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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