Plan this week's practice
Pick your team's grade. It opens on Fall week 1; pick any week once you're there.
- Pre-KWeekly plans
- KKindergartenWeekly plans
- 1st1st gradeWeekly plans
- 2nd2nd gradeWeekly plans
- 3rd3rd gradeWeekly plans
- 4th4th gradeWeekly plans
- 5th5th gradeWeekly plans
- 6th6th gradeWeekly plans
- 7th7th gradeWeekly plans
- 8th8th gradeWeekly plans
- 9th9th gradeWeekly plans
- 10th10th gradeWeekly plans
- 11th11th gradeWeekly plans
- 12th12th gradeWeekly plans
How a practice goes
Every practice has the same five steps, in this order. The board opens with the week's plan already on it.
Keep it fun and keep them moving: lots of touches on the ball, short explanations, and always end with a game.
- 1Warm-up10 minutesA fun game to start as soon as players arrive.
- 2Technical15 minutesTeach the week's skill: every player with a ball, no real defender yet.
- 3Skill vs a defender10 minutesUse the skill against a defender: 1 v 1, 2 v 1, tag games.
- 4Small-group game10 minutesA small team game with a rule that brings the skill out.
- 5Small game15 minutesEvery practice ends with a game. Let them play.