Topic: Individual activities,

Author: F. Trovato National Youth Certificate Course relaxation activities, balancing

Lesson Plan
and coordination activities
Alaska State DOC
Age: U6
2003 Age Group __U6__

Activity Name Description Diagram Purpose/Coaching

Points
Players Stand near a cone – cone serves as Stretching,
point of reference. Relaxation,
1. Zen Master Balance,
Warm-Up Coach is the Master. Coach demonstrates skill Coordination
and on command players perform skill Fun
repeatedly (10 sec.) and then move to new
Periodic Stretching and cone. Repeat. Field Size:
Calming Moments Cones should be
Activities Without Ball 10 yards apart.
Give players a funny 1 foot balance, other foot balance,1 foot hop,
team mantra to quietly other foot hop, 2 foot hop, bear crawl, crab
recite at calming crawl Extra laughs after
moments team mantra
Introduce ball
Figure 8’s around legs with hands, Round the
Waist, Ball Tap on Forehead, Thigh Catch, Water Break!
Throw Catch, Head Catch, Ball Taps, Body Part
Dribble, Ask Player to Pick

Combine Two Activities – Random select two

activities to combine which players perform
before moving on.
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Lesson Plan Age: U6
Groups of Stretching, Relaxation,
Two, one Balance, Coordination, Enjoy,
2. Zen Master Master, one Student Fun
Follow the Master,
Master leads Student around and Encourage creativity of new soccer
Grasshopper through the cones. When Masters skills and new chants.
reaches an open cone, they choose
and perform a soccer skill (the Extra laughs for new individual
Body Control, Balance activities we did in the Zen Master chants
Replication Practice Warm-up or new ones) that must be
replicated by the Student. Master
Periodic Stretching and chants Team or Individual Mantra Field Size:
Calming Moments - Team (players can make up their own new Cones should be 10 yards apart.
Mantra individual chant)

20 sec. then switch Master and

Student. Repeat.

Activities start without ball and then

with ball after a few rounds. Water Break!
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Lesson Plan Age: U6
Red Freeze Tag Stretching, Relaxation,
3. Freeze Games Balance, Coordination, Enjoy,
- Red Light - Green Light Green Light Fun
Light
Players move across area
on command of Green Light.
Coach announces Red Light
and players must stop. Any
Extra Laughs for funny frozen
players caught moving or
forms
with ball far away from them
must restart 10 steps back
toward starting line. When
all players reach end line
game is complete. Repeat.
Field Size:
- Freeze Tag 45 sec.
games Red Light – Green Light
Coach is “It.” Players move 20 x 40 yards
in area. When “It” touches a
player, player must freeze in Freeze Tag
that position. Teammates 25 x 25 yards
can unfreeze player by
standing next to frozen
player and stand on one foot
balanced for count of 4. Water Break!
- Freeze Tag w/ ball
Players have ball. When
player is frozen, teammates
must nutmeg frozen player
to unfreeze.
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Lesson Plan Age: U6
Stretching, Relaxation,
Balance, Coordination, Enjoy,
4. 3v3 Fun
Coach serves balls in.
without
If ball goes out of
keepers play, have players Field Size:
leave it and coach
restarts play with a 20 x 30 yards
new ball. Throw-ins
can be added. Games
to two or three and
reshuffle players on BIG FINISH – Thank you and
teams if teams are congratulations to all!
lopsided. Celebrate
Goals with Team
Mantra!