Kids soccer drills require you to have a different approach than you use for the other elder players.
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Getting All The Kids Dribbling And Shooting
In this drill practice, you have to line up the kids on a single goal line. You will need a large number of balls. Have all the balls scattered over the field. Now, as you say, “GO”, the kids have to move towards these balls, pick up the same, and put it into the goal on the opposite side. This is quite effective drill that can help the kids improve their dribbling and shooting skills.
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Teach To Pass The Ball And Follow Directions
In this drill game, you have to put the kids in a queue at one corner of the field. Count till three and as soon as you say, “GO”, the kids have to run towards you. While they are running towards you, they all have to try to steal the ball from the one who is kicking it off. Now, as soon as you say, “STOP”, the one who was kicking the ball off will pass to one of the teammates.
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Shooting The Ball With One Touch
Kids will love this drill practice game. In this technique, the coach should divide the team in two lines, and have them stand in a queue at not less than forty feet from the goal post. Place the goalkeeper on the goalpost.
If your team has more than one goalkeeper, you should use one goalkeeper in each session. When you repeat the practice, you should change the goalkeeper, giving the other goalkeeper an opportunity to practice the same. Your position will be somewhere between the two queues of the players.
Toss the ball to one of the queues of the players and instruct them to shoot or pass the ball with just one touch. When any player shoots the ball off to the goalkeeper, the goalkeeper will pass the ball back to you.
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Teaching How To Get The Ball Forward Passing All The Defenders
It is important in the game of soccer to keep the control of the ball and get it forward, passing all the opponents. This drill practice requires two players – one defender and one who gets the ball forward, passing the defender. Allow some point system. For example, if the defender gets the ball, he will earn one point.
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