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Fun Soccer Games for 5 to 8 Year Olds was created in line with guidelines adopted by the English Football Association and United States Youth Soccer.
Using Fun Soccer Games for 5 to 8 Year Olds you will:
The author, Keith Boanas, is a Coach Educator for the English Football Association.
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I like the 8 week plans put together by Gavin Spooner. They cater for any size group, they’re well structured, easy to understand and come with good general coaching advice.
Gavin's 8 week practice plans (zip file)
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drills and games
U6 to U10 games and drills (illustrated) [download pdf] [download Word]
drills and games that encourage young players to spread out a free e-book from footy4kids
soccer coaching manuals from the North Alabama Soccer League
Basic Defending MS Word version. Acrobat .pdf version here.
Basic Shielding MS Word version. Acrobat .pdf version here.
Defending the High Cross MS Word version Acrobat version here.
French Football Federation Youth Development Program Working with 13-15 Year Old Players by Roby Stahl - MS Word
George Lasher's Goalkeeping Manual MS Word version. Acrobat .pdf version here.
Improving Vision and Thereby Speed of Play MS Word version. Also available in Acrobat .pdf version here.
Making the Killer Pass MS Word version. Acrobat version here.
Match Condition Rhythm and Speed of Play This is the MS Word version. Also available in Acrobat .pdf version here.
Modern 4-4-2 Formation Theory by Human Afazeli
MR 3v3 Plus 2 to Targets by George Lasher
One-Two Combination Play MS Word version. Acrobat version here.
Passing and Receiving Coaching Manual by Coach George M. Lasher. Also available in six smaller (faster loading) modules starting here with Part #1 or Acrobat version here. Also available in MS Word version here.
Player Skills and Tryout Evaluation Form
Possessing the Ball and Increasing Speed of Play by George Lasher. This is the MS Word version. Available in Acrobat version here.
Possession and Speed of Play 2 - A follow-up article by George Lasher with more ideas on increasing speed of play through Possession Soccer.
Possession Soccer - Turning the Ball - by George Lasher
Possession Soccer - Turning the Ball Part 1 by George Lasher
Possession Soccer - Turning the Ball Part 2 by George Lasher
Shooting Manual HTML version. Also available in a MS Word version here and available in Acrobat .pdf version here.
Simplified Rules of Soccer (From the BBC Sport Academy)
Switching the Point of Attack MS Word version. Also available in Acrobat .pdf version here.
The Center Mid Link in a Possession Game by George Lasher. This is the MS Word version. Also Available in Acrobat .pdf version here.
U8/U10 Try-Out Evaluations Word version. Acrobat version here.
U12-U19 Club, State and Region Curriculum Guidelines
USSF "D" License Coaching Clinic Outline Part 1 - HTML
USSF "D" License Coaching Clinic Outline Part 2 - HTML
USSF "D" License Coaching Clinic Outline Part 3 - HTML
USSF "D" License Coaching Clinic Outline Part 4 - HTML
USSF "D" License Coaching Clinic Outline - Complete - This is the Acrobat .pdf version. Also available in an html version here.
Coaching Manual for U-6 and U-8 - Gavin J. Spooner
Coaching Manual for U-8 and U-10 - Gavin J. Spooner
Coaching Manual for U-12 and U-14 - Gavin J. Spooner
Oregon Youth Soccer Manual
Who Should Rate Your Players - George Lasher
Coaching U-6 Players
Coaching U-8 Players
Coaching U-10 Players
Coaching U-12 Players
Coaching U-14 Players
Gavin J. Spooner - Coaching Manual for U-6 and U-8
What Kind of Coach Are You? Take The Test.
Jeff Pill's 4v4 Practice Sessions
Jeff Pill's Shooting Session
Jeff Pill's Passing Session
Jeff Pill's Passing and Receiving Practice Session
Jeff Pill's Practice Session on Small Group Defending
Jeff Pill's 1v1 Individual Attacking and Defending Practice Session
Jeff Pill's Receiving Practice Session
Uses of Small-Sided Games in Training (Part 1 of 4) by Vince Ganzberg, Regional Technical Director NSCAA
Uses of Small-Sided Games in Training (Part 3 of 4) by Vince Ganzberg, Regional Technical Director NSCAA
Uses of Small-Sided Games in Training (Part 4 of 4) by Vince Ganzberg, Regional Technical Director NSCAA
more soccer coaching manuals
Coaching Manual for U-12 and U-14 - Gavin J. Spooner (zip file)
The Soccer-Coach-L 'basic coaching manual' (pdf file) 295 pages of excellent junior soccer coaching advice.
all about Futsal
a complete passing manual (zip file, right click, 'save target as')
coaching manual from the Clovis United Soccer Club (zip file)
tactical practice plans from decatur sports
Support Play
Team Shape
Attacking
Defending
futsal
futsal rules
the FA Futsal factsheet
watch Ronaldinho play futsal (wmv file)
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watch Ronaldinho play futsal (realplayer movie)
miscellaneous
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pylometrics
small sided soccer rules from USYouthSoccer.org (.pdf)
Find out what your players or parents really think of you! Hand out a coach evaluation form (zip)
team sheets for most 11 a side formations
11 a side formations by Gary Rue
Free Soccer Drills and Games
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