Soccer academy teaching proposal (U6 - U8)
Kids' approach to soccer and to sports in general is an important and sensitive stage of their growth |
- motor skills and basic postural patterns;
- coordination skills and joint mobility;
- technical skills;
- cognitive and attention skills;
- educational goals;
- soccer-related educational goals;
- social-emotional development;
- athletic aspects, and so on...
- Physical growth: kids' skeletal system is still fragile.
- Motor development: kids don't have proper motor control and general coordination, they find it difficult to organize space and time and their movements are not very effective.
- Social-emotional development: kids are in the middle of an “egocentric” stage and are not fully able to cooperate.
- Cognitive growth: kids find it difficult to focus their attention and to understand abstract concepts.
EDUCATIONAL GOALS | TRAINING GOALS |
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Social-emotional area:
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Fundamental soccer rules:
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Cognitive area:
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Fundamental soccer principles:
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Psycho-motor area:
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Become familiar with the ball and the game:
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- KNOW WHAT TO DO: move forward with the ball, stop it, kick it, move without it.
- UNDERSTAND: the game's goal, the attacking and the defending phase.
- ACCEPT: respect teammates, respect opponents, comply with the rules, accept the contact with the ground, the contact with the opponents.
EXAMPLE OF INDIVIDUAL EVALUATION FORM
GENERAL EVALUATIONS
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INADEQUATE | ADEQUATE | GOOD |
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Interest in the game | |||
Initiative and resourcefulness | |||
Compliance with the rules | |||
Acclimatization | |||
Basic motor skills | |||
Ball control | |||
Coordination skills | |||
Space-time organization | |||
Quickness and joint mobility | |||
Ability to choose (Solutions) | |||
Learning ability |
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