📋 Session Plan
U7 First Month
A 30-minute session for U7s in their first month of structured football — Future Fit-aligned, fun-first, no goalkeeping, lots of touches.
A 30-minute session for U7s in their first month of structured football — Future Fit-aligned, fun-first, no goalkeeping, lots of touches.
The U7 warm-up. Use just three colours (red, amber, green). Don't overload with extras at this age. Keep your call energy high — you're the engine of the drill.
Run only the basic version — no progressions. Each pair gets ~12 receiver reps. Don't overthink the technique; let the gate provide the feedback. If kids are getting it through 70%+ of the time, that's success.
The match. Future Fit format throughout — no GK, no offside, size 3 ball, no heading. Run as 4-minute games with 60-second resets. Reshuffle teams between games. End on a high — let them play to a final whistle, not a stopwatch.
All players in a circle, walking pace, ball at feet, slow passes around. Two minutes. Tell them one thing they did well today (group praise). Send them home smiling.
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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