Sunday, May 5, 2013

U8 - practice #2 - Passing (week of May 7 & 9)

Great start last week.
Please make sure you are showing up early to get set up AND also please make sure you have pumped up you balls before practice!  Also any equipment you might want to use (agility or arches) you need to go and get it out of the storage room and then return then one you're done.  Stick to the practice plan, don't let the kids talk you into doing something else, or you will lose them for the season and it is the kids who lose out in the end because they are not learning the skills.  Keep an eye on your watch, you should be switching things up every ten minutes or so AND don't forget to let them play their scrimmages!  Don't forget to have fun!!!

Passing cues:
-planting/non kicking foot next to ball, pointing at target
-strike ball with side of foot
-firm ankle
-follow through to target
-loose hips
(ensure you talk about weight of the pass and appropriate passing distance)

Warm up (5-10 min)

Pac Man Gird (15x15), all kids have ball and try to hit you with a pass (you don't want to be hit).  Working on good passing technique.  You may have to create a zone for you that the kids can't enter (small square in middle of grid and then move to no square and everyone moving).
(this video all demos passing technique with cues.


Agility (5min) (hurdles, ladders etc... or play a game of tag or Simon Says with lots of different movement activities.

Game:  5-10 minutes.
Create end zones and to score they must complete a pass into the end zone.



Passing and Receiving Triangles
Simple drill passing and following your pass.  Working on receiving with one foot and passing with the other.
Just watch video to get idea of pattern of drill...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJk1Im2B3W0

Passing - with feeders
20x20/15x15 grid.  Put half the kids in pinnies (they are the feeders to start) and have feeders spread out around the grid.  The other kids are receivers, they cut to a ball and call for a pass, receive pass and pass it back to feeder, then cut to a new ball.  (good time to talk about weight of pass and appropriate passing distance (DEMO this)).  Then switch the feeders and the receivers.

Passing with gates/arches
Gates allow you to adjust the size
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pRJPd0FfuI (again video reviews coaching points)

Grid with arches/mini goals.  Pairs - one ball between two, one dribbling around grid, one following, when coach says passes, pairs find a mini goal or arch and do passes through the gates.  (coach can say a number or just have them pass until you say dribble again.  
Move to (take arches/gates out) and have one partner (one without ball) run around a cone on the outside and then call for ball and receive a pass then the partner that just passed runs around a different cone and receives a pass etc....  

Game: Scrimmage, split your group into two teams, two goals and play the beautiful game.  Coach passing, correct technique if you need to, spreading out so they can receive the pass etc...















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