Teaching Youth Soccer Coaching Drills Properly

Here are some good practice tips that can be used when teaching youth soccer coaching drills:

• Use A Parent Or Soccer Field Player In Goal

Tel them to intentionally muff, drop or parry any shots. In this method, it is not prudent to use your regular goalkeepers. If you do so, the regular goalkeeper will only catch the bad habit of parrying or muffing shots.

The attacker who is ready to shoot knows that the “bad” keeper will drop the shot somewhere in front of the net. Now, this is the catch. The main objective of the attacker here will be to put that muff into the goal.

• Going To The Goal Every Time The Players Shoot

This is an important soccer coaching tip. Some attackers are skillful but lazy and they have the tendency to watch their shots when they “know” that the shot is going in. This most of the times results in missing the opportunity to score when the ball hits the posts or bar or is batted down by the keeper.

Whenever an attacker takes a shoot, that attacker should have three seconds after shooting to enter the goal and touch the net. If he does not do so, the goal should be disallowed. Once the players make it a habit, the defenders will learn to count out-loud at every shot.

This does not improve perfection in hitting the goals in the players, but it also teaches the defenders to follow up and clear missed shots.

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