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Mad River Youth Soccer League
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Youth Soccer League
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U-10
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Soccer Practice #3-4
7-10 year olds
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THEME: DRIBBLING (1st attacker)
Continued.
- Preliminary Activity (10 minutes):
Destroyers
2 - 3 players wear pinnies as “destroyers” and chase dribbling players;
they try to win the ball and knock it outside the playing area; players
retrieve balls and come back into grid and resume dribbling; have one minute
time limit for each set of destroyers
Cat and Mouse (aka “Who’s Afraid?”)
Cat stands in middle of grid and calls mice to come out and play; mice all
have a ball and try to dribble to far side of grid; any mice who lose their
ball to the cat now join the middle to become another cat.
Stretches
Technique Activity:
Dribbling Review and New Skills Development (10
minutes)
Review Micro Practice #1 Dribbling Skills in a Scatter Dribble/Grid Format
- add rolling ball across the body and back with the sole of the foot
- introduce slow, fast, change of pace and change in direction dribbling
- play “Touches On The Ball”; see how many touches you can get on another
person’s ball as you dribble and control your ball around the grid.
Game Related Activity: (1 v1 passive defender progression activities from Lesson 1 above)
1vs 1 Games
2 v2 or 3 vs. 3 UNCOACHED Scrimmage time (2—30 mins)
Coaching Tip: (MODIFIED OR QUASI GAME: SEE TEMPLATE FOR PLANNING) As these
practices have emphasized “Dribbling”, it can be effective to INSIST on at
least 5 (quick!!) touches by each player EVERY time they get the ball. This
is the flip side of (passing games) where we may LIMIT the players to 2 or 3
touch!!
Additional “dribble” material :
- Hopping on alternating feet as player taps
dances on top of the ball, around the world, reverse around the world, going
forward, going backward, going sideways
- Through The Goals
Have cones set up as goals all over your grid area; ask players to dribble
in control through the goals; now give players one minute to see how many
goals they can dribble through; repeat and ask players to try and score one
more goal this trial; a variation could be to add 1 - 2 defenders to guard
the goals forcing dribblers to look for unguarded goals
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