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Coaching Coordinator's Corner
We have provided at least fifteen weeks of Coaching Notes for Under 7, 8, 9 and 10 age groups and have covered many different areas, not just in soccer skills such as kicking, goalkeeping and tackling, but also sportsmanship.
Also, there are many websites that have coaching hints and we encourage you to investigate them to augment what we have provided. eg http://www.kidsfirstsoccer.com, http://eteamz.active.com/soccer/instruction/tips and http://www.footy4kids.co.uk . Some are better than others and it depends on what skills you are targeting for your team.
Don't forget that it generally takes three weeks of concentrated use to learn a new skill. So, often it is better to drill the players for three weeks on particular skills (using subtle variations in drills) than it is to chop and change from week to week.
Furthermore, never forget that there is no substitute for basic skills performed with a high degree of reliability. Teaching kids special moves may add to the excitement and spectacle of games but they do not replace basic skills such as long, accurate kicking, precision passing with every part of the boot or ball control. Coaching your players to utilise either foot with equal facility is a challenge that you should be prepared to embrace. It will not only make them more complete players, much harder for opposition teams to counter, but it will create pride in the skill they have acquired.
See Coaching Archive on this website for details and to download the files for the age group that you are coaching.
