Sat. Apr. 14, 1P, Hayes arena
We will be working on the skills of:
offensive and defensive heading

**Warm-Up
30x30 grid, all players dribbling and moving.
Warm-up moves:
1.      inside/inside
2.	inside/outside
3.	outside/inside
4.	laces
5.	laces tap-tap
6.	Toe touches moving forward alternating feet
7.	Toe touches moving backwards alternating feet.
8.	Side hop rolls moving forward, first right foot then back with left.
9.	Outside foot touches with "fast feet" between touches. 
practice moves:
1.	cut
2.	Lunges. 
3.	Pull V's, alternating feet.
4.	Scissors.
5.	Double scissors.
6.	Fake kick and push outside and Fake kick with cut inside.
7.	Rivelino (reverse scissors, outside push)
8.	Matthews (in/out) - Fake Matthews (in/fake out/continue) - Reverse Matthews
 (out/in).
9.	Half Preki (out-in pull across, kick with inside of other foot) and Preki
 (pull across, step over, step, kick)

**offensive heading
1. players in groups of 3, 1 ball per 3 players
2. toss, head, catch, repeat
3. offensive header is downward, line drive
coaching points: eyes on ball, movement starts at waist, move arms away from strike,
strike the ball (don't let the ball strike you), push through the ball

**defensive heading
1. spread out
2. header is up and away
coaching points: look up, lean upper body back (wind up), move arms downward

**hot potato relay
1. players in 2 lines
2. one player moves ahead 5 yds, faces line, and is the tosser
3. tosser tosses ball to first player who heads (defensive) back
4. first player moves to back of line.  continue.  switch tossers.
5. once players get the hang of this, have a relay race.
6. next: tosser tosses to 1st player who heads back, then tosser heads to 2nd
player who heads back, etc.  Play continues until ball hits the ground, then change
tossers.  Count max number of consecutive heads or total heads in 2 min.
coaching points: eyes on ball, balance, move from waist

**Test
1. server/coach at 6yds in front of goal, player at 18 yds, all balls in goal.
2. server serves ball so that player can head between the 12 and 18 yd line
3. player attempts to head ball into goal
4. after attempt, players goes to end of line
5. quickly move through entire team, each player gets three attempts
6. record the score for each player

**header endzone game
1. 40x30 grid w/ 5 yd end-zones
2. move ball: toss, head, catch, repeat
3. D may use hands
4. score by completing toss, head, catch to teammate in endzone