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Core Skill Development

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  • Ball Control: Practice dribbling, focusing on close control and changing direction with both feet.

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  • Passing and Receiving: Teach passing techniques with the inside of the foot and receiving the ball with a soft touch.

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  • Shooting: Work on proper foot placement and body positioning to improve accuracy.

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  • Dribbling: Set up simple obstacle courses to practice agility and control while moving with the ball.

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Physical / Agility Development​

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  • Agility and Balance: Incorporate ladder drills, cones, and hurdles to improve coordination.

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  • Strength Conditioning: Focus on speed and soccer-specific drills to increase strength

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  • Endurance and Stamina: Keep practice sessions active, with short bursts of high-intensity drills followed by brief rests.

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  • Flexibility: Include warm-ups and cool-downs with stretching routines to improve flexibility and reduce injury risk.

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Play-Based Learning​

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  • Small-Sided Games: (3v3 or 4v4) to increase touches on the ball and decision-making opportunities.

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  • Creative Play: Let them try new moves or shots. Avoid pressuring them with perfect technique; at this age, creativity is key.

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  • Positional Play: Simplify positions (like defense, midfield, forward), so they can begin understanding different roles.

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Mental Development On The Field​

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  • Confidence in Skills: Set small, incremental challenges and celebrate improvements to build confidence.

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  • Resilience and Fair Play: Teach them about sportsmanship, handling mistakes, and bouncing back from failure.

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  • Teamwork: Encourage them to work together, respect teammates and opponents, and communicate on the field.

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  • Team Communication: Reinforce positive communication with teammates, such as calling for the ball, providing encouragement, and constructive feedback.

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Open Scrimmage​

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  • No-Coaching Scrimmages: The coaches keep their mouths shut and let the kids play!

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  • Situational scrimmages where we coach certain types of plays and encourage the kids to try to perform them. During these sessions we stop the play and ask the players questions and encourage them to explain how they believe their actions worked or fell short of their expectations; and we build upon it.

Training Session Components 

Game Understanding

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  • Basic Rules: Teach simple rules like no hands, corner kicks, and goal kicks.

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  • Team Play: Introduce passing as a team concept, helping them understand that sharing the ball is essential. Focus on the importance of technique and results.

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  • Positioning: Introduce basic concepts of spacing, moving to open areas, and understanding where to be on the field.

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