COACHING TIPS
Division 7
Coaching points: Players at this age group have no sense of pace, take plenty of water breaks. Be animated and fun. Parents should participate but NOT coach.
Division 6
Coaching points: Players at this age group still have no sense of pace, take plenty of water breaks. Be animated and fun. Parents should participate but NOT coach.
Division 5
Coaching points: Players at this age group have sense of pace, have them think ahead. Take plenty of water breaks. Be fun and positive. Parents should NOT coach.
Division 3 & 4
Coaching points: Flexibility training is key to prevention of injury. Take plenty of water breaks. Be fun and positive.
LICENSING
Designed to meet the needs of today's modern youth soccer coach, Cal South has established a comprehensive Coaching Education School that offers a USSF-approved curriculum of courses for the "Youth Module", "E", and "D" licenses. Through this effort, Cal South provides:
• A program in which coaches can earn state and national coaching credentials
• A system which improves a coach's knowledge of the game, methodology, and teaching methods
• Valuable information and current coaching trends state-wide, nationally, and internationally
Division 7
- Should not exceed 60 minutes.
- Every child should have a ball
- Warm up should include movement education problems and soccernastics
- Games activities, mostly body awareness, along with maze games (20min)
- Finish with 3v3 or 4v4 game to small goals , no goaltenders (20min)
Coaching points: Players at this age group have no sense of pace, take plenty of water breaks. Be animated and fun. Parents should participate but NOT coach.
Division 6
- Should not exceed 60 minutes.
- Every child should have a ball
- Warm up should include movement education problems and soccernastics
- Introduce partner activities, a mixture of individual and partner activities
- Add more maze –type games. Introduce target games.
- Finish with 4x4 or 5x5 game to two goals , no goaltenders (20min)
Coaching points: Players at this age group still have no sense of pace, take plenty of water breaks. Be animated and fun. Parents should participate but NOT coach.
Division 5
- Should not exceed 1 hour and 15 minutes.
- Warm up, partner and small group activities, stretching. (15min)
- Introduce small group activities ( 4 to 6 players )
- Add more directional games. Play to targets and or zones.(25min)
- Conclude with small sided games 6x6 game to two goals , with goaltenders (25min)
- Finish with cool down activity (10 min)
Coaching points: Players at this age group have sense of pace, have them think ahead. Take plenty of water breaks. Be fun and positive. Parents should NOT coach.
Division 3 & 4
- Should not exceed 1 hour and 30 minutes.
- Warm up, partner and small group activities, stretching. (15min)
- Introduce large group / team activities ( 6 to 8 players )
- Directional games. Play to targets and or zones. (25min)
- Conclude with small sided games 8x8 game to two goals , with goaltenders (25min)
- Finish with cool down activity (10 min)
Coaching points: Flexibility training is key to prevention of injury. Take plenty of water breaks. Be fun and positive.
LICENSING
Designed to meet the needs of today's modern youth soccer coach, Cal South has established a comprehensive Coaching Education School that offers a USSF-approved curriculum of courses for the "Youth Module", "E", and "D" licenses. Through this effort, Cal South provides:
• A program in which coaches can earn state and national coaching credentials
• A system which improves a coach's knowledge of the game, methodology, and teaching methods
• Valuable information and current coaching trends state-wide, nationally, and internationally
