08/24/2006 2nd Practice

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1. Begin
   1. Go Over Homework!
   1. Player Name
   2. Favorite Drill
   2. Theme
      1. Poke, Peak, Pop
         1. Dribble
         2. Look
         3. Pass or Shoot
2. Warm Up
1. Numbers Game
1. on the Run
2. on the Shoe
3. on the Knee
4. on the Floor
5. Staying Alive
6. Show a Trick
7. Up to Heaven
8. ??
9. to the closest line
2. King of the Ring with ball
1. Shielding
2. Pace
3. One + One (Cooperative)
1. Pairs in Square
4. One vs. One (Competitive)
1. Island 
1. n/2 - 1 island
2. 2 per island
3. Stranded
1. dribble around penalty area
5. Half Time
   1. Discuss how Push, Peak, Pop is to be used in next drill
6. Small Side Teaching Games
1. 4 corners (10 yds apart) 5 passes rotate with 2/3 attackers and 1 defender 
1. Push
1. Dribble
2. Peak
1. Look for partner
3. Pop
1. Pass to partner
2. 4 corners (5 passes)
1. Push
1. dribble to cone
2. Peak
1. Look for partner
2. must be at one cone
1. not across
3. Pop
1. Pass to partner 
3. 1 on 1 + GK
1. Full goal
1. Defender on Goal Area Line with ball
2. Attacker top of penalty arc
3. Defender kicks to Attacker
1. Runs to defend
2. Force wide
4. 5 secs to shoot
5. 2 GK
1. 5 each
2. GK must talk!
7. Small/Full Side Competitive Games
1. Half Field
1. n/2 on n/2 full goals
1. if available
2. Focus on Push, Peak, Pop
1. Slow
2. Fast
3. Pressure
1. Peak
2. Pop
1. outside
8. Cool Down
1. Stretch
9. End Practice
1. Review
2. Compliment

3. Homework (Why?)

1. Favorite Soccer Team

2. Favorite Player

Ken Gamble's Soccer Drills, Tips, Exercises and Articles

Ken Gamble's Soccer Drills, Tips, Exercises and Articles

First Practice 08/22/2006

The first practice is tonight. I am going to implement the outline for practice that I found on http://www.fundamentalsoccer.com/index.html Should be fun.

1. Begin
1. The Who, What, Why, Where, When, How?
   1. The Who
      1. Coach Tadd
      2. Coach Jay
2. Ground Rules
1. Rule #1
   1. Don't break yourself
2. Rule #2
   1. Don't break anyone else
3. RESPECT
4. SPORTSMANSHIP
5. FUN
6. Team rules
1. Input from everyone
2. How many talking at once?
1. N.B. Team agreed on 1 at a time.
3. Acceptable behavior
3. Theme
1. Poke, Peak, Pop
1. Dribble
2. Look
3. Pass or Shoot
2. Warm Up
1. Tag
1. Chain Tag without ball
1. build chain
1. N.B. Holding hands was not to popular
2. I think the players got the jist that communication is paramount.
1. verbal
2. eye contact
2. call out names of players
1. N.B. Calling out of names was not that popular
2. King of the Ring with ball
1. N.B. attempted to have the run in to row of balls, didn't work out to well.
3. One + One (Cooperative)
1. Golf (Didn't do on 08/22/2006)
1. Pairs
   1. Best ball
   2. Low score wins
2. 6 "holes" or as many flags as possible
1. less than minute per hole
2. whistle
4. One vs. One (Competitive)
   1. Island  (Didn't do on 08/22/2006)
      1. n/2 - 1 island
      2. 2 per island
      3. -1 per stranded
   2. Edge of the world (Didn't do on 08/22/2006)
5. Half Time
   1. Talked about Round Robin Skills next
6. Small Side Teaching Games
   1. Push, Peak, Pop (not done)
      1. Push
      2. Peak
      3. Pop
7. Small/Full Side Competitive Games
1. n/2 on n/2 small goals
1. score on ground only
2. N.B. set up was not understood as designed, quickly went regular scrimmage.
1. No GK
2. Let players pick were they wanted to play.
3. Coaching moments with Theme were fair.
8. Cool Down
1. Stretch
1. N.B. Need to focus on this on 8/24
9. End Practice
1. Review
2. Compliment
3. Homework
1. Paper with Name and their favorite drill.

The AFC Strikers are born!

Not our official logo, from the Soccer Hall of Fame website. http://www.soccerhall.org/HallofFamerTeams/FtLaude... 

The Fort Lauderdale Strikers was MY team in the late 70s and early 80's. They played in the NASL (North American Soccer League) that was the Major Leagues at that time. The NASL had some big name players like Pele, Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Mueller, Gordon Banks, George Best ...

Practices starting Tuesday, August 22, 2006.

Striker Liker 1 over and out

Soccer Field Preparation Day

CMAA will be holding a Field preparation day this Sunday, August 20, 2006, probably starting around 8 or 9am, we could use all the help we can get to cut grass, to layout and line fields and anything else we may need to do to get prepared for the upcoming soccer season. Please notify your parents to come out and help.

Thanks,
Stan (Soccer Area Coordinator) & Dennis (CMAA Soccer Commisioner)