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First time soccer coach, please help (4-6 year olds)
Posted on 1/26/17 at 3:04 pm
Posted on 1/26/17 at 3:04 pm
Any parents out there coaching/coached soccer for this age range? What can I possibly do at practice to make this a fun learning experience for the kids ... and what am I expected to do at the games.
I would appreciate any and all advice, even if it is completely basic.
I have absolutely zero soccer experience or knowledge whatsoever (they must have been really desperate). About all I know is that you can't use your hands ...
I would appreciate any and all advice, even if it is completely basic.
I have absolutely zero soccer experience or knowledge whatsoever (they must have been really desperate). About all I know is that you can't use your hands ...
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Posted on 1/26/17 at 3:05 pm to WaveForLSU
Put the fat kid in the goal. Tell the other kids to try and hit him. They should enjoy that
Posted on 1/26/17 at 3:06 pm to WaveForLSU
quote:God bless you....
First time soccer coach, please help (4-6 year olds)
Posted on 1/26/17 at 3:06 pm to WaveForLSU
Get em kicking and passing and dribbling. Make games fun like man in the middle, set up obstacles, set up zones for them to stay in, set up zones for them to aim kicks/passes, make things a competition.
Posted on 1/26/17 at 3:06 pm to WaveForLSU
This is the wrong board fwiw. Peeps are gonna mention that a lot.
As far as coaching, they are five years old. They are going to follow the ball regardless. If they don't, then you have some talented five year old. Just set up some cone drills so they learn to move with the ball at their feet and then let them have fun.
As far as coaching, they are five years old. They are going to follow the ball regardless. If they don't, then you have some talented five year old. Just set up some cone drills so they learn to move with the ball at their feet and then let them have fun.
Posted on 1/26/17 at 3:06 pm to WaveForLSU
YOur twins already playing 4-6 soccer?? Damn time flies
Posted on 1/26/17 at 3:07 pm to Displaced
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Put the fat kid in the goal. Tell the other kids to try and hit him. They should enjoy that
Posted on 1/26/17 at 3:09 pm to WaveForLSU
Posted on 1/26/17 at 3:09 pm to WaveForLSU
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About all I know is that you can't use your hands ...
that poor goalie...i wish someone would link the video with the goalie getting hit in the face over and over
Posted on 1/26/17 at 3:10 pm to WaveForLSU
You need to instill discipline and let them know you aren't there to frick around.
Tie their hands behind their backs and make them play like that so they learn not to touch the ball. If they cry about it, make them do laps with their hands tied. Nothing excessive, maybe just a 100 yard down and back.
A lot of these young kids will lollygag around and not stay in position on the field, or lose focus what's going on completely. A ball to the face (not hard, of course) is a good way to show them what happens when your head isn't in the game.
Common mistake is to give juice boxes or popsicles after every game/practice. Make them earn that. Only for wins, or a good practice.
<----- 5x Little League soccer champion coach
Tie their hands behind their backs and make them play like that so they learn not to touch the ball. If they cry about it, make them do laps with their hands tied. Nothing excessive, maybe just a 100 yard down and back.
A lot of these young kids will lollygag around and not stay in position on the field, or lose focus what's going on completely. A ball to the face (not hard, of course) is a good way to show them what happens when your head isn't in the game.
Common mistake is to give juice boxes or popsicles after every game/practice. Make them earn that. Only for wins, or a good practice.
<----- 5x Little League soccer champion coach
This post was edited on 1/26/17 at 3:11 pm
Posted on 1/26/17 at 3:10 pm to WaveForLSU
Get them comfortable with the ball. Kicking against a wall, tapping the top of the ball with the ball of their feet, rolling the ball under their foot.
Some of that is advanced but if a kid can do it, don't water it down for them.
Some of that is advanced but if a kid can do it, don't water it down for them.
Posted on 1/26/17 at 3:10 pm to WaveForLSU
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4-6
just throw the ball out there.
they need to learn how to kick a ball before anything else.
keep it simple they won't be any good
Posted on 1/26/17 at 3:12 pm to WaveForLSU
Go to ussoccer.com.
Get an F license.
It costs $25 and takes 1.5 hours.
Basically, never have lines. Make sure all the players dribble and have touches as much as possible. No wasted time in practice. Have a sheet for an outline for yourself for each practice:
first five minutes-dribbling from a to b
Next five: a to b to c
Next five: dribble around cone in middle of a to b
Next five: pass from a to b
Next five: pass from a to b to c
Etc...
Get an F license.
It costs $25 and takes 1.5 hours.
Basically, never have lines. Make sure all the players dribble and have touches as much as possible. No wasted time in practice. Have a sheet for an outline for yourself for each practice:
first five minutes-dribbling from a to b
Next five: a to b to c
Next five: dribble around cone in middle of a to b
Next five: pass from a to b
Next five: pass from a to b to c
Etc...
Posted on 1/26/17 at 3:15 pm to Tigerfan56
Posted on 1/26/17 at 3:19 pm to BamaCoaster
Requested to be moved to Soccer board 
Good suggestions - going to get to work on that F license.
I just went from being scared and just wanting the kids to have fun to wanting to be the nazi coach that makes all the kids bleed and cry for the sake of the big V. Thanks?
Good suggestions - going to get to work on that F license.
I just went from being scared and just wanting the kids to have fun to wanting to be the nazi coach that makes all the kids bleed and cry for the sake of the big V. Thanks?
Posted on 1/26/17 at 3:20 pm to WaveForLSU
Anything you can do to just get as many touches on the ball as possible. As someone already said, getting them comfortable with the ball is your goal. Don't worry yourself with spacing of players. When that ball is kicked off, they are going to just huddle around it and the ball will just "pop" out for one kid to score a goal.
I like to do a tag drill to work on agility without them knowing it. I place six cones in a rectangular shape with a line behind each middle cone. Going 1v1, two kids run around opposite cones to meet in the middle of the rectangle. One is the tagger and the other needs to "juke" to get around the other. I'd start with out a ball, when they get comfortable, you can add the ball and the goal would be for the "tagger" to steal the ball. When they get older, you can add a player to pass too.
My 5/6 yr old's love this drill.
I like to do a tag drill to work on agility without them knowing it. I place six cones in a rectangular shape with a line behind each middle cone. Going 1v1, two kids run around opposite cones to meet in the middle of the rectangle. One is the tagger and the other needs to "juke" to get around the other. I'd start with out a ball, when they get comfortable, you can add the ball and the goal would be for the "tagger" to steal the ball. When they get older, you can add a player to pass too.
My 5/6 yr old's love this drill.
Posted on 1/26/17 at 3:29 pm to 79
Step 1 : Play the kids with the hottest moms
Step 2 : Bang those moms
Step 3 : Profit
Step 2 : Bang those moms
Step 3 : Profit
Posted on 1/26/17 at 3:31 pm to WaveForLSU
I have experience here so lemme tell ya how it's gonna work...
If you have 15 kids on your team then 14 of them aren't going to give a shite about soccer. You're going to have to force them to even play in a game. They all want to play before the game starts... then none of them want to stay in.
And you'll have 1 kid who is the ringer. He will have the ball 99% of the time and score all of the goals. You'll think to yourself "man, I wish I had 4 more of him on this team".
And that is how you coach little kid soccer.
If you have 15 kids on your team then 14 of them aren't going to give a shite about soccer. You're going to have to force them to even play in a game. They all want to play before the game starts... then none of them want to stay in.
And you'll have 1 kid who is the ringer. He will have the ball 99% of the time and score all of the goals. You'll think to yourself "man, I wish I had 4 more of him on this team".
And that is how you coach little kid soccer.
Posted on 1/26/17 at 3:31 pm to 79
When I coached my kids at that age, they ARE capable of learning to space out, but you have to work at it. Every child should have a ball, so they are at least touching it at all times.
Play the keep-away games, teach them some very basic Coerver moves.
I had one called "egg" where they put the studs of their boots on the ball and the ball is an egg, they can't break it. Have them jump from one foot to the other and not break the egg when they switch feet.
"Tick-tock" here they barely touch the ball with the inside of one boot, then they switch feet. When they switch the goal is for the inside of the other boot barely touches the ball, and the ball remains still.
Play the keep-away games, teach them some very basic Coerver moves.
I had one called "egg" where they put the studs of their boots on the ball and the ball is an egg, they can't break it. Have them jump from one foot to the other and not break the egg when they switch feet.
"Tick-tock" here they barely touch the ball with the inside of one boot, then they switch feet. When they switch the goal is for the inside of the other boot barely touches the ball, and the ball remains still.
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