Week 2
Adventures in the Swamp
Greet the players and let them know that today’s adventure will take them to the swamp. In the swamp they will be frogs jumping from lily pad to lily pad, navigate through a snake and alligator invested swamp, and face off against a swamp monster.
| Lily Pad HopIn a 15 yard by 15 yard grid cones(lily pads) are distributed. Each player stands near a cone and moves to a new cone on the coach’s command. The coach can command the players to hop, skip, run, walk, or gallop to the new lily pad |  |
| Lily Pad Hop with a ballAdd a ball to the previous activity and do not have the players skip, hop or gallop. | 
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| Move through the Swamp Player now line up on one side of this grid with a ball. They are told the cones now are snakes and alligators. The players must dribble their ball through the swamp without hitting a snake or alligator. Can the player zig zag around the snakes by using different surfaces of their foot.
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| Swamp MonsterSame as previous activity but a swamp monster (coach) is added to the swamp. The swamp monster attempts to kick the player’s soccer ball out of the swamp. Give the role of the swamp monster to one or two players each additional time.
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| Alligator AlleyHalf of the players are now placed on one side of the grid with a ball each; while, the other half craws inside the grid acting as alligators. The players attempt to dribble the ball through the alligator invested swamp without losing possession of their ball to an alligator. |  |
| You Are Out of HereThe group is split in two and each half line up near the midfield line with the coach separating the two groups. The coach has a supply of balls. The coach rolls a ball out and the first player in each group attempts to score a goal in the direction they are attacking under pressure from the opposing player. |  |
Your group now meets with another group and plays 3v3 or 4v4 games. At the conclusion congratulate your players on successfully completing the swamp adventures and let them know that next week will feature adventures in the city where they will have to recognize traffic signals, meet a policeman, drive cars, and avoid a car thief.
Copyright, Soccer Source 360, 2009
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