Dribbling
Coach: Caitlin Connolly
Date Produced:
Assessor: Scott smith
Time available for Session:
Participant Information
Number of Participants: 14
Medical Information:
Individuals ( 14 ) Groups ( 2 )
Gender:mixed
Needs:
Particular Needs: extra help depending there skills
Age of Participants: 5 – 7 ( ) 7 – 9 ( ) 9 – 11 ( ⚫️) 11 – 14 ( ) 15 & 16 ( ) 16+ ( )
Ability of Participants: Adults ( ) Participants with some experience ( ) Children ( ⚫️) Disabilities ( )
Facilities and Resources
Session Date:
Time - Location: powerleauge
Facility Needs: powerleauge
Equipment Needs: cones,bibs,goals,balls
Emergency Procedures:check goals ,check fields,check medicals
Contingencies; plan b
Roles and Responsibilities:clean up equipment,checking for danger
Health & Safety Issues: slippy,holes
SMART targets:dribbling,technique,skills
Coach: Caitlin Connolly
Session Date:
Learning Aims and Objectives : dribbling
Fun/Recreation ( )
Curriculum-based ( ⚫️ )
Personal & Social Development ( )
Progression session and encouraging future participation ( )
ATTACH RISK ASSESSMENT AND EQUIPMENT LIST.
Warm Up( Fundamentals
3 Stage Warm Up)
warm up
7 minutes
Dribbling ball through the cones
Shuttle run
Side steps both directions
Main Session
Technique
7-10minutes
They are gonna run from one side to the
other side doing lots of touches to see
how many they can fit
in before reaching the other side
whilst doing all different touches
Skills
10-15minutes
Doing lots of touches half way
then at the end speed it up
Then doing lots of touches then stopping
then going again doing touches in
a diagonal direction to switch up
which direction they going
5a side game
10-15 minutes
Playing the game using the dribbling
technique and skills
they have learned in there training
Asking questions at the start to learn
what they know already
Ask questions in the middle of the session to
see what they have learned so far and to
see if they paying attention
Asking questions at the end to see what the enjoyed
What they struggled on what they need work on
Asking questions when you think there not paying
attention to wake them up and get them involved
cool down
7minutes
Stretches like dynamic and static
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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