Typical ODP Tryout

(U13 and older)

 

 

 

Warm-ups [NOT EVALUATED; ONLY NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS RECORDED]

 

double line

up and down the field center line (peel off both ways at the end)

touching the ground - right hand

touching the ground - left hand

touching your feet

jumping to head

lifting legs high (making a table)

side to side (two lines facing in)

      side to side (two lines facing out)

 

Stretching [NOT EVALUATED; ONLY NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS RECORDED]

 

Each player gets a ball and keeps it

form circle

Each player comes to the center to lead one stretch

go around twice, if necessary

 

Sit-ups/Crunches/Push-ups [NOT EVALUATED; ONLY NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS RECORDED]

 

only if ground is dry

 

Running [NOT EVALUATED; ONLY NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS RECORDED]

 

     Jog/sprint around outside of the field

     stay in double line

     alternate speed between corners (jog/sprint/jog/sprint)

     twice around

 

1 v 0 (Individual) Evaluations

       

      [LINE PLAYERS UP ALONG Center-of-Field Line]

       

Boxing the ball with the feet

Juggling the ball

 

     [PLAYERS LINE UP in two FACING lines across the center of field]

 

Vitamin line drills

two facing lines

one-touch return pass (right foot) - keep feet moving

one-touch return pass (left foot) - keep feet moving

head back to partners feet

trap on leg; drop ball to foot, and pass back

trap on chest; drop ball to foot, and pass back

trap on head; drop ball to foot, and pass back

 

     [PLAYERS LINE UP in two parallel lines at side/end of field]

 

Sprints/120’s (no ball)

must go around end cones

Sprints (dribble with ball)

must go around end cones

Dribble through gates/poles

Dribble on your own and do fancy footwork till exhausted

       

    1 v 1 Evaluations

(GK’s get their gear on)

 

one-on-one: strikers against approaching defenders

one-on-one: strikers against the goalkeepers under pressure

pressure starting 5 yards behind

one-on-one: defenders against strikers

 

Short Sided Games (Teamwork) Evaluations

 [REASSEMBLE - Hand out scrimmage vests - assign teams]

* 4 v 4 scrimmages

across width of field

5 minutes per “game” - alternating

       

* (OR, 5 v 5 scrimmage)

      

Full Sided Game