer ball.
Instructions: Players are dribbling their soccer ball around area. Coach calls out different speeds to dribble: 0 mph = stop, 10 mph = walking, 25 mph = jogging, 50 = running, 100 mph = fast as you can go!
1. Players must try to maintain possession of the ball while changing speeds.
2. Road Block: Coach can act as a road block…players must change directions to avoid the road block.
Coaching Points: ! Keep the ball close while changing speeds. Change directions.
Water Break (2-3 min)
Activity 2 (15 min): Sharks Soccer
Setup: Within game field. All players start without their soccer ball.
Instructions: Coach tells players they are all little fish swimming in the ocean. Stay in the ocean (playing field). You can’t swim on land. What do we do if we see a hungry shark (coach) swim by?
1. Coach will chase players for 1 minute. Ask players how to avoid the hungry shark. Where can they swim to….toward the shark or away and out into open water?
2. Play again, this time all players have their soccer ball. Don’t let the shark get your soccer ball.
3. Play several 1 minute games. Ask questions in between rounds. If a shark is coming, what do you do? Swim faster or slower? Swim near or far away from the shark?
Coaching points: Use guided discovery questions and encourage the kids to use their imagination. Change dribbling speeds and directions based on how close the shark is. !
Water Break (2-3 min)
Activity 3 (15 min): 2v2 to Goal
Setup:
Within game field. Small goals on each end. Divide players up to form 2 teams an assign a goal and direction for their team. Play 2v2.
Instructions:
The coach has all soccer balls on the half line on the side. Players are on each side of the coach & ready to play. When the coach plays a ball on the field, the first two players in each line must run out (1st player must touch his goal), (2nd player must tag assistant coach on the other side of the field) and get possession of ball and try to score on the other teams goal.
1. Continuous play. Always keep a group playing 2v2. Players must be ready to play.
2. Play several minutes, then ask how do you avoid the other team? Dribble to them or away from them?
Coaching points:
Have fun and try to keep the kids on the lines ready to play when it is their turn. Play
quickly but give them time to rest between turns. Encourage players to dribble away from pressure and
into space by changing speeds and changing directions.
Water Break (2-3 min)
Activity 4 (15 min): Small Sided Games 4v4
Setup: Entire soccer field, divide players up to form teams of 4.
Instructions: Coach tells players which direction the are going and which goal they are trying to score on. Play 4v4 soccer. No goal keepers, not throw-ins, no keeping score. Keep the ball in play with quick restarts. Minimize instruction to players but always give lots of praise for good attempts to dribble and control the ball.
Coaching Points: Let the kids PLAY and have FUN!