Week 9 practice plan

This week, we emphasize playing the ball wide.

1. Juggling and passing warmup: Passes must be at least 40 yards long. Who can accurately pass the farthest? Add long throw-ins and correct throw-in technique

2. 1v1+1

3. 2v1: The 1 starts with the ball and tries to maintain possession for as long as possible. Count how long you can hold the ball--1-1000, 2-1000, 3-1000, ... Who held the ball longest?

4. Four-squares passing

5. 4 wide goals

6. 8v8: Points count only if the entire attacking team is in the last 2/3 of the field. Quick attack reward: 2 points if the defending team isn't entirely in their defensive 2/3 of the field. Possibly leave the goals in the corner from the 6 goal game to reward crosses.

Week 8 practice plan

This week's plan adds throw-ins to last week's plan.

1. Juggling and passing warmup: Passes must be at least 40 yards long. Who can accurately pass the farthest?

2. 2v1: The 1 starts with the ball and tries to maintain possession for as long as possible. Count how long you can hold the ball--1-1000, 2-1000, 3-1000, ... Who held the ball longest?

3. Throw in wall pass: Player stands at first cone, throws the ball in to his partner, and runs to the second cone, where he receives a pass from his partner. Partner practices ball skills receiving the throw in and attempts to pass back with 1 or 2 touches. Add a defender.

4. 6 goal width and depth game: With cones, make 6 goals on the field. Two at the sidelines, and one in each corner. Divide into two teams. Teams get 1 point for every time they pass the ball through a set of cones (twice in a row doesn't count), and 3 points for scoring on the real goals.

5. Triangle goal game: Turn and shoot!

6. 8v8: Points count only if the entire attacking team is in the last 2/3 of the field. Quick attack reward: 2 points if the defending team isn't entirely in their defensive 2/3 of the field. Possibly leave the goals in the corner from the 6 goal game to reward crosses.

Week 7 practice plan

Skills to focus on this week include: long passes, moving up and back as a team.

1. Juggling and passing warmup: Passes must be at least 40 yards long. Who can accurately pass the farthest?

2. 2v1: The 1 starts with the ball and tries to maintain possession for as long as possible. Count how long you can hold the ball--1-1000, 2-1000, 3-1000, ... Who held the ball longest?

3. 6 goal width and depth game: With cones, make 6 goals on the field. Two at the sidelines, and one in each corner. Divide into two teams. Teams get 1 point for every time they pass the ball through a set of cones (twice in a row doesn't count), and 3 points for scoring on the real goals.

4. Triangle goal game: Turn and shoot!

5. 8v8: Points count only if the entire attacking team is in the last 2/3 of the field. Quick attack reward: 2 points if the defending team isn't entirely in their defensive 2/3 of the field. Possibly leave the goals in the corner from the 6 goal game to reward crosses.

Week 6 practice plan

Skills to focus on this week include: maintaining a lead, passing, and shooting.

1. Juggling and passing warmup

2. Shield-steal: When we are leading by at least two goals, play possession by taking the ball to the corner. Play shield-steal versus the other teams defenders along the goal line

   

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3. 1v1: Can you make your opponent touch the ball out of bounds?

4. 2v1: The 1 starts with the ball and tries to maintain posession for as long as possible. Count how long you can hold the ball--1-1000, 2-1000, 3-1000, ... Who held the ball longest?

5. Four-squares passing

6. Triangle goal game: Turn and shoot!

7. 8v8

Closures for Java

Neal Gafter's talk at JavaPolis '06 is an excellent introduction to the proposal for closures in Java.