8/17/2021 - Optional Practice

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Time Drill
5 Min Active Stretching
  • Start with a warm up jog of a full length of the field and back
  • Knee huggers (hamstrings): Hug each knee to the chest, moving hips forward
  • High kicks (hamstrings, hips): Kick leg up and across the body towards raised hand on opposite side. Let leg free fall (lightly) backwards.
  • Lateral slides (groin, hips, knees, ankles, lower back): *visualize a line of hurdles* move laterally while ducking under each hurdle.
  • Heel scoops (hamstrings, lower back): Extend leg out in front with heel on the ground. Reach with both hands towards the heel. Come “through the leg” with arms all the way above the head.
  • Toe touches (hamstrings, core): On one foot, reach down and across the body towards the foot on opposite side. Simultaneously reaching behind with unplanted leg.


60 min Soccer
7 Min Star Drill
7 Min Ground Ball Train

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIOjTHxEJ3A

  • Line up all one one side of the field, need about 20 yards wide and width of a field
  • Idea is for kids to get alot of repetition with ground balls
  • 3 types of ground ball work, kids go back and forth across the field
  1. Roll ball to self, double move escape (face dodge, roll, split dodge) go to sideline and then to start the other way
  2. Start with ground ball at feet, kick with foot, hockey with stick, double move escape
  3. roll ball out accelerate through it


10 Min Stacked Sliding Drill + Add One
7 Min Floating Dodge from top wings
  • From the top of the box on left and right
  • Put your body facing inside to the island, stick top side
  • Side step and move the stick to the inside, stutter step, two steps look to draw the double, if not rip it
  • Work on getting the defender to freeze
  • If defender moves down the alley jab step up top and rip it


10 Min 6 v 6
5 Min Warmup jog twice around the field