Practice Plans

AGE GROUP PRACTICE PLANS ADDITIONAL PLANS & IDEAS
U5 Coed
U6 Coed

Teams practice once per week

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3.. 

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10

Week 11

During Fall and Spring Break... Small-sided Games
(See Calendar for specific date(s) & times)

U6 Lesson Plan - Movement

U6 & U8 Practice Activities
-US Youth Soccer Coaching Education

U6 and U8 Practice Activities for the Parent Coach

GERMANTOWN JR. LEGENDS RECREATION COACHING MANUAL*
(available upon request, send email to Info@GermantownLegends.com)

FUNiño
The Future of Youth Football... FUNiño

Skills For Legends

Kicking is NOT a Soccer Skill

How to Pass

U7
U8

Teams practice once per week

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 9

Week 10

Week 11

Week 12

During Fall and Spring Break... Small-sided Games
(See Calendar for specific date(s), times & location)

U8 Lesson Plan - Cooperatively Competing

U8 Lesson Plan - Dribbling at Different Speeds

U8 Lesson Plan - Tag Games to Teach Dribbling

U8 Lesson Plan

U8 Lesson Plan - Movement

U8 Lesson Plan - Striking the Ball

U6 & U8 Practice Activities
-US Youth Soccer Coaching Education

U6 and U8 Practice Activities for the Parent Coach

Developing Soccer Players for the Future
-A U7/U8 Coaching Manual by John Dingle, Soccer Source 360 Director

FUNiño

Street Soccer Games**

Small sided Games from The Coaching Family**

Kicking is NOT a Soccer Skill***

Skills For Legends

How to Pass

Why We Juggle**

U9 thru U12
Teams may practice twice per week

U10 Lesson Plan - Dribbling

U12 Lesson Plan - Finishing

U12 Lesson Plan - First Defender

U12 Lesson Plan - Keeping Possession

Please see links below or call director for more information.

4v4 Small-sided Games**

4v4 - USYS**

U10- U12 Activities

Ideas for Coaching 10- 11 year Old Players
-US Youth Soccer

FUNiño

Why We Juggle**

Skills for Legends

SoccerSpecific.com Coaches Manual**

U10 Practice Activities for the Parent Coach

U12 Practice Activities for the Parent Coach

Warm-up Booklet - @Coaching Family

How to Pass

U15- U19
Teams may practice twice per week

U15- U18 Lesson Plan - Penetrating the Defense

Please see links below or call director for more information.

4v4 Small-sided Games**

Speed of Play*

Attacking & Shooting*

Combine to Attack Wide*

Defending in Pairs*

Shifting Area of Play

Shooting & Finishing

Transitional Play

Why We Juggle**

How to Pass

GOALKEEPERS We believe goalkeepers should not be a feature of play at the U6 and U8 age groups.

Field Players Make Better Keepers*

*  Applicable to ALL Age Groups.

 

FUNiño is the abbreviation for futbol a la medida del niño or football designed for children.

FUNiño Can Rule the World

The Future of Youth Football in Germany

Germany Decides to Put the Fun(ino) Back into Youth Soccer

Germany Revolutionizes Foundation Age Formats with Emphasis on Fun

Scoring More Goals Equals More Fun in Youth Soccer

Benefits of 3v3 FUNiño

Additional info found on the FORMS Page under REC Soccer.... FORMS.GermantownLegends.com



Partners in Development - Grassroots FUNiño Festival
Houston Dynamo Academy, March 29, 2022

 

COACHING METHODS

COACHING TIPS

  • Freeze
  • Coach in the flow
  • Coach when ball is out
  • Individual reference
  • Use guided questions
  • Quick & concise
  • Quick transition
  • Coach from outside the grid
  • Use ‘count method’ to energize
  • Teach with activity
  • Modify and challenge as needed
  • Let them play… do not stop at every mistake

Activities being used:

  1. Simon says
  2. Red light, Green light
  3. Can you do this?
  4. The Maze
  5. Sharks & Minnows
  6. Changing of the Guard
  7. Scrimmage Game (16:50) using ‘New Ball’ method

 

COACHING TIPS

  • Quick & Concise when speaking to players
  • Quick transitions
  • Coach from outside the grid
  • Freeze Method
  • Modify and challenge as needed
  • Re-enforce good play
  • Coach when balls goes out of bounds

Activities used:

  1. Everyone’s It
  2. Aliens & Space Rangers
  3. Caught Red Handed
  4. The Maze
  5. 2v2
  6. Keep Away

 

Coaches should feel free to mix and match the sessions as they see best suits their particular team.  Coaches of teams above and below a particular age group should feel free to adapt these sessions and the activities contained in them to their particular team.

   

Check out these sites for more ideas or to get more lesson plans:

 

US YOUTH SOCCER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 

US Youth Soccer Development Model    

US Youth Soccer Player's Guide

Official US Youth Soccer Coaching Manual

USYS How to Write a Training Session Plan

 

US SOCCER

U.S. Soccer Best Practices
U.S. Soccer Coaching Curriculum Part 1 - Style and Principles of Play

U.S. Soccer Coaching Curriculum Part 2 - Concepts and Coaching Guidelines

U.S. Soccer Coaching Curriculum Part 3 - Age Group Organization

U.S. Soccer Coaching Curriculum Part 4 - Planning and Training


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