Coaching soccer, in particular coaching youth soccer? Have you noticed in games that players are struggling to find the back of the net? There are some great coaches out there teaching many terrific techniques and skills but many coaches overlook one of the most important skills – Finishing technique. Being able to finish off an attacking movement is vital. Even though it is one of the most important aspects ofsoccer, it is unfortunately overlooked or not adequately addressed at soccer training sessions. Many players don’t know how or have never learned to finish off attacking movements, leading to missed opportunities and frustration for everyone involved. These tips and soccer drills will help those coaches in charge of coaching youth soccer and give the strikers in the team the confidence needed to become more efficient in front of goals.

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Coaching youth soccer and your team is struggling to score goals and you are unsure of what tactic or soccer drills to implement next? What is one of the most effective and under utilized offensive soccer tactics? I’m sure you have heard it said many a time ‘get the ball wide’ and “get it across”, but what does that mean?

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Why is dribbling one of the most basic soccer skills but probably the most important skill a soccer player should be practicing? Firstly, if you are coaching youth soccer you need to understand why a player needs to learn such a skill.  Let me explain further….

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The age group between U6 to U9 is sometimes referred to as the ‘Fun stage’. In a lot of cases the kids have been encouraged to play the game by their parents or their friends at school are playing soccer so they want to play with them. It is an age where they are to young both mentally and physically to cope with the more tactical and technical elements of the game. It is however an age where they can still be exposed to the basic soccer training skills and have fun while doing it.

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Practicing soccer drills is a key focus for all of us coaching youth soccer.  However, do any of the soccer drills that you apply to soccer training sessions, address aggression?  As we all know, Soccer can be a very aggressive sport. I have heard it said that soccer is only for kids who have burly and muscular structures, that is not true. A child may be small, slim and maybe a bit shy but that is not a reason why they should not be playing soccer if they want to.

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Coaching youth soccer you will need some soccer coaching equipment to get you started and assist in your soccer training session.  When I started out coaching U5 and U6 players, all that was required were a few soccer balls and a few markers to form a small grid.  As the kids became older and started to play on larger fields and soccer drills became more technical, my requirements as a coach changed.

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There must be thousands of soccer coaching drills in existence, however a large percentage of the soccer drills used by coaches tend to be purely technical repetition.  What is one of the most important skills a large percentage of youth soccer coaches fail to practice in a soccer training drill?

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