How To Play Soccer - Planning a Soccer Practice

Whether you have recently volunteered to coach youth soccer to spend time with your kids or because your child’s team desperately needs a coach you must understand that you have taken on a large task and you have plenty of work to do behind the scenes to ensure the perfect season. You have just taken on the job of teaching young kids the most popular sport in the world.

Since many youth soccer coaches have never coached or played soccer you have some homework ahead of you to fulfill your responsibilities of this task. As a new soccer coach, you must get a handle on the basics such as rules, terminology and the strategies of youth soccer.

Your homework as a coach starts by finding out the specific special rules that your league operates under. These rules typically vary depending on the experience level and age of the players. Things such as ball size, field size, goal size, number of players, and whether you play with a goalkeeper or not will need to be established before getting started. Contact your youth age coordinator to find the specifics on how your league operates.

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