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4.  How To Coach Youth Soccer 

If you want to coach youth soccer in a way to build a team that can win matches, the first thing that you need to do is to teach them the fundamentals of soccer. Also, make sure that they follow your instructions religiously. 

Teaching the basics is very important, as it will eventually help the players to be clever and confident enough to win matches. Having the grip over the fundamentals will let them enjoy their soccer and become good players. 

 

• What Your Approach Should Be 

When it comes to communicating with the youth soccer players, you as a coach must have this approach - Organize less, Say Less, but let the players Do More. Let them enjoy their game. 

 

• Giving Feedback 

Do give your feedback, but make sure it is short and simple. Also, do not give your feedback during the game. The best time to give your feedback is before/after practice and during breaks. 

 

• Communicating In Age-Appropriate Way 

You must know what a child is able of doing at a particular age. You should communicate with them in an age appropriate way. 

 

• Communicating With Parents 

It is not just the players that a soccer coach needs to communicate with, but there are others as well, including the parents of the players, officials and other coaches. 

After the initial meeting, parents usually do not contact the coach during the season, but if they do contact you, you must LISTEN to them. Be attentive to their queries and concerns, and try to answer them in an effective way. 

But, whenever there is a meeting between you and the parents make sure that this goes on without children being present. You can do this after a practice session or when the game is over. Communicating by phone or through emails is also not a bad idea. 

 

• Communicating With Other Coaches 

If you want to accomplish your skills as a soccer coach, you must make an effort to establish an acquaintance with other coaches. So, whenever you get an opportunity to meet and greet them, utilize it to the fullest. 

Overall, it is good that you know how to teach the players various skills and techniques of the game, but it is not enough. 

Teaching skills blended with effective communication skills is something that can help you create a winning combination. Communication is the key if you want to coach youth soccer in an effective and impressive way. 

 

5.  Improving Basic Soccer Skills 

You can view several soccer techniques clips online to help your players develop basic soccer skills. No player can do without good passing, and you must always include interesting drills that help him or her practice and perfect this technique – See Also Soccer Drills and Tips. 

After your players gain possession of the ball, they must know exactly how and to whom to pass the ball. Here it is important to learn keeping the head up and be alert to the movements of other players, while working on ball control and aiming precisely while passing. 

Here are some passing skills drills that you can also view as online clips. 

 

Drills For Passing Techniques 

• Let your players form pairs each with a ball. Let them pass the ball between each other, ensuring proper passing and receiving to trap the ball. You can vary this with a one touch and then trapping the ball, trapping with one leg and then both legs. 

• Let your players stand in a circle and practice passing to a player on the opposite side. Make it interesting by placing two players at the center of the circle trying to capture the pass. If they do succeed, the player whose pass they interrupted will swap places with the person in the middle. This is good fun for the players. 

• Here’s a drill that introduces some pressure into the passing technique practice session. After your players form a circle, position one player in the middle of the circle. Introduce two balls, with the players in the circle passing to the player in the middle, who in turn receives the ball and passes it back to another player in the circle. This player passes to the player in the middle and so on. This happens with both the balls in alternation. This keeps the players alert while making them realize the importance of speed in passing. Another player takes the place of the one inside the circle after a couple of minutes. Variations like one touch can be introduced. 

• Let your players divide themselves into groups of three or four and make triangles or squares. The players in the triangle or the square attempt to trap the ball and pass it around the triangle/square in a clockwise direction and after a few minutes change direction to anti-clockwise. 

Soccer technique clips can also promote a sense of competitiveness in your team players, encouraging them to work harder. 

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6.  Improve Soccer Skills In 3 Steps 

It is not enough for the players to be fast and strong, in order to have a winning edge over the opposing team. The players must possess impressive soccer skills, good instincts and the perfect field vision. 

An expert coach can use a variety of techniques and methods to teach his team the necessary skills and field vision. Some of the tried and tested techniques are listed below. 

 

Step 1 - Shoot Between Cones 

In this method, the coach should set up a line of cones with rows 3 to 5 yards apart. Put players into pairs. Now, have one player on each side of the line facing the cones each other. Now, tell the players to strike the ball between the cones by starting close to the row of cones at first. 

During the practice, each pair of players needs to receive the ball and pass it back through the cones. Keep your eyes open. Observe the improvements of the players. If you find that the technique and accuracy of the players is improving, you can move players further apart accordingly. 

 

Step 2 - Dribble Cones and Shoot 

In this method, the coach needs to set up two cone lines for a dribble weave. The size must be about 30 yards with a 2 yard goal at the end. This time, you do not need to divide your players into pairs. Instead, divide them into two lines or teams. Now, have the players dribble through the cones. Before the next player in line starts, the players should try to score at the goal at the end. 

 

Step 3 - Pass and Shoot 

This is also a very effective technique to teach the soccer players impressive game skills. As per this method, the coach should set up two cones as a goal at one end of the grid. This time, again, the team should be divided in half. Have one player to begin as goalie. 

Give one ball to each player and line the players in a group up behind the goal. Make another group and have them take position at fifteen feet in front of the goal. The soccer skills learned this way are capable of making a winning team. 

 

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Here are some Easy Soccer Tips I hope you will find useful: 

 

1.  How To Make The Ball Do What Players Want 

When it comes to soccer training drills, it is very important for the coach to teach the players about how to make the ball do what the players want. Yes, that is possible, but only through extensive training can you achieve this impressive skill. 

 

 • Go In A Cycle 

The coaches should teach the players to go in a cycle. This means left and then right foot, then right thigh and then left thigh, and then hitting the ball up to their head and back down to their right foot and then left and so on. You can teach them how to make various cycles. They can do so by choosing where the ball goes, and not just keeping the ball up in the air, but manipulating the ball on their terms. The expert coach makes his team learn that it does not really matter much that how many times the players can juggle. What really matters is whether the players are capable enough to make the ball go where you want it. 

 

 • Manipulating The Ball Even More 

Once the players are well versed with the above step, the coaches can teach them the advance steps, such as manipulating the ball even more. In this step, the players are supposed to aim at kicking the ball away from them to the right. After that, they should kick the ball away from them to the left. They should be able to do so at a slight angle in the air, almost as they are faking going to the right and then the left but all in the air. Here, the training of the coaches will be on test because the players need to lean their body to the side in which they are kicking the ball. Once you see significant improvement in the team regarding the above two steps, you can go ahead and teach the players how to try walking and juggling with the ball. Soccer training drills are not easy, but when you keep certain things as discussed above in mind during the training session, you can make things easier. 

 

2.  Some Neat Soccer Moves To Beat An Opponent 

Essentially, soccer moves to beat an opponent on the pitch can involve two things. 

 

  • A basic skill where the player holds on to the ball 

This involves the player maintaining control over the ball without letting the opponent get to it, by using his body, as he dribbles the ball. Instruct your player that no contact must be made with the opponent during this soccer move, as there is the likelihood of a penalty. 

 

 • A tactic through which the player does not have the ball, but keeps the opponent from seeing it 

This soccer move requires some experience and practice as the other players strive to keep the opponent from even seeing the ball, which is in the possession of one player so that the opponents don’t know what the next move will be. 

 

 Beat The Opponent With The Scissors Move 

Teach your players this basic move as it can be used to disorient the defender leaving him puzzled about where the ball is going. You can incorporate it into your drills during practice demonstrating how it can be executed when the player has space between himself and the opponent. 

 

 Performing The Scissors 

Have your player dribble the ball but with only his left foot unlike in regular dribbling, with short kicks and maintaining ball control. Now let him position his left foot by the ball, looking as though he is about to kick with his right foot. 

By moving the outside of his right foot toward the ball, let him swing it around the ball, avoiding touching it, so that the right foot is on the other side of the ball, making the ball look as if it is between his feet. Now comes the crucial part. Let your player move his left foot to touch the ball and get ready to strike it with the outer side of his left foot. 

Let him nudge the ball to the left so that he can bring it back in control right away to continue with his dribbling. Let him now move toward the ball to indicate he is going to kick it in the usual way with his right foot. But have him dexterously switch feet and kick, bewildering the opponent. 

You must get your players to rigorously practice this, as they must be able to do this on the field. This is one of the best soccer moves to beat an opponent. 

 

3.  Soccer Exercises: How To Kick Harder And Run Faster 

Here, let me share with you some of the effective soccer exercises that can help your players learn the skills to kick harder and run faster so that they can utilize every single opportunity coming their way to win the match. Explosive running speed and powerful kicks are something that you must help your team players acquire. 

In soccer, if you want to make your contribution in the game, you need to get the ball and do something with it. This is where your running speed and powerful kicking skills come very handy. No one but a soccer coach can help the players sprint faster and kick harder and farther. 

 

Making The Muscles Faster 

It is not the strength of the muscles but how ‘fast’ they are that determines how hard you can kick and how fast you can run. Running long distances or training for longer periods are some of the effective ways to make the muscles of your players faster. Some coaches train their players by instructing them to lift weights. Well, you must understand that lifting weights can make the muscles stronger, not faster. 

 

Specific Training For Muscle Speed 

This is something most coaches do not pay heed to. It is very important to organize specific training sessions where the players only focus on making their muscles faster. One of the best ways to develop muscle speed is to use a program of isometric exercises with resistance bands. When you teach isometrics using the resistance band, it can develop blazing speed and quickness in your players. 

 

Abdominal Exercises 

• Normal sit-ups also make an ideal exercise. Keeping your abdomen fit and in good shape is very important and it will help the players run faster and kick the ball with more power. While the players are doing the normal sit-ups, make sure that they keep their chin off their chest. 

• Another good abdominal exercise is to alternate elbows to knees. But, you have to count reps on one side only. 

• Alternating hand to foot is another good abdominal exercise. In this exercise also, you have to count reps on one side only. 

 Along with the above exercise, you can also have your players do straightforward cardiovascular training in the form of running, rowing and stepping. However, when you are running the training sessions for soccer exercises, you must keep in mind that it is important to give the body a chance to rest and recover for key matches. 

 

    

 GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR SOCCER AND HAVE FUN !!!