Warm-Up (5 min): Pick Up Soccer
Activity 1 (10 min): Doctor Doctor
Activity 2 (10min): 1v1, 2 goal game
Activity 3 (15 min): Numbers Game - Sharks & Minnows
Activity 4 (15 min): Small Sided Games 4v4
Warm-Up (5 min): Pick Up Soccer
As players arrive, divide them up and let them play!
Activity 1 (10 min): Doctor Doctor
Setup: 1/2 game field. Divide players into 2 teams. Coach picks 1 player from each team to be a Doctor. All players except the Doctors has a ball. Create (2) 2x2yd boxes on each end of area. This is the Doctor safe area.
Instructions: The objective is for each team to freeze their opponents by passing the soccer ball into their lower legs/feet. Below the knee only! Frozen players should call out to the Doctor to unfreeze them. The only way for a frozen player to be un-frozen is for the Doctor to leave their safe area and tag the frozen player, but if the Doctor is hit with a ball he is frozen. Game over then. Pick two new Doctors and play again. Play 4 or 5 rounds.
1. If players loose their ball, they are frozen. Keep ball close at all times.
Coaching Points: Ball control. Do not leave ball to avoid being hit. Be tricky and creative to avoid the other team.
Activity 2 (10min): 1v1, 2 goal game
Setup: 10x15 grid with small goals on each end line. 1/2 players at center on one side, 1/2 on the other side. Two playing, others resting. Coach has all soccer balls on the side.
Instructions: Coach starts play by distributing ball to attacker on opposite side of grid. Attacker has option to attack either goal and can constantly change direction of play/attack. Play continues until goal is scored by either player or goes out of bounds. Rotate sides.
Coaching Points: Use inside or outside touch to turn away from pressure and dribble into space.
Activity 3 (15 min): Numbers Game - Sharks & Minnows
Setup: 1/2 of game field. Two goals on the sides.
Instructions: All players have a ball except for 1 shark. Coach is also a shark to start. Minnows start at one end of the grid. Sharks on the opposite line. Minnows try to cross to the other side without losing possession of their ball. The sharks defend their area by trying to steal the minnows’ ball. Once a ball is stolen, the sharks must dribble it into one of the goals. If a minnow looses ball, they can try to steal it back from the shark before it gets into the goal. Minnows who successfully dribble across the sharks’s line go back for round two. Each minnow who loses their ball will join the sharks. Last minnow with a ball is the winner. Play two or three rounds.
Coaching points: Keep soccer ball close and under control. Don’t leave ball to avoid being caught by a shark. Players must turn away from pressure into space. Sharks do not just kick ball away, they control it!
Activity 4 (15 min): Small Sided Games 4v4
Setup: Entire soccer field, divide players up to form 2 or 3 teams of 4
Instructions: Rotate players/teams out every few minutes
Coaching Points: Encourage players to control the ball, do not just kick it.