📋 Session Plan
U10 Integration Session
A 60-minute session that ties together the five core technical themes — passing, first touch, dribbling, shooting, defending — into one applied SSG-heavy s
A 60-minute session that ties together the five core technical themes — passing, first touch, dribbling, shooting, defending — into one applied SSG-heavy s
The rondo as warm-up — every modern session should have one. Run two parallel rondos with 4 players each. By the end of an 8-minute block, every player has 6+ rondo reps. Sets up the scanning + first-touch theme for the whole session.
Pure 1v1 confidence work. Run only the basic version (skip progressions to closer defender). Each player gets ~6 attacking reps. The 1v1 attempt is the courage being built — praise the attempt, not just the success.
Run 4 rounds of 4 minutes each. Each round has a different constraint covering one of the block's themes: Round 1 = '3 passes before shooting' (passing), Round 2 = 'first touch must go forward' (first touch), Round 3 = 'must beat one player on the dribble before passing' (dribbling), Round 4 = 'goals only count after a tackle won' (defending). 60-second resets between rounds.
Free play with no constraints. Coach observes which themes show up naturally — that's the test of the foundation block. Pause once at minute 10 for a 60-second reflection: 'what's one thing you used today from the last 6 weeks?' Then resume to the end.
End the foundation block on a calm note. Use the closing circle for a block-end debrief — name one player who improved, one technique that's now automatic.
Clear demonstrations and high energy. Keep the session moving with minimal queuing, and reinforce one or two key coaching points rather than overloading players with information.
Players standing in queues (set up enough stations to keep everyone active) and the session running too long on one activity (keep blocks tight and move on while engagement is high).
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