Activity Center.
Elevate your game and transform your training sessions with the Coach Education Activity Center. We understand that the backbone of every successful practice is a meticulously crafted lesson plan – the blueprint that guides your players to their full potential. Our Activity Center is the ultimate toolbox, equipped with a diverse array of carefully curated lesson plans. Broken down into distinct activity types, this dynamic resource ensures there’s something for every coaching need. Whether you’re refining technical skills, nurturing teamwork, or enhancing tactical awareness, these comprehensive plans provide you with the framework to create impactful training sessions. Embrace the power of structured planning, tap into the versatility of our activities, and watch your coaching endeavors flourish on the field.
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Coach Education Activity Center.
Kentucky Youth Soccer Blank Lesson Template (Excel Document)
Attacking Wide Play
Bunkering in to Create the Counter Attack
Changing Point of Attack
Counter Attacking from Defensive Set Plays
Direct Counter Attacking
Developing a Goal Scoring Predator
Free Kicks in Wide Positions
Technique of Finishing & Shooting
Patterns of Play to Incorporate Flank Players
Shooting Activities for Younger Players
Transition to Attack
When to Dribble and When to Pass
Activities for introducing the basic Attacking and Defending Principles
Functional Training for the Center Forwards
Movement of the Strikers
Combination Play in Central Attacking Areas
Functional Training for Wide Players
Improve the Teams Ability to Create and Score from Central Positions
Improve Players Ability to Score with Headers
Developing Buildup Play using the Midfielders
Finishing and Passing Patterns
Numerical Superiority in the Attacking Half
Functional Training of the Striker
Creating Attacking Overloads
Playing Through the Unbalancing Zones
Improving Players Ability to Protect and Turn
Defending in the Attacking Third
Defensive Heading
High Pressure Defending
Pressure
Winning Possession of the Ball
Defending the Counter Attack
Defending Later
Tackling – When, Why and How
6 Second Defending Concept
Improve Teams Ability to transition to defend in their own half
Defending Central Areas – Forcing the play wide
Defending in Small Groups
Defending Numbers Down – Created by Mike Dickey – US Girls Training Center
Defending Numbers Down
Playing Out of the Back Under Pressure
Defending in the Defensive Third
Defending the Space
Defending the Direct Goal Channel
Defending from the Front (with a front 3 in 11v11) – New
Clearing Crosses – Punching
Coaching a Keeper within the Game
Dealing with the Back Pass
Goalkeeping – Changing the Point of Attack by Derek Willis, Head Men’s Coach, Georgetown College
Goalkeeping – Dealing with 1v1 Situations by Chris Hershey, New York State West ODP Head GK Coach
Goalkeeping – Distribution
Goalkeeping – Improving Agility by Leah Castleman, Head Women’s Coach, Georgetown College
Goalkeeping – Improving Strength by Jacob Sither, Kentucky Youth Soccer ODP Head GK Coach
Individual Goalkeeping Activities By Rob Parker, Goalkeeper Coach
Shot Stopping and Angle Play by Derek Willis, Head Men’s Coach, Georgetown College
Improving Goalkeepers Shot Stopping and Distribution
Backyard Activities to Improve Your First Touch
Cognitive Passing Activities
Combination Play for U10’s
Dynamic First Touch
Fun Passing Activities
Dealing with Bouncing Balls
Introducing Passing
Penetrating Passes
Receiving & Turning with the Ball
Receiving the Ball with Your Back to the Goal
Short Passing
U8 Passing Connections
SSG Passing Patterns
Playing Passes into Space
Aerial Services – Long Passes
Training Activities – Combining in Tight Areas
Receiving and Redirecting the Ball under Pressure
Improving First Touch using Ball Manipulation and Passing Activities
Switching the Play in the Middle Third
Technical Passing Activities to Help Midfield Combination
Developing Field Awareness to Improve Possession
Developing Support Play to Improve Possession
Midfielder Roles During the Buildup
Passing and Dribbling to Maintain Possession
Playing Forward Back and Through
Possession with a Purpose
Retaining Possession to Penetrate
Movement off the Ball – Combination Play
Playing In & Out of Tight Spaces
Possession Through the Thirds
Whole, Part, Whole Approach to Playing out of the Back
Building out of the Back
Coach Fullbacks to Join into the Attack
Patterns of Player for Playing with a Front Three
Playing with Split Strikers
Speed of Play 2 by John Ellinger, FC Dallas Coach
Speed of Play
Midfield Rotation & Reading Cues
Rhythm of Play
Develop Speed of Thought
Collective Passes to Advance by Tim Carter, Academy Director, Minnesota United