Tues. Apr. 15, 6:30P, Irish Dome
We will be working on the skills of:
offensive and defensive heading

**Warm-Up
players in pairs - "ribbon" warm-up
1. 1-touch pass
2. foot volley
3. head volley

**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

**assist and shoot
1. players in 2 lines outside of 6-yd box, coach at each side of the box, balls at
side of box
2. 1st player from each line moves into box
3. coach tosses to 1 player who heads to 2nd player, who scores
4. move to end of line
coaching points: eyes on ball, headed pass needs to arc - not line drive, know where your
teammate it, headed shot directed downward

**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