Sunday September 21, 2008 12:48

Kids Soccer Drills

Posted by admin as Soccer Training & Skills

Written by Guest Author

Kids love to play various sports games. These games can build up their discipline and teach them how to work as a team from their very young days. Now even though the children are very happy to learn all that they can about this game, they will be even happier if the various activities like kids soccer drills are made to be fun also.

So what can you do to create this atmosphere of success? Well the very first thing that you should do as a coach is to get on the field with your team. Then divide the team into two groups. One team is the offensive team and the other is the defensive team. You should give each team certain types of soccer drills to practice. At the very beginning try to have only about 5 to 6 different kids soccer drills going on.

This will make it easy for you to see what needs to be done to improve their game and they won’t get bored. As the game progresses be sure to let each of the children practice the different soccer drills. This is the only way that you can be sure that the kids soccer drills are gong to be remembered.

As they say “a picture is worth a thousand words”. By this you can take it to mean that the only way that your team is going to be able to remember all of the soccer drills is for them to have played those same drill moves in practice games. Now even though you would love it if your team won their soccer game, you should just encourage the kids to have fun. The many fun hours that you set for the kids soccer drills won’t seem like a chore.

You should let your team see that they are getting the hang of the many drills. You should occasionally have them play as opposing teams in their very own match. You as the coach will have to cheer both sides on as they demonstrate what they have learned in their kids soccer drills. At the end of the game remember to inform everyone of how well that they played and let them go home happy.

The end result of letting your kids soccer drills be a fun way to learn is that they will be eager to learn more about soccer especially if they feel that it is a fun game. You should remember this as your team gets older, after all they will have plenty of time to be serious about soccer drills when they are adults.

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3 Responses to Kids Soccer Drills

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October 24th, 2008 at 12:27 am

Thanks for the blog. Keep them coming. Do you have any advice for a new coach? I have just begun coaching 3 and 4 year olds pee wee soccer.
Keep smiling
Rich K.

The Soccer Blogger

October 24th, 2008 at 7:43 am

Hi Rich
Thanks for your comment.
Keep them entertained, kids can have short attention spans. Keep the drills varied, short, sweet and to the point.
Use visual aids, they generally prefer watching to listening.
Get involved yourself, be patience with them. Don’t expect too much from them, at that age it’s all about having a good run around and having fun.
Oh, and watch out for the parents! :-)
Good Luck!
Cheers
Rik

Kaylyn Sadler

September 11th, 2009 at 6:36 pm

I am going to be coaching for the first time, and it is my sons pee wee team. I was just wondering if you had any ideas for drills?

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