Winter Recreation 2

Winter Recreation 2 4th Session – January 24 U7/U8 – Dribbling to Get Past Someone

When you get there • Cones, bibs, and Pugg Goals will be at the white boxes • Go to the field that you are assigned to on the map • Please wear a watch so you can start playing at ten after the hour at the latest (6:10pm or 7:10pm) • Once you have played a tag game for a little while make sure to get the ball involved in some way • As players enter the dome we will send them your way once you have 6 players get going • Wear your HS gear or WSC stuff if you have some

Field Map Elephants Bears Lions T-Rex Tina – U7/U8G Molly Claire/Tina Mark Bailey/Hannah Dolphins Eagles Sharks Cheetahs Lexi Maddie Mitchell Luke

Key • Coach • Players • Players w/ball • Cones • Balls

Activity 1 – Body Part Dribble Every player has there ball with them get them to dribble around the space Players will need to slow down so give them the hint that they should try to touch their ball each step they take Remind players they can dribble different speeds and show them Talk to them about the surface of the foot they can use Now while the are dribbling get them to stop the ball with different parts of their body: Sole of foot Belly Backside Elbow Knee Etc. Get dribbling Stop it with your knee

Activity 2 – Ball Retrieve Have every player circle around you with their ball in hand Take the players ball and toss it or roll it away and give them a task to bring it back Bring it back with: Two hands Two feet One hand, one knee Two knees If you notice a player doing something cool or different acknowledge it and ask the other players to copy it Players will be able to do the task 2/3 times then move onto new task Two hands one knee

Activity 3 – Score, Score, Score Every player needs to be on a ball Players need to dribble thru the goal to score To get the cone goals you can do it or you can give each player two cones to lay out as a goal Show players how to dribble thru the goals Have them go one round to get the hang of it then have them play and keep score. Let the round go 30 seconds then get them to yell out their scores now the challenge is to beat their own score by 2, 5, or whatever The players try to beat their own score because it is self referenced and therefore doesn’t matter if they are the best or worst kid it just maters that they do Can play a few rounds and come up with other ways to score Dribble around cone, dribble thru and then use a pullback, etc. Go I scored 3 How many did you score? I scored 1

Activity 4 – Ship’s Across the Ocean Get ready to sing “Ships across ocean ships across the sea captain o’captain you can’t catch me” Get the players on one side of the field and you in the ocean. The player’s will sing the tune and then once they finish they will try to run across the ocean to the other side with out getting tagged If they get tagged they join you in the ocean trying to tag the other kids Start without a ball and then add it. Key’s You will have to lead the song Ships across the ocean ships across the sea. Captain o’captain you can’t catch me Ships across the ocean ships across the sea. Captain o’captain you can’t catch me Ships across the ocean ships across the sea. Captain o’captain you can’t catch me Ships across the ocean ships across the sea. Captain o’captain you can’t catch me Ships across the ocean ships across the sea. Captain o’captain you can’t catch me

Activity 5 – Play Split the players onto two teams Play 4v4 with a few subs Have a pile of balls ready to go that you will send onto the field when it goes out of bounds Each time a ball goes out of bounds or a goal is scored yell “New Ball” and distribute a new ball on the field Can you get the ball to players that haven’t been involved Can you distribute the ball to challenge the team that needs challenging Players will clump together and chase the ball – that is normal Parents will want to help collect balls have them hold onto the balls and then collect them when you run out so players get a rest New Ball

Thanks Have fun and be decisive!

WR2 U7U8 Week 4 – Jan 24 Warm-up – Body Part Dribble • Every player has a ball and gets dribbling • Get players to stop the dribble with different parts of their body Activity 2 – Ball Retrieve • Every player with their ball in their hands around you • Take their ball toss it • Task players with some way to bring it back Activity 3 – Score, Score, Score • Every player with a ball • How many goals can the score • Challenge players with different ways to score Activity 4 – Ships across the ocean • Let’s sing the song • Players zip from one side to the other and if they get tagged they join you Play

Winter Recreation 2