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Junior Academy Outline
Each training session will consist of individual & small group instruction, followed by an extended period of small-sided games. This camp design allows the individual player to apply the technique acquired to different game-like experiences.
Benefits of Small-Sided Games:
Everyone plays
Many touches on the ball
Different games bring out different skills
Many opportunities for everyone to score goals
Kids are not just a defender or attackers, but soccer players
Lots of problem solving opportunities without coaches talking you through the game
Dribbling
Close control
Change of direction
Change of pace
Disguise
Striking the ball- Heading, Passing and Shooting
The approach to the ball
Contact with the ball
Follow though
Receiving the ball- taking the ball that is coming to you and playing it to yourself
Get into the line of flight of the ball
Choose the controlling surface and present it to the ball
Relax and withdraw the controlling surface
"Good coaches use the basic criteria of street soccer for their vision of grass roots development; they realize that these elements produce a natural process which gives the most efficient training for young kids."
