@Shane McDonnell Hi Shane, i went to the app store and downloaded Beep Test Police & Military. Its a free app and you have several different options you can use.

I would personally change it up a bit. I would organise a meal out together as a group. I would tee up sessions away from the club like pool sessions or even spa/sauna recovery sessions. Indoor training at a basketball stadium is always a hit with my players. You could also just have a bonding session at the club and have a few drinks and sit in a circle and bring up the issues to the group and get their feedback and set a few goals along the lines of full team buy in going forward.

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All those things you mentioned are exactly what I would be focusing on Shane. The basic skills and fundamentals. Focus on getting as many touches as possible into them and a strong focus on the ground ball as that’s where it spends most of its time at that age level. However I would try and run two groups side by side in some of those exercises and turn it into a bit of a race. Kids get easily distracted but competition keeps them engaged. Example: if you are doing a simple land handball drill, form two groups side by side and let each group race each other.

I used to run a really simple drill that had my players very fit and well conditioned without killing them or risking injury. 3 cones 20 meters apart. in groups or 4-5 jog to the first cone, half pace to the second cone and finish with 85% pace to the last cone. Then turn and slow jog back to the starting line. We started at 10 run throughs and built it up by 2 every session til we got to 30 run throughs. Then we reduced them by two every session until we got back to ten.