Wednesday 5/15, 6P, PH
In our second practice will be concentrating on the skills of:

Offense
And introducing:
Defense
Rules of the Game
The structure of the practice will be (approx.):
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.

Get There First - three lines near sideline, about 1/3 up the field.  Go - coach kicks ball 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.

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

3-on-1 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. (or whatever works) 7 vs. 7 game, 2 goal keepers, 2 balls! (or scrimmage with another team)
 
   Team Name: We will vote on our team name!

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: Wed. May 22, 6P, PH. 

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