
Dribbling Coach: Caitlin Connolly Date Produced: Assessor: Scott smith Time available for Session: Participant Information Number of Participants: 14 Medical Information: Individuals ( 14 ) Groups ( 2 ) Gender:mixed Needs: Particular Needs: extra help depending there skills Age of Participants: 5 â 7 ( ) 7 â 9 ( ) 9 â 11 ( â«ï¸) 11 â 14 ( ) 15 & 16 ( ) 16+ ( ) Ability of Participants: Adults ( ) Participants with some experience ( ) Children ( â«ï¸) Disabilities ( ) Facilities and Resources Session Date: Time - Location: powerleauge Facility Needs: powerleauge Equipment Needs: cones,bibs,goals,balls Emergency Procedures:check goals ,check fields,check medicals Contingencies; plan b Roles and Responsibilities:clean up equipment,checking for danger Health & Safety Issues: slippy,holes SMART targets:dribbling,technique,skills Coach: Caitlin Connolly Session Date: Learning Aims and Objectives : dribbling Fun/Recreation ( ) Curriculum-based ( â«ï¸ ) Personal & Social Development ( ) Progression session and encouraging future participation ( ) ATTACH RISK ASSESSMENT AND EQUIPMENT LIST. Warm Up( Fundamentals 3 Stage Warm Up) warm up 7 minutes Dribbling ball through the cones Shuttle run Side steps both directions Main Session Technique 7-10minutes They are gonna run from one side to the other side doing lots of touches to see how many they can fit in before reaching the other side whilst doing all different touches Skills 10-15minutes Doing lots of touches half way then at the end speed it up Then doing lots of touches then stopping then going again doing touches in a diagonal direction to switch up which direction they going 5a side game 10-15 minutes Playing the game using the dribbling technique and skills they have learned in there training Asking questions at the start to learn what they know already Ask questions in the middle of the session to see what they have learned so far and to see if they paying attention Asking questions at the end to see what the enjoyed What they struggled on what they need work on Asking questions when you think there not paying attention to wake them up and get them involved cool down 7minutes Stretches like dynamic and static
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