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Thoughts on Youth Soccer from a Soccer Dad, Fan, Coach and Administrator

Entries for the ‘Drills’ Category

Competitive Cauldron Details

Anson Dorrance’s storied UNC Women’s Soccer program is built around the ‘Competitive Cauldron’, something SoccerDad hopes to adapt for his youth soccer players.

Dodge Ball As A Soccer Drill – Genius!

SoccerDad shares a drill that had his soccer players begging to keep doing it while working on a rather difficult skill – volleying. It’s Soccer Dodge Ball!

SoccerXpert – An Excellent Coaching Resource

There are a lot of websites out there dedicated to youth soccer. Most are trying to sell you the next best thing in coaching, training, drill books, etc. Everyone needs to make a living, and I can assure you if I could make one writing about youth soccer, I would. But some sites are clearly [...]

Youth Practice Videos

There’s a new site starting up with the aim to be a clearing house for youth soccer practice videos. Using Magnify.net, Jeff Geiser has setup a new site called YouthPractice.com where people can view and share practice videos. It’s an interesting concept:

If you google soccer practice drills you get no shortage of web sites that [...]

The Agility Ladder

Just because you’re a recreational coach doesn’t mean you can’t use some of the things more advanced coaches do.

Drills, Drills, Drills

There are good drills and bad drills. I’m going to start to try and record which are which.