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Wednesday, September 5, 2007


Kids Soccer Drills - Teach Passing Skills

Teaching kids soccer drills is one of the most rewarding task a soccer coach can embrace. Learning how to pass a soccer ball properly can be one of the skills that your kids need to master.

  • Passing The Ball And Follow Directions

STEP 1: Follow these soccer instructions and put the kids in a queue at one corner of the field. Count till three and as soon as you say, “GO”, the kids have to run towards you. While they are running towards you, they all have to try to steal the ball from the one who is kicking it off.

STEP 2: Now, as soon as you say, “STOP”, the one who was kicking the ball off will pass to one of the teammates.

  • How To Get The Ball Forward Passing All The Defenders

It is very important in soccer to have good ball control and keep possession, passing all the opponents. This soccer coaching technique requires two players – one defender and one who gets the ball forward, passing the defender. Allow some point system. For example, if the defender gets the ball, he will earn one point.

I'm sure these kids soccer drills can help you improve team performances.

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Friday, August 24, 2007


Teaching Soccer Coaching Tactics Properly

There are several factors that a coach must take into careful consideration while teaching soccer coaching tactics, especially while training young players.

  • Begin With Simple Soccer Tactics

Always start with teaching the players about the simple soccer techniques. Adapt the specific soccer training drills that the players can perform with the skills they possess. Once you start seeing the improvements, you should offer them more advanced tactics.

  • Always Appropriate To The Players' Age

This is something that many soccer coaches overlook and they start teaching the same tactics to everybody irrespective of their ages. This is something that can bring adverse effect to your team’s performance. Therefore, make sure that you teach them the basic soccer tactics that are appropriate to the players' age and match.

  • Communication: Simple Language

The language and the way in which you give instructions to the players must be simple, direct, and unambiguous.

  • Do Not Complicate - Use Brief Instructions

True that you need to make your descriptions easy to understand, but it does not mean that you should tell them everything in such detail that it should eat up most of your training time. It is equally important for you to keep in mind the time factor and be as brief as possible.

However, you should not compromise on clarity just because you need to brief in your instructions. It is not at all a good idea to use long lectures in the soccer training session. Furthermore, many coaches use sarcasm in their instructions.

Always remember that is not good for the health of the game and for your team’s performance. Therefore, make sure that you are not using any sarcasm that could be misinterpreted. It is better to avoid jargon as well. You should try your best to speak carefully and be specific and brief.

Remember that seeing is better than hearing and doing is better than seeing. Therefore, when it comes to teaching soccer, an expert coach should introduce his topic, show it, and get the players doing it quickly.

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