Notes from 09/12/2005 Practice and Scrimmage

The Strikers scrimmaged the Green Machine for about 30 minutes on a great night for soccer.

Practice Session included

1. Stretching
2. Quick sprints to warm up
3. 6 v 2 - 2 touch passing on rectangle
   1. Looking for movement
   2. Decision Making
   3. Eye Contact
   4. Communication to team mates
   5. SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JAMES!
4. Half Field full size goals with 5 point 1 yd corners 0 points for middle
   1. Looking for shots to lower corners of goals
   2. Looking for passing
      1. movement
      2. eye contact
      3. talk for help
5. 4 v 1 on two ends with neutral zone
   1. Looking for 4 passes under pressure then a pass across neutral zone
   2. Issues
      1. need to demonstrate
6. Scrimmage
   1. Notes
      1. Work on zonal positioning
      2. Smart talk
      3. Look up
      4. Shots to corners
      5. Diagonal runs
      6. Quicker distributions
7. Finish with Punt and Sprint
   1. First player to ball gets to leave after they punt
      1. Notes
         1. Use width of field next practice
         2. groups of three