12th grade · Fall · Week 1
Passing and receiving with purpose
PassingReceiving
What this week is about
This week is about passing and receiving with purpose: every pass helps the next action, and every first touch sets up the next pass. Players pass and move in a busy square and a passing square, decide to turn or play it back under pressure, keep the ball in a rondo (a keep-away game), and finish with a game where goals after five passes count three.
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Your practice
60 of 60 minutes
Warm-up
A fun game to start as soon as players arrive.
10 minWhole team; half the players have a ball · About 30 × 30 yards
Technical
Teach the week's skill: every player with a ball, no real defender yet.
15 minGroups of 5 or 6, one ball per group (a second ball once it flows) · A square about 12 × 12 yards per group
Skill vs a defender
Use the skill against a defender: 1 v 1, 2 v 1, tag games.
10 minGroups of four: two end players, an attacker and a defender · About 20 × 15 yards per group
Small-group game
A small team game with a rule that brings the skill out.
10 minGroups of six: four outside, two defenders inside (a fifth outside player makes it 5 v 2) · A square about 10 to 12 yards across per group
Small game
Every practice ends with a game. Let them play.
15 minTwo teams of five to eight, with keepers · About 50 × 35 yards
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