22nd October - U12 Boys

Session Objectives
By the end of this session participants will be able to:

1. Complete a short and long pass.
2. Control a pass coming at pace.
3. Dribble, look up and shoot.Work effectively as a team player.

Note 1:Players where asked to play against each other counting how many times they got they pass on target. This encourages the development of an internal locus of causality and increases motivation (Deci & Ryan, 1985)

Session Evaluation

Over all this session went well, I decided to use a guided discovery style of coaching identified by Woods, (1998) which allowed the players to have the freedom to explore various options of drills resolving around all the elements that we had previously looked at in the session. I did this by giving the whole team three options of drill for each area i wanted to work through. We as a whole decided to combine three drills; passing between small groups working through a coned area, then dribbling down to the goal, finishing with a cross and a shot.

All objectives where met during this session and the whole team participated to the best of there ability whilst having fun. I decided to do this for the entirety of the session as I felt the participants where showing how well they could work together and as they improved they were adding in there own personal skill, progressing the drill at there own pase with my guidance. As I have covered the basic skills needed in the first few sessions I wanted to bring them all together and see how they would react with the freedom and more game like situations i was placing them in.

Over the next few weeks I am going to be developing there team work and not giving definite objectives. All sessions will be worked on improving problems from the match the day before and trying to increase there work rate for each other, working as a team.

Deci, E.L., Ryan, R.M. (1985) Intrinsic Motivation and Self-determination in Human

Woods, B. (1998) Applying psychology to Sport, Hodder & Stoughton.