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Article Title: Coach Youth Soccer: Secrets Revealed Article Description: Let's face it. When it comes to coach youth soccer, every coach runs short of ideas on how to make practice drills interesting and enjoyable for the kids. The biggest challenge in teaching soccer is being creative enough to come up with great ideas so that the interest of the kids is sustained in the game. Additional Article Info: Word Count: 549 (not including resource box) Category: Soccer Written By: Andre Botelho Contact Email: [email protected] <----- Article Begins Here -----> Coach Youth Soccer: Secrets Revealed © Copyright 2009 Expert Secret, Lda (SoccerDrillsTips.com) Understand this! To coach youth soccer, it is a challenge to be creative and come up with innovative tips and techniques to train the kids. While teaching soccer, the biggest problem is to keep coming up with new ideas so that the kids are always interested in the game. Here are some exercises that you can teach youth soccer players. These help them play the game well and have fun at the same time. Get the kids going with dribbling and shooting: This is a simple drill that involves all the players at the same time. Instruct the players to stand on a single goal line. Now, spread the balls all over the soccer field. Then, ask the kids to go after the balls and move as if they are attacking the opponent goal post. They should also shoot the ball as soon as they have an opportunity. This exercise does a lot of good to the energy level, and confidence of the players and at the same time perks their dribbling skills. As the players do not have any opposing players, it makes them showcase their personal styles too. How to pass the ball: Ask the kids to stand in a line at a far-away corner of the field. Count till 3 and as soon as you finish, instruct them to run towards you as fast as they can. When they are running for you, they also have to capture the ball from the other player who has the possession of the ball. When you yell stop, the player in possession of the ball must pass it instantly to one of his mates. When you coach youth soccer, these games make the kids showcase their best skills in passing and dribbling. They also learn the art of stealing the ball from other players which is very important. Touch and Go: A game full of fun that kids just love to play it. The kids should get in two lines distant from the goal post which is less than 40 meters away. And in addition to this, the goalie should guard the goalpost. Position yourself anywhere amongst the two lines. Pass the ball to either of the queue and with only one tap teach them to shoot or pass the ball to another. The objective should be to attack the goal. The goalkeeper must then return the ball and the practice continues. Swap your goalies in between the practice meetings if there are more than two goalkeepers. This game has the dual benefit of instilling team spirit and bettering the shooting skills. The goalkeeper becomes skilled at protecting the ball from converting to a goal. Keeping the control of the ball: This exercise allows the players to learn to advance with the ball while retaining its control. Take two players, one acts as the defender and the other attacker. The players should then to told to proceed as per their part and try to get a point every time by leading another player. These happen to be the simplest methods to coach youth soccer. When you have your kids do these drills, theyll not only learn but enjoy as well. You can connect to our youth soccer coaching community to get more of these tips and information. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Andre Botelho is a recognized authority in youth soccer coaching. Learn how to explode your players' skills and make training more fun in record time. Download your free youth soccer coaching guide at http://www.soccerdrillstips.com <----- Article Ends Here -----> ------------------------------------ This group is no longer maintained. It only exists for the archives. Please submit your articles at http://www.pickbrains.com/submit-article instead. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/I_Need_Content/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/I_Need_Content/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
