Tonight's Schedule - **please note some differences in red5:30PM: Registration, coaches warm up with kids 5:45PM: Coaching staff meets with Brian at bleachers to go over daily drills (in 2 shifts) 6:10PM: Large Group welcome (starting a bit early tonight) 6:20PM: Warm-ups & games in Division, skills demonstration (Skill: Finishing & Defending) 6:35PM: Team Drill Work 7:10PM: Scrimmages (before curriculum tonight) 7:35PM: Small Group Curriculum (Theme: Encouragement!) 7:50PM: Closing Large Group. Present “Gold Medalists of the Night.” Teach Dance. (volunteers should set up 2 fields for parents game during large group) 8:00PM: Dismiss to divisions, kids seated in teams around periphery of fields 8:10PM: Parents Game, kids seated in teams while snack is distributed 8:30PM: Check out 8:45PM: Debriefing in Divisions 9:00PM: Final Group Announcements 9:15PM: Flatbread/Sacco's Volunteer Afterhours! Tonight's Ways to “Go for the Gold” for Team MedalsValues Curriculum: Encouragement Kids add trust ‘medals’ to division ring – team earns one medal if everyone adds a medal to the ring. Soccer Curriculum: Finishing & Defending 1. Bring ball to a complete stop. 2. Set up next action (shot, pass, run, etc). Coaches may award team one medal for participating (as a whole team) in tonight's drill work with effort and teamwork, focusing on the two coaching points above. Coaches may award medals to team throughout the night in instances where kids are demonstrating the values of "go for the gold." Coaches should keep track of team medal count and report to division leaders at the end of the night. Tonight's Skill: Finishing & Defending Ways to “go for the gold:” 1) Shooting with the instep (pass the ball into the goal) 2) Shooting with the laces (low driven shot with power) 3) Knowing when to defend an attacker vs. space 4) Preventing the ball being played forward on defense Finishing / Shooting: Coaching Points: • Have a positive attitude • Select type of shot (instep or laces) • Select vulnerable part of goal (corners) • Accuracy first; power second • Ankle locked and toe down (for laces) • Head down and steady • Non-kicking foot should be well up to the ball • Strike through the middle to top half of the ball • Land on kicking foot • Follow up shot for potential rebounds Defending: Coaching Points: • Be aware of where other attackers are • Challenge the player with the ball ASAP and at an angle that will cut off a forward pass • Stay low to the ground and balanced • Concentrate and watch the ball • Be patient and stay on feet • If you are further away from the ball, you may want to defend space by being goal-side of the attacker in a position where you can see both the ball and other attackers Videos to use as reference: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDD9DF02717D5214F&feature=plcp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrzfmkGtnYE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbdedDgzEsQ 1) Shooting Technique (set up a 20x20 grid) • Have the group form two lines, each player with a ball • First line set ball down and prepare to shoot • On coaches command, players shoot one-by-one • As line one collect their balls, line two step forward, place their ball and prepare to shoot • Line one goes to the back Progression (for older age groups): ➡ Have players switch positions on the line Emphasize: • Walk through the coaching points above 2) Shooting a moving ball (set up a 20x15 grid) • S (coach) has the balls while players form a line. S plays a pass for X to run on and shoot on goal. X must collect ball and return to S. Initially have the players “pass” the ball into the goal. Move onto shooting with the laces. Think about placement rather than power. Progression (for older age groups): ➡ Switch sides to work on both feet. ➡ Add a defender to chase X. Variety of shots (for older age groups): • Balls moving away from the attacker (S1) • Balls moving across the attacker (S2) • Balls moving towards the attacker (S3) 3) Continuous shooting (set up a 20x20 grid) • S1 and S2 are set up on the sides with plenty of balls at their feet • X1 runs to meet pass from S1 and shoots • X1 then turns, goes around the cone in the center ready to shoot the pass from S2 • X1 has five or six shots, then X2 takes over Progression (for older age groups): ➡ S can lay the ball off in various ways...left, right, in the air to thigh or chest. 4) Slalom (set up a 30x20 grid) • S is a server and has all the balls. • X1 and O1 are competing - try to match players according to speed. • On servers command they “slalom” through the cones to see who can be first to get to the pass from S and shoot on goal. • The player who does not gain possession of the ball will try to then defend against a shot. Progression (for older age groups): ➡ Have players start from various positions...sitting, lying, star jumps, etc. 5) Defending: Practice one (set up a 10X20 grid) • A1 hits a low driven pass to A2 • A2 must try to get the ball back to A1 by making a forward pass while D closes down to block any forward initiative by A2 Progression (for older age groups): ➡ Serve balls in the air to A2 ➡ A2 to have as option to take on D 6) Defending: Practice two (set up a 20X15 grid) • A3 passes to A1 or A2 who work together to beat D1 and D2 with a forward pass back to A3. • D1 and D2 seek to block any forward pass back to A3, win the ball, or force A1 and A 2 out of play. Progression (for older age groups): ➡ Allow A3 to come into the field of play SHOOTING GAMES 1) Captain catapult - Set up a 20X10 grid (appropriate for all age groups) Team X shoot continuously for 2 minutes. Players cannot begin their run until previous player has shot. For each goal that is scored, team X win a point. Team O must not let any ball stop behind the goal line. If so, another point is scored for team X. After two minutes, tally up points for team X then switch for team O. If the goal is large enough, the team behind the goal provides their own goalkeeper. Progression - Adjust distances depending on age of kids. 2) Shooting numbers - Set up a 20X10 grid (appropriate for older age groups) Divide the group in half and assign each person a number (try to match them up according to speed). Coach places a ball between the center cones and shouts out a number - or a combination of numbers - and the players in turn must sprint around the box on the outside of the markers to reach the ball first and get off a shot. Progression - Adjust distances depending on age of kids. Feed the ball into different areas of the box. Tonight's Value: Encouragement! Today's Goals: Go for the gold – Let's be encouragers!
1. Share with the group something a teammate of yours is good at. 2. Encourage a teammate during a scrimmage or a drill. 3. Add to the division rings something that you like about your team, your coach, your family, or Soccer Nights! Today's Connection to Go for the Gold: Encouraging others is an important part of going for the gold because part of being in relationship with other people, whether they're on your team, in your class at school, or in your family, is being kind to one another and cheering each other on to succeed. Just like you root for a team who you want to see win a game, we should root for each other to do well in all things. When we encourage each other we become better friends, better teammates, better members of our families, and better neighbors, which is what going for the gold is all about. Introduce Today's Theme: Encouragement Say: Tonight, we are going to go for the Gold together to be better encouragers! Can anyone tell me what it means to encourage? It's a pretty big word! Exactly - to say something kind to someone, to remind them that they can go for the gold, try their hardest, to cheer someone on so that they will succeed. Just like we root for a team who we want to see win a game, we should root for each other to do well in all things. When we encourage each other we become better friends, better teammates, better members of our families, and better neighbors, which is what going for the gold is all about. Now we are going to do an activity in our teams where we'll get to practice encouraging each other AND add to our division ring! Tonight's Activity: Soccer Nights Olympian (all ages): Pass out a cut-out of the ultimate Soccer Nights gold medalist to each team.
This might be more difficult for the younger kids, but try to get them to say something nice about someone on their team. If this doesn’t seem effective, try asking them about someone they look up to: it could be someone in their family, a friend, or even a superhero or princess character they love. Ask them why they think that person is strong or why they like them, and then add those things to the Olympian. In this situation, however, encourage coaches then to direct those qualities back to the team (e.g. Oh you like Superman because he is strong and he helps people? That’s great - you know what? I think there are some supermans on this team. When Isabelle made that long shot in the game yesterday, she showed how strong she was. And when Vincent poured water for the team earlier tonight he showed how he loves to help others) Share.
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