How do you have a great soccer practice that is challenging and not boring? Work on the basics, incorporate small sided games, and use this soccer coaching cheat sheet to become a great youth soccer coach. 1) Make sure that every practice ends on a positive and fun note. It can be the worst practice in the world, but if it ended fun and positive that is all they will remember. 2 )Remove the \"Three L\'s\" from your coaching. a) Lines: Never have players standing in lines waiting for a long time for the next turn. \"BORING\". b) Laps: Never have kids run laps. Conditioning should come from practice related games and drills. c) Lectures: Trust me, they\'re not listening and lectures get boring quickly. Make your point in one minute and move on. 3) Break your practices into thirds. 1st - Warm up drills focused on individual technique. (Dribbling, passing, receiving, moves, etc.) 2nd - New skills, movement related sessions, tactics etc. 3rd - Always reserve the last 3rd for small sided games. 3v3 , 4v4 style games. Encourage what they learned in the early sessions. Don\'t direct them. Let them play and give them guidance. 4) Avoid full field practice sessions / scrimmages. Many coaches spend a great deal of their time playing \"big field\" practice games. Some kids will only touch a ball once or twice during a 30 minute \"big field practice game\". Set up small cone goals, 4 feet wide, and keep the teams small. Encourage the \"keep away\" format during these games. Kids will get hundreds of touches in a short period of time. 5) Stick to the basics. Work on what is performed the most in a soccer match. Every practice should include time for dribbling, passing, receiving, defending, and basic movement. 6) 95\". (Any kind of loss will mean failure.) 15) Talk to your teams parents upfront and have them realize these important points. Let them know that Rec Soccer is just that. It is recreational soccer that is designed to be fun, not competitive based. 16)Water is best for youth players. Study after study has shown this to be true. The only time we need to replenish electrolytes and salts is when we have been extremely active for more than 60 minutes. Our bodies simply need fluid. Since most rec players play less than 50, water is just fine. However, if a child doesn\'t like plain water, consider a sugar free drink mix. They will often drink 3 times more than plain water alone and run less of a chance of having an upset stomach during then game. 17) Watch videos such as www.BlastTheBall.com , read books and most of all, watch coaches that are better than you. That is how the greatest coaches in the world learned, from someone else. Recreational soccer coaches play a HUGE role in the future of our sport. Did you know that many professional soccer players started out by playing public recreational soccer? Rec soccer allows many kids their first exposure to soccer. That is where they discover the love for the game. They often move to academy leagues, travel and school teams, but ask them about their fondest memories and they always refer back to their youth days. Your time and efforts will always be remembered by the players you coach. Make sure they are positive and teach them that the game is fun. Win or lose it is about building the love and passion inside the child for a special game we call soccer.
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