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Flames Spring 2010

2010 Boys Flames Season Outline and Homework

 

Provided is an outline for our spring season. Each practice has a theme, which serves as the main focus for all activities of the week. While players learn and execute these skills, certain points will be emphasised to serve as takeaways. All players are expected to conclude practice with an understanding of those takeaways. With only 3 hours a week dedicated to practices, players also have the opportunity to do their soccer “homework” which includes activities that can be performed outside of practices to improve in both soccer ability and athleticism. The hopes of this [fairly] lengthy outline is to have everyone on the team (coaches, players, and parents) on the same page with the same goals. 

 

Week Practice Theme Coaching Takeaways Weekly Homework
1 1 Dribbling Technique (pt 1)
  • Dribble with your pinky toe
  • Toe pointed down
  • Ankle locked
  • Knee bent over
  • Lean over the ball
Dribbling (Inside-Outside)

Dribbling (Pull-back and Roll)

Dribbling (Step over)

Dribbling (L-turn)

1 2 Passing Technique (pt 1)
  • Standing foot next to the ball
  • Use inside of kicking foot
  • Knee bent
  • Ankle locked
  • Kick middle of the ball
2 2 Shooting Technique (pt 1)
  • Kick the ball with your laces
  • Ankle locked
  • Toe pointed down
  • Standing foot next to the ball
  • Kick the middle of the ball
  • Knee bent
Short Passing and First Touch

First touch

2 2 Combination Play
  • Passing Tech
  • Movement off the ball
  • Playing quickly with 1 or 2 touches
  • How can we create a 2v1 
3 1 Dribbling Technique (pt 1)
  • Dribble with your pinky toe
  • Toe pointed down
  • Ankle locked
  • Knee bent over
  • Lean over the ball
Dribbling (Pull-back outside and accelerate away)
3 2 1v1 Dribbling 
  • Use outside of foot to go around defenders
  • Change direction and speed
  • Attacking the defenders front foot 
Dribbling (Pull-back inside and accelerate away)
4 1 Game-Related 
  • Reviewing the past weekend’s games and addressing any issues.
Passing and agility exercise

Passing and Opening Up with First Touch

4 2 3v2 Attacking
  • Passing on the move
  • Movement to create overloads
5 1 Attacking numbers up 
  • Attacking the space 
  • Support runs
  • Movement off the ball
  • Decision making 
Dribbling (acceleration and deceleration)

Shooting activity

5 2 Attacking numbers up #2
  • Attack defenders with pace
  • Movement off the ball
6 1 Game-Related
  • Reviewing the past weekend’s games and addressing any issues.
Double Inside Lift

First Touch Out of the Air

6 2 Defending individual  
  • Curve your run
  • Stand side on 
  • Be patient (wait for a mistake)
7 1 Defending as a unit 
  • Pressure (closest player to the ball)
  • Pressure ( second to the ball)
  • Balance (3rd player from the ball) 
Passing and agility exercise

Passing and Opening Up with First Touch

First touch

7 2 Defending from the front 
  • Stopping the other teams counter attack
  • Individual principles
  • Team principles 
8 1 Counter Attacking (defending into attack, transition) 
  • Winning the ball 
  • Transition to attack 
  • Quick support going forward 
Shooting activity

Dribbling (Inside-Outside)

Dribbling (Pull-back and Roll)

Dribbling (Step over)

Dribbling (L-turn)

8 2 Ball striking 
  • Driving the ball with the laces 
  • Hitting the ball clean.
  • Following through on the strike. 
9 1 Shooting tech
  • Hitting the middle of the ball
  • Getting the body over the ball
  • Timing the strike of the ball
Dribbling (take on defender with skill) pt 1

Dribbling (take on defender with skill) pt 2

Dribbling (take on defender with skill) pt 3

Dribbling (take on defender with skill) pt 4

Dribbling (take on defender with skill) pt 5

9 2 Crossing + finishing
  • Crossing tech 
    • Last touch towards the middle of the goal
    • Strike the ball celan.
  • Movement 
10 1 Final 3rd paly
  • Attacking space 
  • Movement off the ball
  • Communication 
Shooting activity

First Touch Out of the Air

Dribbling in tight spaces

10 2 Shooting Games
  • One time finishing
  • Striking the ball with  clean contact
  • Finding the corners of the goal