Tues. Mar. 13, 8P, Hayes arena
We will be working on the skills of:
Juggling and Proper Striking of the ball

**Intro - this is our first practice - U12C3 - some new some returning players
 - Each player introduce himself - name, grade, school, best movie they saw lately

**Equipment - be sure that every player has: light colored shirt, shorts/sweats,
shin guards, soccer socks, cleats/indoor shoes/sneakers (TIED!), ball, water

**Take off your shoes, socks and shinguards!!!!

**Striking the ball (from Jeff Pill's Drills)
1. striking the ball (sitting)
 - sit on floor, both feet on floor, knees inside arms, holding ball
 - lightly kick ball out of hands, straight up, about 2 feet, then catch
coaching points: toe pointed, ankle locked, strike w/ "laces" part,
ball should top spin or no spin - avoid backspin
 - repeat, both feet
 - try 2 consecutive taps

2. striking the ball (standing)
 - punt ball out of hands, straight up, 6-7 ft in the air, then catch
coaching points: as above
 - next: let ball bounce and then kick again
 - see how many you can get in a row
 - next: drop ball (bounce), then strike against wall - low line drive - strike
 ball on the way down

**shinguards, socks and shoes back on!

3. striking the ball (sitting)
 - as before

4. striking the ball (standing)
 - as before

**Practice these techniques!

**Juggling (from footy4kids.co.uk)
1. hold ball out in front, drop to floor, tap ball with foot back up into hands
(bounce, foot, catch)
 - repeat
coaching points: don't "strike" ball, think about "catching" ball with foot and tossing
up
 - try both feet
2. bounce, foot, bounce, foot, catch
 - see how many bounce, foot you can do in a row
3. drop ball and tap (foot, catch)
4. foot, bounce, foot, catch
 - see how many foot, bounce, foot, bounce, you can do in a row (end with catch)
5. bounce, foot, foot, catch
 - foot juggling contest
 - can juggle with thigh and head
 - practice!!!!!

**Shooting on goal relay race
1. players in 2 groups.  1 group races at a time.
2. split group into 2 groups, one 10 yds from goal (passer), one near midfield (shooter).
3. Go - 1 at a time, players from mid line run forward to receive a pass from the other
line.  Player must 1-touch the ball into goal from 20 yds out, retrieve the ball and go
to the end of passer line.  passer goes to end of shooter line.
4. only 1 shooter may be shooting at a time.  record total goals scored in 2 min.
5. next: add small goal - 1 pt for big goal/2 pts for small goal.
coaching points: eye on ball, plant foot next to ball, toe pointed, foot stiff,
 ankle locked, proper striking surface, head down, follow through

**If time remains, 7v6 scrimmage to open goal (or with 1 keeper).  If D steals must
get ball past "back-court line".
coaching points: have fun, communicate, move