EIGHT WEEK PRACTICE PLAN

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Coach,wegetit.YouhaveafullEmejobandaGernoonhits.Rushingtotheeldyouthink,WhatamI going to do with the kids tonight? You are not alone, and iSoccer wants to help you by simplifying pracEce! We believe the goals of the season are: 1. Players become beRer soccer players. 2. Players enjoy compeEng. 3. Kids develop as people. That is it. Lets keep it simple. Winning is of course important,butsecondarytothosethreeseasongoals!Ready?Letsdothis! Theclearerthesessionistothecoachandplayers,usuallythemoreeecEveitwillbe.Thisfourpart pracEceplantriestogiveyoubothstructureandprogression.Everykidisguaranteedlotsofofquality touches, tons of decision making opportuniEes and a chance to compete every pracEce! With those three things + energy from the coaches, you are well on your way to making every player beRer and creaEnganeecEvepracEcesession!Feelfreetoincorporateanydrillsyoualreadyknoworonesyou ndonline.ThishopefullyservesasaframeworkforaneecEve,funsession.Whenyouaredonewith 8weeks,justrepeat!GoodluckandyoucanalwaysreachouttoiSoccerat:Support@iSoccer.org.We areheretohelpyou!

FourPartSession Part1:IndividualSkill
Goal:Everyplayerbecomesmorecomfortableonball.LotsoftouchesanduseiSoccertomoEvate! KeyCoachingPoint:Closecontroloftheball.Tryingtodothingsfastandaccurateyetundercontrol.

Part2:SmallGroup(Groupsof2to4)

Goal:CompeEEonwithverysmallnumbersoyourplayersareforcedtomakealotofdecisions! KeyCoachingPoint:Shielding:Ballonoutsidefoot.ARackthedefenderandmakeahardmovein1v1.

Part3:SmallSidedorShoo?ng(Groupsof4to8) Part4:FullTeam TimingofEachPart

Goal:GreatforplayerstobegincommunicaEng,combiningandndingspace! KeyCoachingPoint:Findtheopenspaceontheeld.Providegoodpassinganglestoplayerwiththeball. Goal:Itisalwaysfuntoendwithagamethatinvolvesallyourplayersandabilitytoworkonsetpieces! KeyCoachingPoint:Tohavefunandenjoyplayingjustplayingsoccer.TryandminimizeinstrucEon. Forsimplicity,werecommendbreakingthepracEceupinto4equalparts. However,dependingonwhatyouwanttofocuson,Emeperpartcanvary.

ItemsNeededforSession
SoccerBallsOneballforeveryplayer Cones40totalcones.20ofonecolorand20ofanothercolor. GoalsIfyouhaveaccesstothem,usethemasmuchaspossible!

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Part1:IndividualSkill(3to4playerspergrid) iSoccerSixorfulliSoccerAssessment

Taketheassessmentnearthebeginningoftheseasonandevery8weeksthereaGer. UsescorestomoEvateplayerstotrainerharderandathome. Goto:hRp://www.iSoccer.orgtoseeassessmentvideos.iSoccerSixispage5.

BetweentheAssessments

MoEvateandrecognizeplayers! 3playerspergridand20secondtrainingsegments Highintensityandatonoftouches! Fortrainingbetweentheassessment,gotothehRp://www.iSoccer.org

ConeLayoutiSoccerSpace

Setupone5mx5mgridforeverythreeplayers. Gridscanbe4cones.Gridsaredierentcolorcones.(8conespergridhelpskidsseethegridevenbeRer) SeetheiniEallayoutfor18playersabove.Thegreyareaisthecoachingspaceforyou(about10yardswide) (Canalsolayoutconesinalongrowifyoudonothavethatmanyplayers) 5m

5m

ConeTransi8ontoPart2 FurtherSupport

Pickuponerowofconeandadjusttheremainingrowaccordingly.Haveyourplayershelppickupcones!

iSoccerBlog:hRp://inside.isoccer.org(greatarEclesandvideosonindividualdevelopmentandmoEvaEon) CanalwaysincorporatefungamesintothethispartindividualskillaspectofpracEce.

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Part2:ShieldingandSmallGroupPlay(2to4playerpergrid) GroupVaria8ons
1v1:Shielding,ARacking,Defending 2v1:ARackingandndingopenplayer Other:2v2,3v1 Goals:Abletocreateeldswith1,2,3or4goals.

HowtoMakeitFun!

MakeitahealthycompeEEvegame.10jumpingjackstotheloser!WinnermovesleGoneeld! Werecommendnooutofbounds.Thiswaythegameneverstops!120secondgames.

SampleExercisesforShieldingandSmallGroupPlay
Shielding(Groupsof2) OneplayerisaRacker.OnePlayerisdefender: Nogoal.Defenderhastotouchballwithhand. Nogoal.Defenderhastotouchballwithfoot. OneBallandplayersarecompeEng: OneGoal.Knockotherballocone. AHackingandDefending(Groupsof2,3or4) Goalislengthofendline(6yards): Havetostopballonlinetoscore. Havetodribbleballacrossthelinetoscore. Goalissmallsizedgoal(2yards): Dribblethrough. Passthrough. FourGoalsEncourageaRackingtheopengoal Goalsarenearbothsidelinestoencouragespacing Fieldisnotshownbelow.

Scoring

TwowaystoScore: StoppingtheballontheenEreline(linesoccer) Dribblingorpassingthroughthroughasmallgoal.

ConeLayout

Fieldsareinalongrowwithonegrouppereld.Coachingspaceingrey. Switchthecolorsoftheconesoneacheld.4conespereld. Hint:Iftheplayersarealwayslosingtheball,maketheeldbigger. ScoringOpEons: Smallgoals:1to2yardswide,OR LineSoccer:EnEreendline5to10yardswide

8to15 yards

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Part3:SmallSidedand/oraShoo?ngExercise(4to8playerspergroup) Smallgoals:1to2yardswide,OR SmallSidedVaria8ons LineSoccer:EnEreendline

4v2withfourgoals.With2goals 3v3withfourgoals.With2goals OneteamaRacksafullsizegoal BothteamsaRackfullsizegoals
20to30 yards

Shoo8ngVaria8ons

Highintensityandhighnumberofshots! RememberNolonglines.AplayershouldbeinvolvedoGen!

4Goal Example

2Goal Example

SampleExercisesforSmallSidedandShoo?ng
SmallSided(Groupsof4to8) Team:Canbeevenoruneven (uneventeamssimplifythegameandemphasizeopenspace) NoGoals.Havetostoptheballontheline. Twosmallgoalsinthemiddleoftheendline. MulEplesmallgoalsnearsidelines.Encourageswitching. (canplaywith4or6totalgoals) Fullsizegoals.AlwaysgreattohaveplayersshooEng! (oneteamshootsonfullgoal.Otherteamon2smallgoals) Shoo8ngExercise UnlimitedopEons MinimizeEmeinlines MaximizeshooEng IncorporateacombinaEonorcross

ConeLayout

UsesomeoftheconesfromPart2tocreatetwotothreebiggerelds.ShooEngisdeterminedbydrill Hint:IfteamisalwayslosingtheballMaketheeldsbigger!YoucanalsoplayLineSoccer!

Part4:FullTeam Varia8ons

TwoTeamstogoals Oneteamtogoal.Otherteamto2(or3)smallgoals. TwoTeamsto2smallgoals.4smallgoals.6smallgoals. SetPieces:Cornerkicks,goalkicks,thrownin.

SampleExercisesforFullTeam Game

Everyoneplayingatonce Playtotwobiggoals. If only one big goal. Have one team aRacking the full size goal Ell the other team scores through one of the three smallergoalsathalfeld.

SetPieces

CornerKicks ThrownIns FreeKicks GoalKicks (tryandincorporateintofullgames)

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PersonalizeYourTeamScheduleforEightWeeks
Individual Week1 Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Groupsof2to4 SmallSided Team

SampleEightWeekPlanner
Part1:IndividualPart2:Groups(2to4)Part3:SmallSided(4to8)Part4:FullSided oWeek1:
iSoccerSixORfullAssessment 1v1:Shieldingthen1v1 2v1:ARackingopenspace 2v2:Game 1v1:Shieldingthen1v1 2v1:ARackingopenspace 2v2:Game 2v2:Game YourChoice! 4v2:4GoalsorShooEng 4v2:2GoalsorShooEng 3v3:4GoalsorShooEng 3v32GoalsorShooEng 4v2:WithShooEng 3v3:WithShooEng 3v3:WithShooEng YourChoice! TwoTeamstogoals Game(Fullsizeor2smallgoals) Game(Fullsizeor4smallgoals) Game(Fullsizeor6smallgoals) Game(Fullsizeor2smallgoals) Game(Fullsizeor4smallgoals) Game(Fullsizeor6smallgoals) YourChoice!

oWeek2: iSoccerdrillsiniSoccerSpace oWeek3: iSoccerdrillsiniSoccerSpace oWeek4: iSoccerdrillsiniSoccerSpace oWeek5: oWeek6: oWeek7: oWeek8:
iSoccerdrillsiniSoccerSpace iSoccerdrillsiniSoccerSpace iSoccerdrillsiniSoccerSpace iSoccerSixORfullAssessment

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HintsonMo8va8ngandExci8ngYourPlayerstoRaiseTheirLevelwith iSoccer.org
iSoccer.org:PlayersshouldregistersotheycanseetheirlevelandpracEcemoreathome! 20Seconds: DuringBallSkills,keepcomingbacktothe20secondtrainingEmethatiSocceruses fortheassessment.AGerweekone,20secondswillbefamiliartoyourplayersandwillallowfor moreselfachievementandrecogniEon. SelfAchievement: Byusingthe20seconds,playerswillknowiftheyraisedtheirlevel. Ifyou can, print out the iSoccer report that shows all the players top scores to know when players RaiseTheirLevel. Recognize:Playerslovehearingtheirnameandwhatagreatopportunitywhentheyearnanew iSoccer level. Try and publicly recognize each of your players at least once for Raising Their Level. Awards: Kidsloveawards,soletsawardplayersforwhattheyearnandforRaisingTheirLevel. Examplecouldbepickingtheplayertobecaptainatthenextgame! iSoccerVideos:iSoccerhasover500+individualskillsforyoutouseatpracEceoryourplayersto useathome! Achievement Tags: Give your players these moEvaEng bag tags and as they progress you can punchholesinthecard!Agreatvisualforplayersseeingthemselvesimprove! Goto:www.skillzys.com/SaySoccertopurchase.

Together,WeCanRaisetheLevel