So I stepped up and am now the coach of my daughters 10u rec team

Laps around the ‘dumb questions tree’ were always a hoot when I was young.

“Which tree is the dumb question tree, coach”.

Another lap son

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Some good suggestions here

Teach goal keepers to run up to the edge of the box and chuck that shite up the side quickly if your team is out gunned. Otherwise there are some long days trying to get out of your own half.

We all want the kids to learn how to play out of the back. But there can be some really frustrating times if the other side is just sending their forwards and and you can’t get it out of your own end.

I always played one of my absolute best players at the back to have outlets for the keeper and to sweep up and heavy touches from the other team.

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So I am going to run them alot. Justified bc that's a pretty big part of soccer.

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Don’t run them unless that means the running while dribbling the ball or playing games.

This is how I structure U9/U10 practices
1st part is ball mastery/ dribbling etc
Then some type of 1v1, 2v2, or passing drills. I’ll progress to small sided games and then maybe to scrimmage. There are loads of drills and sessions online. The most important is to keep them moving and have fun.

Run small sided games and I mean a TON of small sided games. Thats where you learn to pass quickly, basics of forming triangles, etc.

Just pick up a few little collapsible goals and watch YouTube videos on how to run them. There was a stark difference in how my team played before vs after. Wish I would have started them on it waaaay earlier.

Update after 2 practices.

We are the Teal Pandas and I have 2 lefty kickers.

All but 2 have played before.

We worked on staying spread out, matching up, passing, trapping and dribbling

Are the parents seem cool. We are going to be just fine.

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I have 2 lefty kickers. All but 2 have played before.

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you fixin to make a title run baw?

up the Teals

Some of the best times of my life were spent coaching my daughter's U10 team. Enjoy.

7v7 or 9v9? Young rec league kids just arent good enough to do much passing, so I wouldnt waste my time on that.

Always put a good player at Center D. I rotate my 4 best players there. I just started giving them freedom to essentially play as a CM, which has been working well. If we are losing late, I send them up front to add to the attack.

Put speed at MF. Coach the D to attack attack attack. I align the RD and LD on the posts, and tell them to stay in the box.

On goalie kicks, clog the middle of the field with your players to ensure no interception goals.

Constant O vs D drills. I call it "around the world" where I put 4-5 attackers around the field vs 4-5 D players. 1 O player starts the attack vs the 4-5 D players. Once the play stops, the 2nd player attacks, and so forth. After the final attacker turn is stopped, I added in Corners from both sides.

I also do the same idea but in a simulated scrimmage where each Q involves my 3-4 attackers vs the 4-5 D. Each Q involves a FK, GK, KO, CK, and Goalie punt.

No more bamboo
Who gives a frick?
We’re teal pandas
And we’re going up