VAA Soccer Pages

 Fall '06 Travel BU12C2 practice plans

For this season of travel I am primarily using practice plans from the US Youth Soccer National Youth course. No reason to reinvent the wheel. These are excellent travel practices, but probably too granular for in-house.

Practice 1 - meet the team, warm up (moves: cut, pull-back), target passing, scrimmage

Practice 2 - Dribbling to beat an opponent 1v1 (warm-up moves: cruyff, stepover, fake kick)

Practice 3 - Basic 1v1 Defense (warm-up moves: scissors, pull-back variations, beardsly)

Practice 4 - Intro to Shooting

First scrimmage

Practice 5 - Intro to Passing and Receiving

Second scrimmage

Practice 6 - Defending continued - 2v2

First game - pre-game warm-up drills

Practice 7 - Assertiveness to the ball

Practice 8 - Assertiveness to the ball

Game 2

Practice 9 - Passing and Receiving, and set plays (kickoff)

Practice 10 - Crossing, and set plays (corner kick)

Game 3 (postponed)

Practice 11 - Preparing for physical play, Combat Soccer, Circle passing, "Anything Goes game",

Practice 12 - Midfield control, through passes and timing runs

Game 3 (rescheduled)

Game 4

Practice 13 - Goal Keeper practice, target passing

Practice 14 - Long passing and receiving, target passing

Game 5

Practice 15 - Receiving Lofted Balls

Practice 16 - Speed of Play

Game 6

Practice 17 -

Practice 18 -

State Tournament!!!!!!

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