Tricks and Stretch

Objective

• Come down from the session, and finish with something they will practise at home

Set-up and how it runs

• Everyone in a circle with a ball, walking pace.
• Show one trick — a sole roll, a drag-back, a step-over — and let them try it for a minute.
• Ask two players to show theirs.
• Finish sitting down with a few easy stretches and a two-minute debrief: one thing that went well, one thing to practise.

Equipment

• A ball each

Coaching points

• Slow and correct beats fast and messy
• Try it with both feet
• Take one thing home to practise

Progressions

• Trick of the week, revisited at the next session

What it develops

Technical

Ball control

Psychosocial

Self confidence

Physical

Flexibility and mobility