Sunday, May 5, 2013

U4/5 practice #2 - May 8

Are your soccer balls pumped up?
Great start last week, lets get moving into drills as soon as 4pm hits this week.  Ensure you're set up ahead of time.  Give lots of water breaks if it is hot.

Next week will be Princess & Pirate week and we will possibly try to do stations.  Either way tell kids that they need to dress up and so do you coaches!!

Warm up: Frozen Tag

Indy 500/Race track
(can be found in Active Start plan 2)
Creat an oval race track that kids&parents can run/drive around, with your cones and a square "pit" on one side with all the balls. "Start your engines"
Players start from “Pit row” with parents. Player starts by exiting the pits and dribbling the ball in a clockwise direction around the track following their parent. If the ball exits the track they must make 3 toe taps on the ball to restart the engine. Parent and player can switch roles with child following parents. Encourage players to make “Vroom! Vroom!” car sounds while driving!
Alternatives
**Easier – run the track first with no balls.**good idea so they understand the boundary and then make the next lap with balls. Easier – players carry ball in hands and run around track Harder – Have players drive the truck on their own. Harder – Switch directions and have drivers go counter-clockwise. Harder – Change direction before completing circuit on coaches’ command

Red light, Green light  
Players move around the grid dribbling the ball – when coach shouts red light players stop. Green light players go. Go speeding – players go faster. Crash - players dive on their ball.  Be creative, yellow light slow down etc...

Nuts and Squirrels 
(can be found in Active Start plans session 1)
15 x 15 grid - 4 small goals or "hoarding areas/trees" on sides or corners of grid.....all balls (nuts) in middle of grid.  Kids (squirrels) in pairs or 3's depending on numbers in each goal/hoarding area.  Coach shouts "go" players take turns running into the middle and dribbling back a ball back hoarding area (trying to get as many nuts as they can), when there are no balls left in the middle coach yells "steal" or something else appropriate and then they may try and steal nuts from anywhere (other hoarding areas).  No defending the nuts!  

Soccer Bowling

Soccer bowling (shooting/passing accuracy)

Need more?  Pick your favourite from last week!

Horn for games.
Don't forget lots of high 5's.  Cheer and high 5 at end of games!
AND Snack & Social!

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