Activity 1 (10 min): Tag! Tag! Tag!
Activity 2 (15 min): Freeze Tag
Activity 3 (15 min): Get Outta There
Activity 4 (15 min): Small Sided Games 4v4
Activity 1 (10 min): Tag! Tag! Tag!
Setup: Area of game field. All players start without a soccer ball.
Instructions: Play Tag without a ball. Assign 2 players to be the taggers. Play 1 minute games. Rotate taggers.
1. Ask players to count how many time they get tagged. See if they can improve on that number.
2. Ask players how they avoid being tagged. What can they do to stay away from the tagger….find space….go faster than the taggers…..trick and fake out the taggers by changing directions, etc.
3. Play Tag again, this time all players except taggers have a soccer ball. Play several rounds.
Coaching Points: Keep the ball close, don’t leave ball to avoid taggers. Change directions.
Water Break (2-3 min)
Activity 2 (15 min): Freeze Tag
Setup: Area of game field. All players start with their soccer ball.
Instructions: Players will dribble soccer ball to avoid being tagged by the coach. If a player is tagged they are then frozen and can only be un-frozen by a player with a soccer ball. Coaches will act as taggers to start. Play several rounds of freeze tag.
1. Encourage players to change directions and dribble away from the taggers.
2. Show players a pull back (place foot on top of ball and bull it behind you, then turn with the ball and
dribble in the opposite direction). If players try to do a pull back, then they cannot be frozen.
3. Coach selects 2 players to become taggers. Play several rounds. Players or taggers cannot leave ball to tag or get away. Must keep ball with you at all times.
Coaching points: Have fun and encourage the players to dribble under control while avoiding the taggers. Don’t leave ball. Find the space.
Water Break (2-3 min)
Activity 3 (15 min): Get Outta There
Setup: Within game field. Two small goals on each end. Divide players up to form 2 teams an assign a goal and direction for their team. Play 1v1.
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. To begin, the coach will pass a soccer ball into the field and call number 1. Only the first player in line on each team will go onto the field and play. 1v1. After a goal or out of bounds, the coach yells “Get Outta There!”, and the players return to their team at the back of the line.
1. Continuous play. Always keep a group playing 1v1. Players must be ready to play.
2. Play several minutes, then have multiple 1v1 groups playing. Each group of 1v1 has their own ball.
Coaching points: Have fun and try to keep the kids on the lines ready to play when it is there turn. Play quickly but give them time to rest between turns. Encourage the players to control their ball.
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. Limit 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!