Warm Up: Together Is Better

• Players take on cones with moves of the day
• Every 3 cones dribbled they need to score in a pug
• When coach yells a number, player need to get in groups of those numbers

Numbers Game

• Coach calls out 2 or more numbers, both players need to be both half for the goal to count.

• Topic 1: Any way to score counts
• Topic 2 : two touch max finish
• Topic 3 : Amount of passes = value of goal
• Topic 4 : Coach gives a bouncing back

Play: Together Is Better

• All attacking players need to be in the attacking half in order for the goal to count

Focus Points

• More attacking options
• Encourage taking risk
• More passing options
• Transition : easier to win ball back

Warm Up: Where Should I Go?

• Same drill as week 1+2 but with backwards spring when coach yells a number. (The last round players can run forward)
• Help them understand that its easier to get somewhere when you are facing forward

Numbers Game

• Coach calls out 2 or more numbers, both players need to be both half for the goal to count.

• Topic 1: Any way to score counts
• Topic 2 : two touch max finish
• Topic 3 : Amount of passes = value of goal
• Topic 4 : Coach gives a bouncing back

Play: Where Should I Go? (Space + Forward)

• Same drill as week 1 but goals only counts if its scored 1 touch.
• (Am I facing where I should be going? If not, who is?)

Focus Points

• Am I facing where I should be going? If not, who is?
• Body positioning (face where we want to go)
• Awareness of teammates
• Spacial awareness
• Purpose awareness

See Weeks 3 & 4, Topic 1 & Topic 2

Warm Up: Sharks

• Red players steal ball from blue and try to score in a pug. If they score, blue player is frozen
• Blue player gets unfrozen by doing a give and go with another blue player that is still activated

3v2s – Help on Both Sides

• movement/thinking of the ball
• overlap/underlap

Scrimmage

Focus Points

• Movement off the ball
• Thinking off the ball
• Triangles | Overlaps + Underlaps
• Always give player on the ball 2 options

Warm Up: Sharks

• Red players steal ball from blue and try to score in a pug. If they score, blue player is frozen
• Blue player gets unfrozen by doing a give and go with another blue player that is still activated
  • Toss + control to unfreeze players

Controlling the Mess

• Pass with hands 1-7
• Variation 1: Control and finish (2 touch)
• Variation 2: Finish (1 touch)
• Whoever scores 5 first win

3v2s – Help On Both Sides

• Start with ball in the air
• movement/thinking of the ball
• overlap/underlap

Scrimmage (Every restart ball is in the air)

Focus Points

• Don’t limit control to feet
• Use the ground for help
• Touch where I’m going, not where I am

Warm Up: Sharks

• Red players steal ball from blue and try to score in a pug. If they score, blue player is frozen.
• Blue player gets unfrozen by doing a give and go with another blue player that is still activated

3v2s – Help On Both Sides

• movement/thinking of the ball
• overlap/underlap

Scrimmage

Focus Points

• Focus Points from topic 3 + 4

Warm Up: Technical Exercises

• Inside Touches
• Inside Touches Backwards
• Inside Touches + Switch Ball
• Sprints (No Ball)
• Drill + Roll + Pass (x2)
• Dribble + Give & Go

Spacial & Quantitative Awareness

• Blue team attacking | Red team defending
• Coach plays ball to blue player. Red player who is parallel to player played by coach must sprint around cone to create a momentary 4v3.
• This drill can be done with 4 of each color ( or 3 or 2 or even 1).
• Advice to make your way up in number for player to understand quicker and attacking team achieve success

1 – Value the Ball. 2- Value the Ball and have Direction

• Blue team attacking | Red team defending
• 1 – Soccer Version of Monkey in the middle.
  • If Blue connects certain amounts of passes, Red stays in. If Red wins the ball they switch with whoever made the mistake on Blue.
• 2 – Same Idea but now the goal is to get it to the other square and back to keep the Red team in for an extra round.
  • Blue must connect 4 passes before entering other square with a pass.

Direction with Purpose

• This drill is bigger Rondo with direction and purpose. Purpose means that there are goals to score on which add purpose to the direction.
• Teams in the inside are playing against each other
• Players on the outside are only allowed to help team in possession. (encourage to limit their touches for fluidity of the drill)
• First team to score two goals stays on 3-4 min games. Tie game solve with rock paper scissors