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SOCCER
COACHING
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Tips
for Fun and
Effective Practice |
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#1 KEEP
IT FUN Picture yourself at the bank and
your the last person in a 12 person line. Any
fun? Same thing for the kids. Avoid using lines
in your drills or activities. More
on avoiding lines
Another good practice tip is not to have
elimination games in which a player sits if he
loses. Chances are good that if he lost, he
needs to practice and not be sitting.
#2 HAVE A PLAN You won't be stumbling for
ideas with 24 eyes looking at you. You will look
more professional. Fold it in half and tuck it
in on the side of your waistband for quick
access to it. After practice , use it to write
what worked good and what you would change. Keep
them as records so you know what and when you
practiced. BLANK
Practice Plan also Sample
WORKING Plan
#3 ARRIVE EARLY. Have all your cones laid
out for two or three activities. No down time in
between drills. No time for kids to get into
mischief. HAHA
#4 USE SMALL SIDED GAMES Why
small sided games?
#5 USE PROGRESSIONS (not needed for
Micro) Progressions
OTHER TIPS for FUN EFFECTIVE SOCCER PRACTICE
-Have an odd number of players. Use the
player as a target player (a player that plays
on both teams). This will give you numbers up on
either offense or defense. This can be useful to
show the team success in a certain area. Or use
extra player as "ball buddy" to keep
player busy.
-Last player to practice is on "cone
duty". Cone duty is picking up all the
cones and gear at the end of practice. I
guarantee the player wont be late too often.
-Keep it simple. Don't use big fancy
words.
-Fake it. If you had a bad day at work
and you are not enthusiastic about being at
practice then you have to fake it.
-If a drill or activity is not working,
don't be afraid to change it or even stop it all
together.
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Practices (.pdf) |
If your pre-game warm up is telling your team to
do a couple of laps around the field and then
"pair up" and pass the ball back and
forth to each other, you are not preparing your
team for the MATCH.
Get them prepared physically and MENTALLY. Add
some "match like" pressure in your
warm up routine.
Once your team is warmed up and stretched out
physically, add a competitive game to get them
warmed up "mentally". A 5v2, a 2v2
"get out of here" game, or 3v2
to keeper are perfect games to get them
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