COACHING SESSION PLAN
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
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: bibs,cones,goals,balls
Emergency Procedures:check all equipment
Contingencies; plan b
Roles and Responsibilities:cleaning up
Health & Safety Issues: medical check
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
7 minutes
Shuttle run
Run on spit
High knees
Main Session
Technique
10-15 minutes
Gotta run to the cone run around it before the attacker gets the ball past u then you gotta run around the first cone and defend then run to the second cone and do the same again
Skills
10-15 minutes
Progress this by adding a extra attacker which then you’ll have to move between the 2 attackers to stop the ball from getting past u
Game
5 a side
10 minutes
Related to what they have learnt
cool down
7 minutes
Dynamic and static stretches
in more ways than one
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