U7Practice05

Practice Plan 05

:00 - :05 Free Dribbling and Juggling

:05 - :13 Speed - Magic Cone

:13 - :18 Passing - Intro

:19 - :25 Passing - Golf Balls on cones

:35 - :45 2 v 1 Return to goal and pass

:45 - :55 Scrimmage

extra: Dribbling Gates With Bandits

Description:

Speed - Magic Cone (Boys): Divide team into five or more rows (never more than 3 or 4 athletes per row). Coach stands about 20 yards away and holds a cone. When coach elevates the cone first group runs forward. When coach lowers the cone, the group runs backwards. When coach twirls cone around, the players do a 360. Continue until players run through and start the next row.

Passing - Intro, Inside Foot: Create a 20 x 10 yard grid. Have half the players line up along one side of the 20 yard length and have the others line up opposite them. Give the players along one side a ball and demonstrate a good pass with the plant foot pointed at the target and the strike foot perpendicular to provide a wide and flat surface. Have the players pass back and forth using the inside foot…trapping the ball when they receive it and then passing it back. You can make it a game and see how many they can do in a certain period of time.

Passing - With Bells: Create a 20 x 10 yard grid. Have half the players line up along one side of the 20 yard length and have the others line up opposite them. The first player does 4 Bells with the ball and then passes to his/her teammate.

The receiving player does 4 Bells and passes it back. You can make it a game and see how many they can do in a certain period of time.

Juggling: All players with a soccer ball in their hands drop the ball down and try to kick it back up to their hands. Players will try to use their thighs and feet to keep the ball in the air.

Coach: Have the players count how many times they touch the ball before it hits the ground.

Dribbling Gates With Bandits: Keep ball close In a 20x25 yard grid, set up many gates (two cones ? Changing direction about 2 yards apart). Select two players to be the “Bandits”. They will try to dispossess the players ? Acceleration after going through a gate while trying to score points by dribbling through the

Decision making gates. When the bandit steals the soccer ball, the player who lost the ball becomes the bandit. 1v1 defending