Let it be known that during soccer practice games kids tend to have a lot of fun when they keep on scoring goals. For this reason, you must look for opportunities to score goals and integrate for them. If you try, you’ll find countless ways that can be used to create such opportunities for them. For example: small-sided games, full-field scrimmages, and shooting drills. During small sided g...

Soccer is a game about field position and possession and being able to defend effectively is a key element for each of these factors. There are four key elements that I have found to teaching young soccer players to defend effectively. Footwork is a key factor in getting young soccer players to defend effectively. Together with knowing when to commit to a tackle and when to hold position I find t...

Image via Wikipedia 3 Soccer Warm Up Drills For Kids by Thomas K Believe it or not even young kids participating in soccer need to warm up. Most young players could get away with not warming up but its good practice to get them to warm up. By creating a structured training session you allow the kids to pick up good habits that will inevitably stay with them for the length of their soccer c...