Practice Plan
Ball Striking Dan Visser
Topic
Organization Description
1-2. 1 ball per player. Open 1. Sitting down, ball in hands:
Fundamental Warm-up
space. players lightly strike the ball
3-4. Lanes (5X18 yds.) into the air and catch it.
 Strike once and catch; R&L
 Strike twice and catch; R&L
 “How many can you do?”
2. Players repeat standing up.
3. With a partner: players kick
the ball to their partner’s
hands. 6 yds.
4. Competition: 6, 12, 18 yds.
 2 lines w/ balls off posts.  Player A backpeddles around
Match Related Activity 2
 1 player (A) in each gate the far cone.
facing the line.  Player B passes the ball at
an angle in front of the goal.
 Player A strikes the ball on
goal.
 Player B becomes shooter.
 Player A retrieves his/her
ball and switches lines.
 Both lines go at the same
time. GKs optional.
“King of the Hill”  Game begins 4 v. 4 + GKs
Match Related Activity 3
with 1 team off.
 The team that scores stays.
 The team that gets scored
on is off.
 The team that was off plays
the team that scored.
Match Condition Game
[FREE PLAY]
Coach
Coaching Points
 Point toe.
 Lock ankle.
 Laces: on the “bone.”
 No spin or top spin.
 3: Land on your shooting
foot.
 Preparation touch at an
angle with outside of the
foot.
 Plant foot next to the ball
pointed at the target.
 Point toe down.
 Lock ankle.
 Laces: on the “bone.”
 No spin or top spin.
 Land on your shooting foot.
 Lots of shooting!
 Preparation touch at an
angle with outside of the
foot.
 Plant foot next to the ball
pointed at the target.
 Point toe down.
 Lock ankle.
 Laces: on the “bone.”
 No spin or top spin.
 Land on your shooting foot.
 Lots of shooting!
 Preparation touch at an
angle with outside of the
foot.
 Plant foot next to the ball
pointed at the target.
 Point toe down.
 Lock ankle.
 Laces: on the “bone.”
 No spin or top spin.
 Land on your shooting foot.