Player Zone

We had a great practice this week. Each session we’re focusing on a few select moves so the players can master them through repetition. This week, we worked on the Body Feint, Double Scissor, and Puskás Move.

Let’s keep building on these, try to practice them each night this week.

⚙️ Skill Challenge

See how many repetitions you can complete in 2 minutes for each of the following moves:

1. Body Feint
2. Puskás Move

Record your score and try to improve each time.

🎯 Focus for Next Week

We’ll continue working on goal kicks before the next game. These are difficult to practice on the red fields due to limited space, but we’ll make sure every player understands positioning and spacing when we’re playing out from the back. I want to make sure the players at the second and third level know what to do. Also that the kick can go long if there is an opening.

We’ll also begin selecting team captains each week, based on Wednesday’s practice performance. Captains aren’t just chosen by who’s the best, they’re chosen for focus, effort, and improvement.

⚽ Looking Ahead

We have two games this weekend:

• Game 1: Against the first-place team, a great opportunity to show we can compete at this level.
• Game 2: A Paragon League match. It’s still unclear whether it will be 7v7 or 9v9, but it looks like we’ll be facing a 2015 team, likely due to the limited number of teams in the fall division.

No matter the setup, let’s bring our energy, focus, and teamwork into both matches.

Quick skills-first session with fast decisions and accurate finishing.

What we worked on (60 min total)

• Ball Mastery (20 min): Footwork and control to stay comfortable under pressure.
• Skill → Scan → Send (20 min on field): Perform a skill, immediately scan, play the pass, receive across the body, then finish. Emphasis on shooting low and to the edges—not at the keeper.
• Small Boxes (20 min):
  • 3-Wall game for quick combinations and clean first touches.
  • Back-Wall challenge: partners competed to “wall” the ball so it bounced to the back wall for a point (focus on pass weight, angle, and body shape).

Notes

• The Legends owner observed and recorded the session and shared concerns through Mark. I’m open to direct, professional feedback and will keep sessions aligned with a skills-first approach. We will not be focusing on drills, passing, shooting, or scrimmages. If we want to improve in these areas, we will need to work at in on the extra outdoor practices.
• As for a follow up on the sideline conduct for the parents. The best way to help is to get kids to practice consistently and support the weekly skill work at home which is listed below.

Next Session (Outdoor)

Focus on defending: pressure–cover–balance, 1v1 body shape, win it and play the simple pass out.

Level 1 Routine

✅ 100 toe taps moving
✅ Skill of the week: Matthews — 10 left, 10 right
✅ 100 bounce juggles

Do this 2–5× per week depending on overall activity load.