Junior Football Teesside
Riverside Juniors / Prissick Rovers / Boro Rangers FC
How to structure a session
2 mins warm up exercise at start -
Running / side steps / backwards / heel flicks / high kicks / swing arms / knee up & out
10 minute fun warm up game
Cat n mouse / stuck in mud / cow boys and Indians / bulldog etc
5 to 10 minute ball mastery
Use Coerver videos off you tube or down load there app
Main content games 15 to 20 mins
choose games from researched session plans
See below session plan ideas
15 to 25 minute mini 3 v 3 / 4 v 4 games at end to finish
Stop game to teach points from session topic when game breaks down
End of session
Finish session by getting kids in at end and ask them open questions on topic to feedback what they have learned
THE FA MODEL IS BIG ON DOING MINI 2V2 / 3V3 GAMES TO HELP AID DEVELOPMENT IN MATCHES AT THE END OF TRAINING SO IDEA IS IF YOU HAVE 12 AT TRAINING YOU PLAY 2 X 3V3 MIN MATCHES SIDE BY SIDE AND FLOAT BETWEEN PITCHES INSTEAD OF ONE BIG 6V6 GAME WHERE KIDS WILL TOUCH BALL A LOT LESS AND THEREFORE DEVELOPE ALOT LESS WITHIN THE SESSION.
Tips for managing poor behaviour in training
Always operate a 3 step rule for any children not listening / misbehaving
Step 1 - Warning
Step 2 - Sit them out for 5 mins
Step 3 - Send them home
Repeat this every week and if a child is sent home early 3 times in a season for poor behaviour then they will be asked to leave the team. Don't be afraid in upsetting parents in this process as if their child is disrupting the session they need to be aware
When you call the kids in to explain things give them a loud 5 second count down to get in otherwise they will take forever. If they take longer than 5 seconds then sit them out.
Only speak when you have everyone attention - if one kid is speaking just stay quiet and stare at them until they realise you are waiting for them to be quiet before you continue.
Link to FA Session Plans and YouTube Videos Below
Use coerver and Top Tekkers APP for skill ideas etc to incorporate into your sessions AND WATCH THEIR YOUTUBE VIDEOS
Session Plan Ideas
We recommend all managers use the Coerver manuals and the Top Tekkers app for ideas on coaching
Please click the links below for session plan ideas
(These may need to be downloaded off a laptop as some phones don't download them for some reason)
We have also listed a curriculum that a lead coach from the Ajax Academy produced for New Your Red Bulls which will give you a lot of ideas for session plans. Please click on the links below to download.
Beginner Session Plans
Advanced Session Plans