U4/5 fall soccer week 4

focus:  finishing/scoring

Coaching points for shooting:
-non kicking/planting foot next to ball
-non kicking/planting foot pointing at target
-strike ball with laces, toe pointed down and ankle locked


warm up:
Obstacle Course: use your imagination and create an obstacle course.  Land mines/ lots of cones to dribble through, hurdles to jump over, arches to crawl under or jump over, cones to go around, ladders etc...be creative!

Nuts and Squirrels 

this time do a round with a goal in each corner and they have to shoot it into the net 

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!  After they understand the game, have them pass the ball back to their team/house.

Shoot on mom, dad, coach etc....

Set up four goals and kids are to dribble around and shoot and score on each parent, might have a place that they have to dribble around before they can go and shoot on someone else

Soccer Bowling

(if it's cold, you'll want to have a few lanes so to speak)

Soccer bowling (shooting/passing accuracy)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKGyrJGmJNk&feature=relmfu

or

Topple me Coconuts 

Split players into 2 teams and have them line-up as shown below. Place balls on top of cones like coconuts. Ask players to alternate making passes/shots to try and knock the ball off of a cone. If a player is successful they can go and retrieve both balls and bring them back to their side. 

Crocs and Swamps

http://www.bytesizecoaching.com/secure/games/211_swamps_rivers_u46.php

or
make two lines of cones heading towards the net, the kids need to pass to parent/coach and not hit the crocs (cones) and then shoot on net.ach side of the grid (use cones or grab a couple of arches which I will bring to the field).  Put parents/coaches in goals and then have the kids work on dribbling around and shooting on each goal.  Count how many times you score!

1 v 1 attack

two goals, have half team on each side line, when you call their names they go and challenge a ball that you roll in, each team having a goal they need to score on

Numbers Game-one net...focus shooting (might split into two groups of two teams)
Set up a small grid with goal at one end.  Separate players into 2 teams lined up on each side of goal.  Place two cones just a bit further than shooting distance even with corners of goal, and place yourself between with a stash of balls.  Number players 1,2,3,4,5 etc. Call out a number. That numbered player on each team must race around the cones into the field where a ball is played. Players are trying to both defend and score on the same net. Encourage celebrations after a goal! Progress to 2 or 3 players. Add a goalkeeper (might just keep it at one number (set of players) coming out at a time)

Game:  2 teams, two goals