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: don’t know yet
Time - Location: powerleauge at 9:30am
Facility Needs: powerleauge
Equipment Needs: bibs,cones,goals,balls
Emergency Procedures:check pitch check medicals and check if everything is safe
Contingencies; plan b for back u
Roles and Responsibilities:clean equipment,help if injuries
Health & Safety Issues:
Make sure the grass not slippy and there’s no holes
SMART targets:shooting
Coach: Caitlin Connolly
Session Date:
Learning Aims and Objectives : shooting
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
7minutes
Shuttle run
High knees
Running and kicking balls into goal
Main Session
Technique
10-15minutes
Start by having 2 people and passing the ball from 1
person to the other then kicking the ball
down the pitch and the other player shoots
the ball so they are passing to each other then
shooting at the end
Skills
10-15 minutes
Doing the same again but adding people
in the middle to stop the from passing
and shooting and also add a goal keeper to
save the ball and keep doing this but switching over
5a side game
7-10 minutes
Playing the game using what you learned
from the shooting and making sure
you shoot on target in the game
Do cones at the half way line where they pass the
ball through to shoot and aim for the goal
then use that to add where the defenders
are allowed to move to stop them and the Goal keeper
Cool Down
cool down
7 minutes
Dynamic and static stretches
And high knees stretching the
leg muscles
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: don’t know yet
Time - Location: powerleauge at 9:30am
Facility Needs: powerleauge
Equipment Needs: bibs,cones,goals,balls
Emergency Procedures:check pitch check medicals and check if everything is safe
Contingencies; plan b for back u
Roles and Responsibilities:clean equipment,help if injuries
Health & Safety Issues:
Make sure the grass not slippy and there’s no holes
SMART targets:shooting
Coach: Caitlin Connolly
Session Date:
Learning Aims and Objectives : shooting
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
7minutes
Shuttle run
High knees
Running and kicking balls into goal
Main Session
Technique
10-15minutes
Start by having 2 people and passing the ball from 1
person to the other then kicking the ball
down the pitch and the other player shoots
the ball so they are passing to each other then
shooting at the end
Skills
10-15 minutes
Doing the same again but adding people
in the middle to stop the from passing
and shooting and also add a goal keeper to
save the ball and keep doing this but switching over
5a side game
7-10 minutes
Playing the game using what you learned
from the shooting and making sure
you shoot on target in the game
Do cones at the half way line where they pass the
ball through to shoot and aim for the goal
then use that to add where the defenders
are allowed to move to stop them and the Goal keeper
cool down
7 minutes
Dynamic and static stretches
And high knees stretching the
leg muscles
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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