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: if they need extra help
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 at 9:30am
Facility Needs: powerleauge
Equipment Needs: bibs,cones,balls,goals
Emergency Procedures:check all equipment
Contingencies; plan b
Roles and Responsibilities:clean up equipment
Health & Safety Issues:
Check field check goals and check players
SMART targets:
Defending
Coach: Caitlin Connolly
Session Date:
Learning Aims and Objectives : defending
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 runs
High knees
Heel kicks
Main Session
technique
10-15minutes
Start of by getting into pairs and make a box not to big so that all of them fit and you have them pass the balls 2 times to each other then start with the ball and have to try get to the other side and it’s the defenders job to stop them and after switch over then go into a group of 4 and do 2v2 where to defenders stop the people with the ball
Skills
10-15
Get into 2 groups of 7 split up between 3 defenders and 4 attackers so that it’s more of a challenge for defenders and they have to get the ball from one side of the pitch to the other and see how many times they can do it after that switch over each time
Game
5aside
10-15
A game related to the skills and techniques they have learnt so they use lots of defending to stop the ball going in the goal and in the other player half
Use cones and 2 half of the pitches and use goals for the session
7minutes
Cool down
Dynamic and static stretches
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