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0 Youth Soccer Skills Games Part 3

By Chris Kouns USSF A License (USSF Coaching Education Instructor) – NSCAA Premier Diploma (NSCAA Coaching Education Associate Staff Coach) – Head Women’s Soccer Coach – Georgia Gwinnett College In these activities we are helping children in the formative stages of their soccer development become more comfortable with the ball and adjusting the pressure on

0 Youth Soccer Skill Games Part 2

By Chris Kouns USSF A License (USSF Coaching Education Instructor) – NSCAA Premier Diploma (NSCAA Coaching Education Associate Staff Coach) – Head Women’s Soccer Coach – Georgia Gwinnett College In these activities we are helping children in the formative stages of their soccer development become more comfortable with the ball and adjusting the pressure on

0 Youth Soccer Skill Games

By Chris Kouns USSF A License (USSF Coaching Education Instructor) – NSCAA Premier Diploma (NSCAA Coaching Education Associate Staff Coach) – Head Women’s Soccer Coach – Georgia Gwinnett College In these activities we are helping children in the formative stages of their soccer development become more comfortable with the ball and adjusting the pressure on

1 Four Fun Ways to Start Training Sessions

This was a topic of a podcast on CoachingSoccerWeekly.com but I'm sure their are some coaches that read this blog that haven't heard the podcast or visited  the web site.

I've also included the printable show notes that I created for this episode at the bottom of the page.

The warm-up activity you choose is important to get your players mentally and physically ready for the session. Your players are usually coming from school or other activities and you need to get their attention and focus before they’re ready to learn what you have to teach.

Fun warm-up games are a great way to engage players of any age. I think we sometimes forget that unless we’re working with professional teams ( and I doubt that anyone listen to this podcast is )we’re coaching kids. These kids are playing soccer mostly because they enjoy it. The more they enjoy what they’re doing the more eager they will be to listen and learn what you have to teach them.

Some of these games have names that might indicate to you that they are only for young players. I’ve used them with teams of every age from U8 to U18. I suggest that

0 Fun Goalkeeping Session

Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter.  Today’s featured activity is a small sided game that works on shot blocking, distribution, foot skills and is a LOT OF FUN! This game involves 2 keepers and 2 field players on a 30 x 20 field with full sized goals. If the yellow teams starts with the ball, the