U8-U13 CYSA 8 WEEK PRACTICE PLAN OUTLINE!
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General Practice Guidelines
⬧ MAKE A PRACTICE PLAN
o Warm-up Activity
▪ 5-10 min
o Ball Familiarity Activity
▪ 30-40 min
o Small Sided Game
▪ 10-15 min
⬧ Limit time spent in lineups and elimination activities
o Try to have every kid moving with a ball at their
feet as much as possible
⬧ Keep 70% of your practice the same, change only 30%
⬧ Name your games - will make for quicker setup in
subsequent practices
⬧ BRIEF description of activity, DEMO, do the activity
(should take 30 sec)
⬧ Teach players that when you blow the whistle, that
means STOP, put their foot on the ball, no talking, and
eyes on the coach
Please note:
⬧ practice plans have been developed so that the drills are
the same (mostly) every week with modifications for the
weekly skill we are working on
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SKILL OF
THE WEEK
RULE OF
THE WEEK
FEINT OF
THE WEEK
WEEK 1
DRIBBLING
BALL OUT
OF PLAY
WEEK 2
PASSING
THROW INS
WEEK 3
RECEIVING HAND BALL
WEEK 4
OFFENCE
(ATTACKING
SPACE/
TURNS)
SHOULDER
TO
SHOULDER
CONTACT
WEEK 5
DEFENCE
BALL START INSIDE AND
OF PLAY
OUTSIDE
CUT
WEEK 6
SHOOTING
PLAYER
SCISSORS
DOWN
ETIQUETTE
WEEK 7
HEADING/
GOALIE
GOAL
KEEPING
WEEK 8
TEAM PLAY U13 OFFSIDE
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CRYUFF
MARADONA
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COACHING POINTS!
DRIBBLING!
• head up!!!!!!!!!!
• keep the ball close!
• soft touch (guide ball, don’t kick)!
• stay on balls of feet!
• use all parts of feet (inside, outside, laces,
sole, both feet)!
• technique before speed!
• dribble when you have open space in front
of you!
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PASSING!
• make it easy for your teammate to
receive!!!!
- keep it on the ground!!!!
• strike middle of the ball!
- correct pace!
• get the ball to your teammate quickly
without blasting them!
• know your teammates, some may
need a gentler pass!
use
inside
of feet!!!!
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• look at ball when passing!
• pass when an opponent is coming (don’t
wait too long)!
• move afterwards!
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RECEIVING!
• soft first touch!
• direct first touch out in front or to side!!!!
• move to meet the ball!
- don't wait for it to come to you!
• get body behind ball!
• for trapping, foot or thigh comes up to meet
the ball and then cushions the ball (pretend
it’s an egg)!
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OFFENCE (how to beat an opponent)!
• change direction and speed!!!!
• attack open space!
• use feints!
• shield the ball!
- keep your body between opponent and
the ball!
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DEFENCE (how to steal the ball away)!
• be patient!!!!
• wait for player with the ball to make a
mistake and then go for it!
• don’t reach through their legs!
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SHOOTING!
• strike with laces from far away, side of foot
close up!
• keep toe pointing down!
• lock ankle!
• strike through centre of ball!
• swing leg and follow through!
• accuracy before power!
• knee and head over ball!
• standing foot beside ball, not in front or
behind!
• aim for bottom corners of goal!
• use foot closest to ball!
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HEADING!
• feet apart, knees bent!
• eyes open!!!!
• watch the ball the whole time!
• mouth closed!
• hit on forehead!
• keep neck stiff!
• bend forward at waist to meet the ball
(head hits ball, not ball hits head)!
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GOALIE!
• get body behind ball!!!!
• on your toes at all times!
• feet shoulder width apart!
• hands up and ready!
• eyes on the ball at all times!
• if catching the ball bring into chest and hug
the ball!
• if can not catch, punch or push the ball
away!
• drop kick or throw ball out to sidelines, not
up the middle!
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TEAM PLAY/SUPPORT!
• communicate!!!!
• get open!!!!! (keep moving so opponents
can't mark you)!
- nobody between you and your teammate!
• be available for a pass (to your teammate’s
side, forward, or behind)!
• move up the field together!
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RULES OF THE WEEK!
BALL OUT OF PLAY!
• whole ball (side of the ball, not the bottom) has
to be completely over the line to be out or to be
a goal!
• rebounds off a goal post, cross bar, corner flag
or ref are still in play!
• encourage players to keep playing until ref
blows the whistle!
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THROW INS!
• face the field of play!
• each foot behind or on the sideline!
- can’t lift the feet!
use
both hands from behind the head!
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after
player throws in a ball, another player just
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touch it!
• can’t score from a throw in!
• U8/U10 get a redo in a game if make a mistake!
• U13 - players can’t be offside on a throw in!
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HANDBALL!
• “hand” is from your finger tips to shoulder tip!
• only called for DELIBERATELY (hand/arm must
make a movement towards the ball) handling
the ball with the hand/arm!
• U13 - if it is in goal area then it is a penalty kick!
• U13 - red card for preventing a scoring
opportunity!
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SHOULDER TO SHOULDER CONTACT!
• may lean into another player, shoulder to
shoulder when challenging for the ball!
• foul is contact is careless, reckless, or using
excessive force!
• arms at your side!
• must be going for the ball (can not obstruct
opponent from the ball)!
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BALL START OF PLAY!
• coin toss:!
- the team that wins the toss chooses the side
of field they want!
- team that loses the toss gets the ball for the
first half. In the second half, the other team
starts with the ball!
kick
off:!
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- each team in their half of the field!
- players without the ball just be outside
centre circle!
- ball MUST MOVE FORWARD!
- the player that takes the kick off can’t touch
the ball again until another player touches it!
- a goal MAY be scored from the kick off!
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• drop ball:!
- ball must touch the ground first!
- can not be taken within the goal area!
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INJURED PLAYER ETIQUETTE!
• Official rule: the play is not stopped until the ref
blows the whistle!
• however in soccer the unwritten etiquette is:!
- when a team mate or opponent is injured,
kick the ball off the field!
- the other team putting the ball back into play
(by throw in or corner kick gives the ball
back to the team that had possession before
it was kicked out!
- take a knee as the injured player is being
attended to!
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GOAL KEEPING!
• Restarting play when an opponent kicks the
ball off the goalie end line:!
- goal kick by any player (usually the goalie
but sometimes a defender) inside the goal
area!
When
the ball is in play:!
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- goalie can handle the ball with their hands
only within their goal area!
- goalie has 6 seconds to pass the ball either
by throwing it or kicking it!
- if the goalie drops the ball on the ground it is
“live” and anybody can play it!
- even if they are in their goal area, a goalie
that throws or kicks the ball to their team can
not pick it up again until someone else
touches it!
- goalie can not pick up the ball if kicked back
to them by one of their teammates or from a
throw in!
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U13 ONLY - OFFSIDE!
• in effect in the attacking 3rd of the field - mark
with cones on the touch line!
• an attacking player is offside if there are less
than two defenders (including the goalie)
between him/her and the goal at the time the
ball is played!
• they must be involved in the play!
• you can NOT be offside!
- in your own half of the field!
- off a corner kick!
- off a throw in!
- off a goal kick