View source for 5/24/2016 - U9 - Practice Plan

RDU U9 Practice Plan 6 to 8PM

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! Minutes !! Drill Information
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| 6:00 to 6:10 || '''Soccer Turn Ground Ball Drill'''
* Two players 10 yards apart
* A third player placed in the middle
* 1 player rolls the ball to the middle he scoops, switches hands and fires a pass to the outside player, who then rolls it back
* Middle player alternates picking up ground balls with left and right hand.
* Run drill for 30 seconds then rotate
* Split up team in groups of 3
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| 6:10 to 6:20 || '''Three Lines, man vs man ground ball drill'''
* split teams into groups of 7 or 8
* get 3 lines roll the ball out and fight 1 on 1 on 1
* Person that wins it rolls out and passes to coach and gets back in line
* Becomes 2 on 2 and then solo
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| 6:20 to 6:25 || '''Water'''
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| 6:25 to 6:40 || '''Full field clear drill'''
* Full field clears. Goalie to defender, defender to middie, middie to attack, attack to X, cutting middie gets pass and shoots
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| 6:40 to 6:50 || '''Offense Popup and Cut Drill'''
* 6 Players in two groups
* Players pass ball, adjacents pop out, across players cut and return one at a time
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| 6:50 to 6:55 || '''Water'''
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| 6:55 to 7:05 || '''Meat Grinder'''
* 1 on 6 
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| 7:05 to 7:30 ||{{Template:Tic toc}}
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| 7:30 to 7:35 || '''Water'''
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| 7:35 to 7:50 || '''2 on 2 top and bottom''' 
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| 7:50 to 8:00 || '''Sprints'''
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