Offense
Defense
Rules of the Game
Offense
Defense
Rules of the Game
Ball Handling
Ball Roll - with the bottom of the foot: front and back; side to side;
in a small circle
Tick Tock - pass the ball from the inside of the left foot to the inside
of the right
Hat Dance - lightly touch the ball with the bottom of the left foot, then
hop to touch the ball with the bottom of the right foot.
Juggling - bounce the ball off your knee as many times in a row
as you can.
Square Dance - Everyone dribbles within one 15 yd. square.
Keep moving and use all parts of the foot. Try cut backs, pull backs,
and different fakes against imaginary opponents. Keep your head up
to not bump into teammates. Don't lose the ball.
Heading the ball - Coach will demonstrate the skill. Then
boys will line up and head back a ball tossed by coach. Finally,
try head juggling.
We will not be using heading as a regular technique
in games, however, it is important to know the correct skill.
Dribble
and Shoot - three lines. Dribble around cones and then shoot
from penalty mark area. Retrieve ball and go to a different line.
Defensive principles: When the other team has the ball, everyone on our team is playing defense! You should know where the other team's players are. If a player in your area has the ball, 1) get in the way, 2) be a pest, and 3) try to take the ball away (but without letting them get past you). No slide tackles! They are dangerous (to the other player, to you, and they don't work).
One on One four lines total, 2 across from each other. 2 lines
are offense, 2 are defense. Each child in the defender lines has
a ball.
Go - the defender passes to the offense.
Then the offence tries to dribble past the defense. When O has dribbled
to the D cone the playes go to the end of the other line.
tips: 1) first no instruction.
2) offense, watch the defender's body.
Dribble straight at the defender. When they stab at the ball try
to dribble behind them.
3) defense, watch the ball. Don't go for
fakes. Try to stay between the O and your goal. Be a pest.
Rules
- what not to do; free kicks; off sides; touchlines; out of bounds; throw-ins;
goal kick; corner kick
Keep
Away - Set up 12 cones. One (or 2) players at each code.
Stay near your cone. Pass the ball from player to player, keeping
the ball away from the roving coaches and players. Keep your eyes
up, pass quickly, and let the ball do the work.
2-on-1
pass and target shoot, no GK - two lines, with a bunch of balls by
one of the lines.
Go - the first child in each line starts moving
toward the goal, one dribbling the ball. Three passes, and then shoot
and try to hit the cone that is set up in the goal.. This time there
will be 1 defensive player (or the coach) who will try to intercept the
pass and kick it past the attacking players. Both players go to the
end of the opposite line.
15 min. (or whatever works) 7 vs. 7 game, 2 goal keepers, 2 balls! (or
scrimmage with another team)
A trick to practice at home... Hold
the ball with both hands. Lift your knee, drop the ball and bounce it off
your knee, then catch the ball. Try to do that ten times in a row. If you
can do that, then try to bounce it twice off of your knee!
Next Practice: Tues. May 29, 7:20P, FR