WEEK

1 (PHYSICAL LITERACY)

Retreat Line

Coach calls a fruit

'Apple' and all the
apples change
position

PREFERRED TRAINING MODEL (AS) MINI RELAY FRUIT SALAD

Soccer Nova Scotia Preferred Training Model Setup: Setup:

- Poles/Cones - Players spread out around the grid
Active Start Version - Small groups (age/stage 2/3 max to keep them active) - Players are named different fruits
- 25% General Movement - Balls (optional)
- 25% Coordination Objective:
- 25% Soccer Technique - Players go around the pole and back to the start Objective
- 25% Small Sided Game - Due to age/stage allow a set time rather than based on a - Coach calls out a fruit and the players change position
winner - Coach calls out fruit salad and everyone changes position
Objective:
- Players work on a station for a set amount of time. When Progressions: Progression:
time expires they move to the next station. - Run - Add a ball
- Seperate groups based on age and stage - Skip
- Jump Coaching Points:
Notes: - Side shuffle - Head up
- Small Sided Game Retreat line active on half way line - Hop - Change Direction
- Water/Rest station optional based on enviornment - Backwards - Listening
- Add a ball - Dribbling - Small touches
- Dribbling - Multiple surfaces (laces, instep, outstep &
sole)

Duration: Repetition: Functional: Duration: Repetition: Functional: Duration: Repetition: Functional:

0 1 N/A 0 1 N/A 0 1 N/A
Physical: Set Pieces: Tactical: Physical: Set Pieces: Tactical: Physical: Set Pieces: Tactical:
N/A N/A N/A Agility N/A N/A Agility N/A N/A
Technical: Psychological Practices: Technical: Psychological Practices: Technical: Psychological Practices:
N/A N/A Ball Control
 WEEK 1 (PHYSICAL LITERACY)

Reds are sharks

Blues are fish

Retreat Line in
effect

SHARK ATTACK SSG (3V3)

Setup: Setup:
- Grid size numbers and age/stage appropriate - 20x25 with pug goals
- Players on one side of the grid - U6 (Active Start) 3v3 with no goalkeepers
- Parents or partner on the opposite side - Multi ball with the coach to speed up play and assist with
flow if necessary. If the ball goes out place another in play,
Objective: preferably to space or player who is not getting many
- On 'GO' fish will move forward to the sharks who cannot touches of the ball
move
- When the coach shouts 'Shark Attack' the sharks sprint Objective:
and chase the fish to the beginning - Play for two minutes or first to score and rotate teams if
you have many players
Progression: - Retreat line is situated at halfway
- Walk
- Run Coaching Points:
- Side Shuffle - Let them play
- Jump
- Add a ball

Coaching Point:
- Head up
- Listening Skills
- Dribbling - Small touches
- Dribbling - Multiple Surfaces (laces, instep, outstep &
sole)
- Running with the ball - Big touches
- Running with the ball - Laces

Duration: Repetition: Functional: Duration: Repetition: Functional:

0 0 N/A 0 1 N/A
Physical: Set Pieces: Tactical: Physical: Set Pieces: Tactical:
Speed N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Technical: Psychological Practices: Technical: Psychological Practices:
Ball Control N/A