| Here are three proven soccer drills that will take you | | | | player will dribble the ball in between the cones there |
| coaching youth soccer to the next level, and your | | | | and back, and so on. The team where all players |
| team will just keep coming back to training for more. | | | | have dribbled the there and back, are the winners. |
| While I have been coaching youth soccer, I have | | | | Coaching Youth Soccer - Soccer Volleyball |
| watched over other training sessions of other age | | | | This is easy to set up and the players love it. Take |
| groups, and while watching a few, I found that a | | | | cones and set up the basic outline of a volleyball |
| minority of the coaches did not seem to have any | | | | court. Make a few courts depending on how many |
| fun soccer drills when coaching youth soccer teams. | | | | players you have. Make teams of three players. The |
| When coaching youth soccer teams, coaches need | | | | server starts by heading the ball to the other team. |
| to assess the age group they are training, and plan | | | | The other team has three touches (one per player) |
| their fun soccer drills according to the age group. | | | | to get the ball on to the other side of the court, with |
| With adults or teenagers you can have serious fun, | | | | letting the ball touch the ground, and vice versa. If |
| while with kids, you have to have playful fun. Below | | | | the ball goes out of bounds or touches the ground, |
| are some fun soccer drills you can use at your next | | | | the other team gains one point. |
| practice coaching youth soccer. | | | | Coaching Youth Soccer - Monkey in the Middle |
| Coaching Youth Soccer - Dribbling Drill Race | | | | This is a great drill for passing. A player (the monkey) |
| Put two sets of 10 cones in a row, about five feet | | | | will stand in a circle created by the other members of |
| apart. Divide your team into two groups (If you have | | | | the team. The players in the circle will then pass the |
| 20 players you will have 10 players in a group each). | | | | ball to one another, while the monkey tries to steal |
| The groups must stand behind the set of cones | | | | the ball. When the monkey gets the ball, the player |
| each. The first person from each group will dribble | | | | who lost the ball will now become the monkey. You |
| the ball in between the cones to the last cone and | | | | can try using more than one ball, or more than one |
| back. Once the player is back to where he started, | | | | monkey, to vary the drill. |
| he or she will tag the second player, and the second | | | | |