The content of young football players’ preparation – 6 – 7 year olds (2)

The content of young football players’ preparation – 6 – 7 year olds (2)

1ST PREPARATION PERIOD (August – November)

A.     GENERAL MOTOR SKILLS

  • Exercises – repetition of basic and derived position, transition through positions
  • 2-3 stable complexes of physical development (6-8 exercises) performed in 10 -12 training sessions (free, with ball, with objects)
  • Variants of walking, running, jumping
  • Independent, successive, alternative, combinative practice
  • 2-3 dynamic games, relays, sessions comprising various runs and simple jumps
  • 2-3 dynamic games, relays, sessions comprising motor actions from the throwing category: catches, balance, weight transportation, escalade

B.     DEVELOPMENT OF MOTOR SKILLS

General skills:

  • Dynamic games, relays, sessions employing various motor skills – the ball is recommended
  • Learning skipping rope (on one or both feet)

Speed

  • 4-6 x 15m in 4/4 (with or without the ball)
  • 2 x 30m in 4/4

General endurance:

  • 400m in 2/4 (no timing) at the end of every training session

Force:

  • 4 x 5 squats with jumps
  • 4 x 10 crunches (from flat on the back, elevation of trunk, hands to toes and return)
  • 4 x 10 back (from face down, arms skew ahead, successive elevation of trunk)
  • 4 x 6 push-ups

*performed at the end of every training session

C.    TECHNICAL PREPARATION

 Ball-carrying skills:

  • various ball exercises
  • keeping the ball in air through successive kicks
  • ball-carrying exercises, straight ahead and with direction changes
  • full and interior shots, to wall
  • headers to wall
  • individual finishing exercises

Simple technical structures:

  • trapping – carrying
  • trapping – carrying – kicking (transmission)
  • trapping – kicking (transmission or finishing)
  • trapping – carrying – kicking (finishing)

D.  GAME ON SMALL-SIZED PITCH

–         6 X 6 with goalkeepers, on 30m/20m or 40m/20m pitch
–         3 x 3 with small goals
–         1 x 1 with small goals

* has to be present within  every training session

E.   COMPLIMENTARY ACTIVITIES

  • initiation course – swimming
  • 1-2 cycling trips  (4-6 km)

ION V. IONESCU                                      MARIUS DEMIAN

translated by Prof. Cristian Sandor