New Recreational Soccer Coaches

Please read the U6-U8 Coaches handout by Mike Smith. I find it has some great information in it and will help you in forming structured practice sessions.

http://www.oregonyouthsoccer.org/assets/coaches/U6-8_Coach_Handout_09.pdf

Aloha Galaxy Practice plan Feb 8th

ODP Feb 6th

Sunday's Session was a little lighter due to a hard session Saturday with fitness

Warm up:- passing moving with increase in intensity and stretching and dynamic movement after pass

 Warm up with strikers:- Short, short, long preparing for crossing. Technical training of long ball, different types of passing and receiving from the striker

 Small sided game:- Possession and long ball. 4v2 looking to play long ball when under pressure into opposite grid. Once this happens 2 new defenders go and defend in that zone. If you lose the ball you become the defending team.

Coaching points:-
Preparation of the ball
Receiving of the ball
Passing accuracy and technique

Crossing patterns:-
Attacking the goal as a team. Movement off the ball. Technique of crossing and finishing.
1st move overlaps

 2nd move wall pass

 Expanded game:-
3 team crossing game. 1 team on the outside to provide chances to cross the ball. 2 teams compete in the middle. Possession and creating opportunities to get the ball wide and crossing and attacking the goal.
At times we may need to support if the ball is not prepared to be crossed, look to make combos with guys on the outside.

 8v8:-

ODP Session Feb 5th 2011

Saturday's ODP Session
Warm:- Dynamic Stretching increasing in intensity finishing with speed and agility.

Small Sided

3V1 with progression in number of touches to get players comfortable with the ball at the feet. Also looking for movement off the ball and giving angles of support.

5 V 3 Increase the amount of players to give more pressure. Players now looking to provide combinations to break pressure from defenders.

Expanded Small Sided 4v4+1:-

Players now going to goal, thinking about movement off the ball, being comfortable with it at their feet and also be patient with the ball.

Players also given the rule of making a combination with team mate before going to score. Use full pitch coverage and defending team apply pressure to make it more difficult for attacking team at times.

Game 9v9

Players looking now to play and make movement with attackers to keep possession but also to go forward. Defenders bringing the ball out of the back and progressing through midfield players.
Opportunities to beat players 1v1 or use combinations, penetration. When losing the ball press to win high up the field.

Finish with 11v11 to start finding out where players are best suited

Lastly players will finish with fitness and endurance work. Players from the Portland Region will be the better prepared both mentally and physically for the challenge of the ODP session

ODP Session

January 01/29/11 ODP Practice Aloha High School 9.30-12pm

First practice of the season went very well. I am excited with the talent we have in the pool so far. This weekend I am starting to get the boys into what I expect and the mind set that they will need to reach the next level.

- We work on fitness, not just in the sessions but away from the field in own time.
- We must push ourseleves throughout the session. We put 50% in thats all we will take away
- We will work on individual abilities such as beating players 1v1 and using small groups to achieve penetration.
- We will keep possession and feel comfortable on the ball in all situations. Goal keepers included as teams will look to play out of the back
-We will play attractive attacking soccer. When in the opponents half we will look to make many goal scoring opportunities.
- We will not forget our responsiblities when we do not have the ball

- At the end of each session we will leave feeling a sense of accomplishment.

Session outline

Warm up
Dynamic stretching
Slowly increasing intensity and then moving to fitness portion

Individual ball work
Footskills
1V1
1V1 back to target
2v1

Game
9v9 with GK half field