Organization:

No soccer balls

3 players start as "it"

Instructions:

Blue players run through the area trying to tag the players in White

If a player is tagged, they are frozen and must spread their legs wide to create a Tunnel

To get unfrozen, a teammate must crawl through their legs

Switch out taggers

Coaching Points:

Head up to see taggers

Change of speed and direction to avoid taggers

Communication when frozen-call for HELP!!

Progressions:

players have a ball, if ball gets tagged they pick up the ball and spread their legs

to get unfrozen, someone has to pass their ball through the open legs

Objective: Warm-up and Ball Mastery Exercises

Space: 20x20

Activity: Coach selects 2-3 taggers dependent on number of players and age group. Dribblers try to avoid being tagged by using fakes, feints, changing directions, and change of pace. If dribbler is tagged, they are stuck in the mud. They must take their ball and put it up above their head with legs open. Other dribblers can free them by playing ball between their legs. Rotate tagers every minute or so.

Coaching Points: Use all surfaces, change direction and burst away, encourage players to be creative and use their moves.

Organization: 8 players (4 blues 4 whites). 13 balls. 5 cones.

Instructions: Blue team aims at the balls in the middle. All fire at the same time. They get a point for every ball they knock off its cone. Then other team goes. First team to 3 points win, then rematch.

Coaching Points: Passing technique - Instep, lock ankle, standing foot aiming at target, follow through, eyes on the ball.

Progressions: Pass from further back, add more balls, weaker foot.

Area dependant on number of players

As many balls and cones as possible to be used

Story /Description:

1. Pirates (players) are all battling the meanest pirate in the 7 seas “Captain Barbossa”

2. They must try to get from their pirate ship, accross the sea, to treasure island without getting hit by a cannon ball (soccer ball)

3. The cannon balls are being fired by the coach

4. Coach yells “PIRATES, ARE YOU READY?” to which the players respond “ARRGGHHHH”, then all the pirates try to run to the other end of the ship without getting hit by a cannon (soccer) ball.

5. If they make it to treasure island without getting hit they are safe for the moment and collect 1 piece of treasure (cone/pinnie) to try and take back to their pirate ship on the next run.

6. Any pirate that gets hit with a cannon ball drops any treasure they had where they got hit which becomes sunken treasure, then comes to the side to be a bad pirate with coach and helps fire cannon balls.

7. Bring out the double cannons if pirates keep taking treasure without getting hit (strike ball from both sides).

8. The last pirate left wins all the treasure on the ship!

Coaching Points:

1. Keep your eye on the cannon balls and use different movements to not get hit

2. Move quickly across the sea

3. Keep your eye on the cannon ball when you hit it

4. Try to time the firing of the cannon ball so that the pirates run into it

Developments:

1. R - Make the sea narrower

2. P – Make the sea wider

Organization:

1.- 30 x 20 yard area set up as shown

2- 1 ball (Additional around the outside)

Instructions:

1.- Players score by dribbling or passing the ball through their designated goals

2.- If the ball leaves the area the game is restarted with a kick-in

3.- Play for a set time limit

4- any goal is available to score

Coaching Points:

1.- Controlled approach

2.- Appropriate turn to protect or change direction

3.- Bend the knees to create a platform to accelerate

4.- Turn into space

5.- Take away with the nearest foot and surface

6.- Head up after turning for next action

Progressions:

- you can designate which goals players can only score on

- add the number of players being called out.