SASC Online Coaching Resources

This page contains resources for our Recreational Coaches as follows:

The latest U6, U8 and U10 practice plans for the Fall 2023 season
Some other material for various age groups that coaches can explore on their own (including previous season's practice plans for U6/U8)

Feel free to contact our Director of Coaching (DOC) if you have questions on any of this material.

Fall 2023 Practice Plans

The SASC Director of Coaching (DOC), Andrew Ransome, will post practice plans here each week during the season for teams to reference before each practice session. Sometime we are able to provide short videos demonstrating one or more of the activities.

Date	Session Plan		Supporting videos
Week 1: 8/30 & 9/1 + Week 2: 9/6 & 9/8	U6	U6 Intro to Soccer	Cones warm-up Going to Goal (1+ball; 1v1) Going to Goal: 1+ball Going to Goal: 1v1 1v1 - Boss of the Balls 3v3 game
Week 1: 8/30 & 9/1 + Week 2: 9/6 & 9/8	U8	U8 Intro to Soccer	Cones warm-up Shooting vs. GK 2v2 game (1v1+GK) 4v4 game
Week 3: 9/13 & 9/15 + Week 4: 9/20 & 9/22	U6	U6 practice plan	Cones warm-up Dribble and Shoot Gates 1v1 - Boss of the Balls 3v3 game
Week 3: 9/13 & 9/15 + Week 4: 9/20 & 9/22	U8	U8 practice plan U8 Spread Out	Passing through a gate 2v1+GK 2v2 4v4 game

Supplemental Material

This is additional material that may be of use for this season.

Name	Description
Restarts	Restarts: what to work on during scrimmages
Shape	How do I teach players to spread out?
Game Day Challenges	Do you have a dominant team, or dominant player(s)?
Introducing Challenges	Using small-sided games to practice introducing challenges

U10 Practice Plans

These are practice plans based on the US Soccer "Play-Practice-Play" methodology for 7v7 game format (U10+):

U10 Practice Plan

Attacking 1: Playing Out of the Back

Defending 1: Prevent Opponent From Scoring

Attacking 2: Build Up In Opponent's Half

Defending 2: Prevent Opponent Build-Up

Defending 3: Prevent Opponent Building Out

Spring 2023 Practice Plans

This is an archive of the practice plans used during the Spring 2023 season.

Date	Session Plan		Supporting videos
~~Week 1: 3/8 & 3/10~~ + Week 2: 3/15 & 3/17 + Week 3: 3/22 & 3/24	U6	U6 Intro to Soccer	Cones warm-up Going to Goal (1+ball; 1v1) Going to Goal: 1+ball Going to Goal: 1v1 1v1 - Boss of the Balls 3v3 game
	U8	U8 Intro to Soccer	Cones warm-up Shooting vs. GK 2v2 game (1v1+GK) 4v4 game
Week 4: 3/29 & 3/31 + Week 5: 4/5 & 4/7	U6	U6 Intro to Soccer	Cones warm-up Going to Goal (1+ball; 1v1) Going to Goal: 1+ball Going to Goal: 1v1 1v1 game 3v3 game
Week 4: 3/29 & 3/31 + Week 5: 4/5 & 4/7	U8	U8 practice plan U8 Spread Out	Passing through a gate 2v1+GK 2v2 4v4 game
Week 6: 4/12 & 4/14 + Week 7: 4/19 & 4/21	U6	U6 practice plan	Tag Defender 1v1 game 3v3 game
Week 6: 4/12 & 4/14 + Week 7: 4/19 & 4/21	U8	U8 practice plan	Keep & Kick Dribble & Shoot vs. Defender & Goalkeeper 2v1+GK 4v4 game
Week 8: 4/26 & 4/28 + Week 9: 5/3 & 5/5	U6	U6 practice plan	Pass Tag Restart Relay 2v1 to Goal 3v3
Week 8: 4/26 & 4/28 + Week 9: 5/3 & 5/5	U8	U8 practice plan	Passing (two cones) Restart Relay Goalie Wars 4v4 game (3+GK)
Week 10: 5/10 & 5/12 + Week 11: 5/17 & 5/19	U6	U6 practice plan	Gotcha Pass / Clear 2v1 - Restarts 3v3
Week 10: 5/10 & 5/12 + Week 11: 5/17 & 5/19	U8	U8 practice plan	1+Ball / 1 vs. Rest 1v1 2v2 4v4 game (3+GK)

Feel free to contact our Director of Coaching (DOC) if you have questions on any of this material.

Additional Activities for Recreational Players

Rec. Coach Training meeting material	Ideas and concepts for coaching all rec age groups
U6 Practice Plan #1	Complete practice plans for the U6/7 age group
U6 Practice Plan #2	Complete practice plans for the U6/7 age group
U8 Practice Plan #1	Complete practice plans for the U8 age group
U8 Practice Plan #2	Complete practice plans for the U8 age group
U10 Practice Plan #1	Complete practice plans for the U10 age group
U10 Practice Plan #2	Complete practice plans for the U10 age group
U12 Practice Plan #1	Complete practice plans for the U12 age group
U12 Practice Plan #2	Complete practice plans for the U12 age group
Playing Onside	Explanation of FIFA Law 11 - Offside
2v2	Using the 2v2 format to introduce the game to new players
Introducing Challenges	Using small-sided games to practice introducing challenges
U6 Safari Soccer	Take your ball on a soccer safari
U8 Inside	Using the inside of the foot
U10 Juggle	Introduction to juggling a ball