Youth Soccer Coaching Tips

• Remember, at this age, All the Players and Coaches Should Have FUN! Your number one goal as coach should be to have your players want to come back and play next season!

• Be Ready & Organized - Have your practices mapped out so you will be able to go right into the next drill without making it up on the fly.

• Have a Plan, but be flexible enough to change the Plan if it's not working. Some things work somedays, some will not. Have a few extra drills ready. They may be needed.

• Seek out Volunteers (Parents). The More the Better!

• If the Players do not understand, YOU are explaining it wrong! Try explaining it another way.

• Keep the Players and the Action Constantly Moving. When Young Players are standing around, they will get disinterested and lose their focus.

• Do not Overwhelm your Players with complicated Drills. Break Down concepts/drills into SMALL Manageable Portions. Young minds can only process so much information.

• Remember to Keep Your Sense of Humor.

• Remember to Keep Your Sanity - It's Only a Game!

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