DESCRIPTION A young soccer team often looks like a swarm of bees to honey as they chase the ball around the field. But with Youth Soccer Drills, even the youngest soccer players can be taught important concepts of space and movement as well as basic soccer skills. Youth Soccer Drills provides coaches and parents of youth players ages 5 to 12 with progressive drills for optimal learning and fun. More than your average skills book, this guide features * 77 individual, partner, and group drills listed from beginner to intermediate;
* a handy Drill Finder to help you pick appropriate drills;
* tips on how to teach difficult-to-learn concepts like movement and defensive pressure; * a developmentally appropriate approach to teaching soccer skills; and
* much more.
CONTENTS Acknowledgments
Introduction
Drill Finder
Chapter 1. Space Concepts and Movement Drills
1 Open-Space Demonstration
2 Closed-Space Demonstration
3 Personal-Space Demonstration
4 General-Space Demonstration
5 Vision Training
6 Stationary Vision Training With a Ball
7 Moving Vision Drills
8 Volcano Drill
9 Zigzag Drill
10 Sidewinder Drill
11 Herky-Jerky Drill
12 Copycat Drill
13 Monday Morning Traffic Drill
14 Flag Tag Drill
15 Exchange Drill
16 Team Exchange Drill
17 Jackrabbit Drill
18 Shirt Tag Drill
19 Number Tag
Chapter 2. Dribbling Drills
20 Fancy-Footwork Drill
21 Follow the Leader
22 Freedom Drill
23 Freeze Drill
24 Partner Tag
25 Sprint Drill
26 Circle Dribble Tag
27 Shake-and-Take Drill
28 Sprint Challenge Drill
29 Partner Dribble Game
30 Dribble Baseball Game
31 One-Versus-One-for-All Drill
Chapter 3. Passing and Collecting Drills
32 Force Challenge Drill
33 Partner Passing Drill
34 Thread-the-Needle Drill
35 Tunnel Connection Drill
36 Good-Bye Drill
37 Circle Collection Drill
38 Hello Drill
39 Spaceman Drill
40 Pendulum Drill
41 Line Drill
42 Diagonal Passing Drill
43 Return-to-Sender Drill
44 Four-Corner Passing
45 Pass-Dribble-Pass Drill
46 First-Touch Drill
47 Invisible Man Drill
48 Star Drill
49 Monkey-in-the-Middle Drill
50 Cone Drill
51 Check Out-Check In Drill
52 Beat-the-Clock Drill
53 Never-Ending-Three-Versus-Two Drill
54 One-Versus-One Drill
Chapter 4. Heading Drills
55 Toss-to-Self Heading Drill
56 Partner Heading Drill
57 Short and Long Heading Drill
58 Star Heading Drill
59 Three-Corner Heading Drill
60 Jack-in-the-Box Drill
61 Show-for-Me Drill
Chapter 5. Shooting Drills
62 Partner Stationary Shooting Drill
63 Three-Player Shooting Drill
64 Open-Corner Drill
65 Run-and-Shoot Drill
66 Reverse Serving Shooting Drill
67 Pass-and-Shoot Drill
68 Over-the-Goal Shooting Drill
69 Alternating Shooting Drill
70 Spin-Turn Shooting Drill
71 Four-Grid Pin Dodge
72 Arcade Shooting Drill
73 Circle Pin Dodge
74 Three-Versus-One Shooting Drill
75 Cat-and-Mouse Shooting Drill
76 Come-and-Get-Me Shooting Drill
77 Wall Pass Shooting Drill
Chapter 6. Game Progressions
Three-Versus-Three
Three-Versus-Three Plus Goalkeeper
Seven-Versus-Seven
11-Versus-11
Chapter 7. Using Drills in Practice
Making Practice Drills Successful
Practices for 5- to 7-Year-Old Players
Practices for 8- to 10-Year-Old Players
Practices for 11- to 12-Year-Old Players
About the Author
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jim Garland has worked with children ages 5 to 11 as an elementary physical educator for more than 26 years. He also has over 10 years' experience coordinating summer soccer camps and clinics for Motion Concepts Summer Soccer camps and has coached soccer teams, from beginners to high school age. As an undergraduate at Towson State University, Maryland, Jim earned Most Valuable Player awards for two consecutive years. In 1970, he was elected Senior Athlete of the Year. In 1985 he was inducted into the Towson State University Athletic Hall of Fame. Jim earned his masters from Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland. Jim is a member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, and the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. WORDS OF PRAISE "A helpful addition to the library of the beginning or novice youth coach. I found the section on space and movement concepts most interesting." Jeffrey Tipping
Director of Coaching
National Soccer Coaches Association of America
"Jim Garland has done a tremendous job providing coaches with fun teaching games that eliminate lines and encourage total involvement. Players acquire skill through involvement in proper soccer activities that stress fun, imagination, and creativity. No youth soccer coach should be without this book." Mike Berticelli
Head Soccer Coach
University of Notre Dame
"Jim Garland's caring and experienced involvement in working with beginner soccer players shines through in this excellent manual for coaches and teachers. Highly recommmended." Tony Waiters
President
World of Soccer
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