Offense
Game play
Offense
Game play
talk about previous games
Fakes - why do we fake? (to create space) What are the 2 kinds
of fakes? (speed and direction)
Basic shielding - 2 lines (or as many as will work), one coach,
parent,
or helper facing each line about 5 yds away. Coach passes the
ball to, then
advances on, the first player in line who must then stay (mostly)
in
place and shield/protect the ball for 5 sec. The amount of time
should
be gradually increased. Key point: player should keep
their body between
the ball and the defender.
var 1. After shielding for 5 sec, player must make a good pass to a
teammate.
Get There First -three lines near sideline, about 1/3 up the field.
Go - coach kicksball towards the corner. Players 1 (offense) and 2
(defense) race for the ball and try to "cut off" the other player.
Player 3 (offense) breaks to the center without going off-sides. If
Player 1 gets the ball, try to pass to center. If Player 2 gets the
ball, try to bring it up.
Half-Court with Support - Use the penalty box for the field dimensions.
One
goalie, 2 teams of 4 players, and one support player at the top of the box.
Normal soccer rules apply except:
1. The support player can only move side to side at the top of the box
providing
support to the team with possession.
2. A team, after winning possession, must make at least one pass to the
support
player before attacking the goal.
3. Innacurate passes to the support player results in a restart by the
support
player to the other team.
4. The keeper must throw or kick (goalkicks also) to the team which did
not
have possession before he touched the ball.
5. The keeper cannot throw or kick to the support player.
6. Players can throw-in to the support player.
Tips: Encourage teams to attack from the wings and switch the point of
attack
using the support player. For younger teams it usually works better
if the
support player is a coach or one of the better players.
var 1) use different number of players in the game.
var 2) use more than one support player (perhaps assigned to a specific team).
(If time) Goal Kicks and Corner Kicks
3-on-2 pass and shoot, with GK - one line at the sideline with
a bunch of balls(throw-ins), two lines facing the goal(forwards), one line
to the side of the goal (GKs), and one line to the side, half-way between
the goal and the forwards (defense). The players are equally distributed
among the lines.
Go - the first child at the sideline does a throw-in to the closer forward.
They then start moving toward the goal dribbling the ball. Work the
ball, and then shoot (remember to choose, and try to hit, a target).
There will be 1 defensive player (from the defense line) who will try to
intercept the pass and kick it past the attacking players, and a Goal Keeper.
Each player shifts to the end of the next line.
15 min. scrimmage with other team