Nightly Plan: Thursday, June 25, 2015

Tonight's Announcements

• Tonight's skill: Finishing & Defending
• Tonight's theme: Sportsmanship
• Please review your time slot: Logistics = 4:30pm, Registration & Lead Staff = 5pm, All other volunteers = 5:30pm, or 7pm
• After Hours Tonight - Volunteer Scrimmage:  Tonight after kids depart we will be having our traditional volunteer  scrimmage on the field! Don't be shy if you're not a soccer player - this is a game for everyone and it's always a blast. 
• Whistles, cups, markers, oh my! if you need a whistle, see Evadne at the volunteer check-in table! We have lots, so you shouldn't be without. If you run low on cups, tell a logistics volunteer. Again, we have lots on the premises and can easily get more to you and your team. Lastly, things like markers, hand sanitizer, clip boards, etc. can ALL be found in your division bins. Don't know what those are? Look for the plastic bin sitting next to or on top of your division's water table each night. It's there for a reason!
• #soccernights2015 - if you have pictures from the week, post them using #soccernights so we can see them! You can also tag @soccer_nights on twitter and instagram !

Tonight's Schedule

5:30 –6:00  Check in, directed to teams 
6:15 –6:30  Large group welcome, intro theme & skill of the night (w/coaches shooting competition). 
6:30 –6:45  Warm ups in division, skill demonstration
6:45 –6:55 Team time #1: team name, learn names, set goal for the night 
6:55 –7:20  Team Drill work (shooting & defending)
7:20 –7:25  Team time #2: debrief drill work, check in on team goal 
7:30 –8:05  Scrimmages 
8:05 –8:10  Team time #3: check in, debrief scrimmage and team goal 
8:10 –8:25  Large group closing 
8:25 –8:30  Snack in teams, check out  
8:45 - 9:00pm Debrief in divisions
9:00 - 10pm Volunteer After hours: Volunteer Scrimmage!

Tonight's Skills: Finishing & Defending

Soccer Nights, Day 4: Finishing/Defending from vineyardcommunityofferings on Vimeo.

**NOTE TO COACHES: Feel free to modify this and/ or do some different drills- as long as the kids are having fun and learning how to control the ball we are on the right track!

Coaching Skills to focus on:
DEFENDING
1)    Shuffle your feet (don’t cross them)
2)    Stay low
3)    Stay on your toes (Figuratively)

FINISHING
1)    Lock ankle angle at 45 degrees
2)    Use instep
3)    Plant foot by side of ball and a little behind ball
4)    Head down (body over ball – lean forward, not back) & follow through
 
Exercises/Drills:
1) Shuffle and Slide
Set Up: Have kids line up in rows, arms length apart; Coach yells, "DEFENSE!"

• Players yell, "DEFENSE!" then slap ground, get in ready position (squat)
  
• Coach points left, kids shuffle left (and right)
  
• Point behind the kids left, kids drop right foot, shuffles backwards
  
• Mix it up! 
  

2) Dribble and Defend
Set Up: Partner kids up (by skill, if possible)
Play: Dribble in lines – zig zag, change direction ;Defender plays shadow
defense (don't actually steal ball)
Progressions: Faster, 75% defense, 100% defense, beat player to other side

3) Shooting Drill
Set Up: Set kids up to kick into an empty net
Play: Focus, shoot straight, pick a corner

4) Shooting in a line
Set Up: Players 10-15 yds from goal. goalie in goal, coach to side.
Coach throws/ passes ball to player; player controls, dribbles, shoots, gets ball
Progressions: Make it, become goalie. Change # of dribbles. Add a defender, etc

5) 2 v 1
Set Up:  Players in 2 lines 10 yds from goal, one goalie, one line defender
Play: Two offensive players try to score (offense starts with ball)
Rotate lines after each round
Progressions: Defender passes ball out, runs out to defend
(talk about defenders approach – fast and then slow)

Tonight's Value: Sportsmanship (Instructions for Team Time)

Team Time #1 (before drillwork)

• Recap last night’s goal
  
• Set goal for the night!
  
• Possible goals:
  
• • Throughout the night during team time each team member says a shout out of encouragement to someone else on the team.
    
  • As a team we work to be kind and vocally encouraging to the other team during our scrimmage, whether we are winning or losing.
• Review Special Guest Hero of the Night

• Talk about skit
• How does _______ show SPORTSMANSHIP?
• How does our team show  SPORTSMANSHIP?
  

Team Time #2 (before scrimmage)

• Check in on team goal for the night:
  
• • How are we doing so far?
    
  • What could we do to improve?
    
  • If we’ve already reached it, what could we add to challenge ourselves?
  • Who has shown the value of SPORTSMANSHIP like Crew member, ________?  when?

Team Time: #3 (after scrimmage)

• Check in on team goal for the night:

• • How did we do?
    
  • What could we do to improve as a team for tomorrow?
    
• What did you learn tonight about finishing & defending? (1-2 ppl share)
  
• What did you learn tonight about sportsmanship? (1-2 ppl share)
• What did you learn tonight about our hero? (1-2 ppl share)