Coaching Youth Soccer: Ages 7 to 9

Description

Once your team has a sound foundation of basic skills, you can get into some real fun by adding more advanced techniques into the practice program. In this teaching course specifically developed for 7 to 9-year-old players, experienced youth soccer instructor Nick Harrison shows you how to improve your young athletes' dribbling, passing, receiving, ball control, and shooting skills. Featuring 60 easy-to-learn/easy-to-teach videos, every player in your program will benefit from the coaching tools provided in this course.

Use these instructional videos to facilitate a camp, individually train the youth or take a team to the next level!

Lessons

Preseason

1 Welcome 2 The Perfect Practice 3 Preparing for Practices 4 Delivering Practice Sessions 5 Coaching Tips

Week One: Dribbling Introduction

6 Week One: Introduction 7 Space Wars Drill 8 Follow the Leader Drill 9 Dribbling Drill 10 Last Man Standing Drill 11 No Pass-Backs Drill

Week Two: Dribbling Moves and Turns

12 Week Two: Introduction 13 Four Basic Dribbling Moves 14 Three Basic Dribbling Turns 15 Soda Fountain Drill 16 Crab Drill 17 Run the Gauntlet Drill

Week Three: Advanced Dribbling Skills

18 Week Three: Introduction 19 Wembley Drill 20 Rats and Rabbits Drill 21 1 v. 1 to Target 22 1 v. 1 to Many Goals

Week Four: Passing and Receiving Passes

23 Week Four: Introduction 24 Passing and Receiving Basics 25 Passing, Receiving and Moving 26 Passing and Receiving in Threes 27 Soccer Bowling Drill 28 Through-the-Legs Drill 29 Gate Ball Drill 30 Pass and Circle 31 Passing and Receiving in a Circle

Week Five: Intermediate Passing Skills

32 Week Five: Introduction 33 Ball-Striking Technique 34 Passing and Laying Up 35 Send 'Em In Drill 36 Six Box Drill 37 Two-Headed Monster Drill 38 Square-Out Drill 39 Dodgeball

Week Six: Ball Control and Possession

40 Week Six: Introduction 41 Basic Control Techniques 42 Cushion Control 43 Wolf and Piglets Drill 44 Egg-cellent Drill 45 First Touch Drill 46 Control Balls out of the Air 47 Driving Down the Freeway 48 Wedge Control

Week Seven: Advanced Possession Skills

49 Week Seven: Introduction 50 Triangular Touches Drill 51 Inside the Circle Drill 52 T-Junction Drill 53 Throw and Control Game

Week Eight: Shooting Introduction

54 Week Eight: Introduction 55 Coconut Shy Drill 56 Shooting-in-Threes Drill 57 Pinball Drill 58 Pirate Pete and Parrot Drill 59 Soccer Quidditch Drill

Week Nine: Advanced Shooting Skills

60 Week Nine: Introduction 61 Shooting using the Garbage Man 62 Shoot with Defensive Pressure 63 Alligator's Alley Drill 64 Sideline Soccer Drill 65 European Club Challenge

The Coach

Nick Harrison

Teach beginning players to learn and love the game

Nick Harrison coaches in the West Windsor-Plainsboro (N.J.) Youth Soccer Association and on the travel team level. Formerly a coach with Scunthorpe United and Liverpool University in England, and Hawaii Pacific University, Harrison is a talented and experienced coach, with an MS in Sport & Exercise Science and a NSCAA Premier Coaching License. He is also an AYSO Certified Licensed Instructor and a New Jersey Olympic Developmental Program evaluator.