U8 Week 6

SPACE wars

  • ✅DECISIVE DRIBBLING

    Choose where you’re going and dribble at speed!

    ✅AWARENESS

    Where is the traffic and the goal?

    ✅COMPOSURE

    Keep your eye on the ball when shooting, don’t panic, and make sure you hit the target!

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  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

  • In the midfield, there are opportunities to dribble in space, when a defender is in the way, the player needs to be aware, adjust their dribbling speed and if they get by, go to goal.

    Also, dynamic shooting is a great way to practice scoring goals to get used to shooting a moving ball, in a semi-pressured environment

Cross the River

  • ✅DECISIVE DRIBBLING

    Choose where you’re going and dribble at speed!

    ✅AWARENESS

    Where is the traffic and the goal?

    ✅COMPOSURE

    Keep your eye on the ball when shooting, don’t panic, and make sure you hit the target!

  • ✅20x25yd area, including a 5yd ‘river’ marked by cones

    ✅90 sec time frame

    ✅4 or 6 mini-goals 🥅 or cone goals

    ✅1 x ⚽ per player (except defender)

    🕜 90 sec between reps with short break in between

  • ✅Players dribble back and forth and score as many goals as they can.

    ✅The crocodile in the river (defender) tries to poke-tackle (no contact)

    ✅Once across the river, the players shoot on any of the mini goals.

    ✅Once they've scored, they retrieve the ball and go to the opposite side.

    ✅After 90 seconds, a new defender(s) becomes a crocodile

    💡TIP - it’s a high-energy game, so 90 secs is a good length between reps. But you can go shorter if the players are getting tired. Try and beat the previous score!

    💡TIP - there are plenty of opportunities to score lots of goals, but if a player is missing a lot, tell them to stay composed and keep that determination - plenty of ENCOURAGEMENT too!

  • ✅Make the area smaller/larger

    ✅Less mini-goals to shoot at

    ✅Take a goal away from total for a miss

    ✅More crocodiles (defenders)

  • In the midfield, there are opportunities to dribble in space, when a defender is in the way, the player needs to be aware, adjust their dribbling speed and if they get by, go to goal.

    Also, dynamic shooting is a great way to practice scoring goals to get used to shooting a moving ball, in a semi-pressured environment

Numbers Up

  • ✅AWARENESS

    Get ready for your number to be called!

    ✅ENCOURAGE

    Encourage your teammates!

    ✅GO FOR GOAL

    Be decisive and score!

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  • ✅The coach numbers players before the game - ideally equally matched. To begin, the coach calls out a number(s) and kicks/rolls the ball into the center of the playing area.

    ✅The corresponding players from each team run to the ball and go into a 1v1/2v2 and play to a goal or until the ball goes out of play.

    ✅Coaches can call a 1v1/2v2 (example: "Number 2 and 3!" - players 2 & 3 on both teams run to the ball).

    ✅The teams keep their score.

  • ✅Make the playing area smaller

    ✅Call uneven teams - 3v2s or 4v3s

    ✅Players are all sitting, turned away from the game or lying down to start

    ✅Different starting position for teams - Next to the coach, as opposed to behind the goal

  • Players need to be concentrated in a game of soccer. If the ball comes near them they need to be ready to spring into action!

    Competitiveness, 1v1 and 2v2s are all moments that happen in a game of soccer.

GAME TIME!

What you need:

✅ 1 x⚽

✅ 2 teams (different colors)

✅ 2 goals

✅ All the rules of the game - throwins, goal-kicks, corners, kickoffs and fouls. So they can practice for the weekend!

TIME TO PLAY! ⚽ Allow the players to have fun, be competitive, and express themselves. At this age, don’t impose too much structure. Don’t force passing or stop the play. Encourage and give positive comments on the goal of the session (dribbling) and coach sporadically as the game goes on.