U12-U14 Week 3
“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” - John Wooden
Game Observation (Due by April 12th)
One more round of game observations this week. You all did such an amazing job last week we are posting another two games to analyze this week. This exercise is the same as last week. Please choose one of the two matches above. Once you are done watching the game, jump to the Game Observation page and complete a form with your observations from the game. (HINT: Same as last week, you might want to jump to the form first, and take a peak at the question so you know what you are looking for during the game. You can watch the games from that page as well). Your coaches will be scheduling time to discuss these games with you during the coming weeks along with your responses. As we mentioned on the page, there are no right or wrong answers. The idea is to have some fun watching some great soccer while helping you increase your soccer IQ through observation. We hope you enjoy these matches whether you are watching them for the first time or again.
USWNT vs France 3-4-2018 She Believes Cup 1st half
USWNT vs. France 3-4-2018 She Believes Cup 2nd half
Barcelona vs. Atletico Madrid 6/4/2019 - Full match
Online Training Form
After each round of training below please submit your workout using this form. Keep up the great work. We had about the same amount of workouts as the first week and nearly 75 of you completed your game observations. Nice going. Let’s keep up the great work and push even harder this week. Go Union!
Day 1 (Tuesday, April 7th)
Fitness (distance) running
U12 to U13, Timed run of 12 to 15 minutes
U14, Timed distance run, 2 miles in 15 minutes up to 3 miles in 20 minutes
Sprinting
5 yd. sprint, walk back. Repeat 5 times (you can integrate the ball here to get ball work done)
10 yd. sprint, walk back. Repeat 10 times (feel free to add the ball in 5 of the sprints)
20 yd. sprint, trot back. Repeat 5 times
Video Work
Finish
Juggling standing and/or sitting down with the ball for 5 minutes
2 rounds of following for 30 seconds each with 30 sec rest in between:
forearm plank
run in place
push-ups
jumping jacks
sit ups / crunches burpees
Day 2 (Wednesday, April 8th)
Fitness (distance) running
U12 to U13, Timed run of 12 to 15 minutes
U14, Timed distance run, 2 miles in 15 minutes up to 3 miles in 20 minutes
Sprinting
5 yd. sprint, walk back. Repeat 5 times (you can integrate the ball here to get ball work done)
10 yd. sprint, walk back. Repeat 10 times (feel free to add the ball in 5 of the sprints)
20 yd. sprint, trot back. Repeat 5 times
Video Work
(Note: For passing drills, if you don’t have a partner you can use a wall)
Finish
Juggling standing and/or sitting down with the ball for 4 minutes
2 rounds of following for 30 seconds each with 30 sec rest in between:
forearm plank
run in place
push-ups
jumping jacks
sit ups / crunches burpees
Day 3 (Thursday, April 9th)
Fitness (distance) running
U12 to U13, Timed run of 12 to 15 minutes
U14, Timed distance run, 2 miles in 15 minutes up to 3 miles in 20 minutes
Sprinting
5 yd. sprint, walk back. Repeat 5 times (you can integrate the ball here to get ball work done)
10 yd. sprint, walk back. Repeat 10 times (feel free to add the ball in 5 of the sprints)
20 yd. sprint, trot back. Repeat 5 times
Video Work
Finish
Juggling standing and/or sitting down with the ball for 4 minutes
2 rounds of following for 30 seconds each with 30 sec rest in between:
forearm plank
run in place
push-ups
jumping jacks
sit ups / crunches burpees