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Coaching U9 team for the first time.
Posted on 8/17/16 at 7:44 pm
Posted on 8/17/16 at 7:44 pm
Not sure if this is the right area, but it is soccer oriented so if not please move it.
I am stepping up to coach a U9 Advanced Team that had no coach. I have no soccer experience aside from playing Fifa for years and watching soccer almost weekly.
Are there any good session plans that y'all know of that focus practice sessions around fundamentals. Passing, shooting, dribbling..maybe 2v2 drills, etc?
Any help would be appreciated. Cheers!
I am stepping up to coach a U9 Advanced Team that had no coach. I have no soccer experience aside from playing Fifa for years and watching soccer almost weekly.
Are there any good session plans that y'all know of that focus practice sessions around fundamentals. Passing, shooting, dribbling..maybe 2v2 drills, etc?
Any help would be appreciated. Cheers!
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Posted on 8/17/16 at 7:53 pm to iheartchimichangas
Posted on 8/17/16 at 7:55 pm to Wait For It...
Posted on 8/17/16 at 8:11 pm to iheartchimichangas
Obligatory pass it to the Italians
Posted on 8/17/16 at 11:43 pm to iheartchimichangas
I think the best way to develop kids at that age is to have them play a lot of keepaway type games. Either with balanced or unbalanced numbers. At that age, when goals are involved, the kids just seem to want to score at all costs. Learning to keep possession is much more important for their long term development than shooting drills.
That said, shooting drills and scrimmages are more fun for the kids, so if that's the priority, then definitely add more of that to practice.
That said, shooting drills and scrimmages are more fun for the kids, so if that's the priority, then definitely add more of that to practice.
Posted on 8/18/16 at 3:42 am to jackwoods4
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Obligatory pass it to the Italians
Lmao I'll make sure up screen for nationalities
Posted on 8/18/16 at 2:12 pm to TheWalrus
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At that age, when goals are involved, the kids just seem to want to score at all costs.
Good. Go score. Why hold a kid back when it comes to going to goal?
I agree with you though. Build with some possession and have the kids understand what to look for that tells them when to go forward. It's my opinion that if a kid can go score why stop them? To make some other kid feel better? That's not coaching, that's accommodating.
Posted on 8/18/16 at 4:19 pm to keeper007
Run their little asses to exhaustion. I did this with my U8 team a few years ago and my boys were in such good shape when the games kicked off we beat the shite out of everyone. At that age they have zero stamina. You'd be amazed at how much easier it is to win when your team is the only one not dropping dead after 5 minutes. 
ETA: And play to win. Don't be a pussy.
ETA: And play to win. Don't be a pussy.
This post was edited on 8/18/16 at 4:21 pm
Posted on 8/18/16 at 6:29 pm to TideSaint
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Run their little asses to exhaustion.
With a ball.
Posted on 8/19/16 at 11:12 am to keeper007
Hey there keeper007....
Posted on 8/19/16 at 11:15 am to TideSaint
Nice troll
Posted on 8/19/16 at 11:26 am to keeper007
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t's my opinion that if a kid can go score why stop them? To make some other kid feel better? That's not coaching, that's accommodating.
I think you missed his point. It's detrimental to a child's technical development to emphasize athleticism and goals over dribbling, passing, etc. I assumed it had more to do with that than being a snowflake trophy for losing kind of thing.
Although these kids are tiny so I don't know how effective a technical-centered training would be. Just let them run in circles. I doubt they'll retain any actual lessons, but then again I know frick all about kids.
Posted on 8/19/16 at 11:33 am to BleedPurpleGold
You can teach nine-year olds to pass the ball around and work for good shots instead of just beelining to the goal. They're not toddlers.
It's better for their long-term future to work on things like good technique. They won't always be able just to out-dribble someone and fire a shot. Everyone wants to win, sure, but if these kids want to keep playing soccer... they need to be taught correctly from an early age. And these kids should be old enough to handle that.
It's better for their long-term future to work on things like good technique. They won't always be able just to out-dribble someone and fire a shot. Everyone wants to win, sure, but if these kids want to keep playing soccer... they need to be taught correctly from an early age. And these kids should be old enough to handle that.
This post was edited on 8/19/16 at 11:34 am
Posted on 8/19/16 at 12:18 pm to WarSlamEagle
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You can teach nine-year olds to pass the ball around and work for good shots instead of just beelining to the goal. They're not toddlers.
Yeah I literally couldn't guess a kids age if my life depended on it. My fiance's god child is like 2 and I thought she was 4. The kid down the street is 12 and i thought he was like 7 or 8. If you say they can retain those lessons then you definitely know better than me.
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It's better for their long-term future to work on things like good technique. They won't always be able just to out-dribble someone and fire a shot. Everyone wants to win, sure, but if these kids want to keep playing soccer... they need to be taught correctly from an early age. And these kids should be old enough to handle that.
This is what i was getting at. If B-lining for the goal means neglecting fundamentals and technique then these kids are being set up to be decent high school players and nothing more.
Posted on 8/19/16 at 4:40 pm to BleedPurpleGold
I didn't mean just use athleticism to score goals, but actually use moves and body feints. At the U9/U10 age it's important to learn how to change directions and use different surfaces of the foot to go around a defender. One of the biggest things I have taught at this age is to complete the moves by getting completely around the defender. Not just standing in front of a defender, doing a move, and dribbling sideways. Put yourself between the ball and defender and you've accomplished what you need to do 1v1. Keep it fun and keep them moving and they will have a blast no doubt!
Posted on 8/19/16 at 5:46 pm to keeper007
If that's what you meant then you're definitely fine. Encouraging kids to take on the defenders is a great way to help them reach technical proficiency. Especially if you're emphasizing that they should beat their man. It will not only help them physically, but more importantly, give them massive confidence later in life to express themselves with the ball.
This post was edited on 8/19/16 at 10:50 pm
Posted on 8/19/16 at 10:43 pm to BleedPurpleGold
I would also suggest to try and make every game have some sort of decision making. Soccer is such a cognitive game where players have to make quick decisions and be calm with the ball at their feet. Case in point, our U23s vs Columbia. We look scared to death while the Columbians were brimming with confidence. Guarantee they spent many more hours on the ball growing up than we did.
Posted on 8/19/16 at 10:52 pm to keeper007
Quick decisions as in two touch max before a pass? Little tougher to model that for 8 yr olds
Posted on 8/19/16 at 11:49 pm to hendersonshands
Two touch max before a pass is not a decision, it's a forced rule. In the session make them make some sort of decision. For instance if you are working on dribbling make them dribble through a gate but they cannot go through a gate in the same zone twice in a row. Break the space into four squares. Now players have to get their heads up and figure out where they are going to go immediately, or even plan ahead where they are going to go.
In regard to passing do the same with the gates and a partner. Adds communication and movement. Don't tell them you're working on those things, just tell them it's a race. Then show them a way to do it faster and have them try it again.
In regard to passing do the same with the gates and a partner. Adds communication and movement. Don't tell them you're working on those things, just tell them it's a race. Then show them a way to do it faster and have them try it again.
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