Coaching Youth Soccer: Ages 10 and Up - Planning Your Practice Session by Nick Harrison

Chapter 1: Pre-Season
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Welcome to Your Season
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The Perfect Practice
Lesson 3:
Planning Your Practice Session
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- Learning Types
  Some educational stuff to bear in mind as you coach a group of kids: players' learning styles and acquisition will be different within any particular age group, based on the players' ability levels and psychological makeups. Kids (and adults, for that matter) prefer and learn through different cues. These can be summarized as:
  
  Auditory: 'I learn best through what I hear.'
  Visual: 'I learn best through what I see.'
  Kinesthetic: 'I learn best through what I feel/do.'
  
  You undoubtedly will have all three types of learners on your team, so it is crucial that your teaching methods and coaching points involve cues from all three learning categories. A good coach can successfully achieve learning by all players through differentiation.
  Player Fun and Development
  The success of player development at this age depends on the coach's ability to inspire young children. As a coach, you have to be larger than life, full of energy and always involved in the practice session. The activities you introduce should be fun and creative, as conventional and overly methodical drills will not be successful with young children, who have very short attention spans. Drills that introduce technical skills, such as passing and shooting, in a conventional manner will not work. Instead, keep your focus on presenting activities that encourage mass participation and group interaction.
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Delivering Practice Sessions
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Coaching Tips
Chapter 2: Week One: Dribbling Introduction
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Intro to Week One
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Four Basic Dribbling Moves
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Three Basic Dribbling Turns
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Musical Chairs Drill
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Run the Gauntlet Drill
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Dinosaur Park Drill
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Always-Moving Goal Drill
Chapter 3: Week Two: Advanced Dribbling Skills
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Intro to Week Two
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No Pass-Backs Drill
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1 v. 1 with Passive Defender
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1 v. 1 to Many Goals
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4 v. 2 Possession in a Grid
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Lampard's Leg-Work Drill
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Conditioned Scrimmage
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Around the Wall
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Gladiators
Chapter 4: Week Three: Passing Introduction
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Intro to Week Three
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Passing and Receiving Basics
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Passing and Receiving in Threes
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Get out of My House Drill
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Playing through Zones
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Send 'Em In Drill
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Inside and Outside Drill
Chapter 5: Week Four: Advanced Passing Skills
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Intro to Week Four
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Passing by Numbers Drill
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Triangular Touches Drill
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Ball-in-the-Circle Drill
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2 v. 2 Possession with Outsiders
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Square-Out Drill
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Two-Touch Numbers Up
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Diagonal Passing to Diagonal Runs
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UK World Cup
Chapter 6: Week Five: Ball Control and Settling
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Intro to Week Five
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Basic Control Techniques
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Cushion Control
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First Touch Drill
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Throw and Control Game
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T-Junction Drill
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Attacking the Ball & Control
Chapter 7: Week Six: Defense Introduction
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Intro to Week Six
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Last Man Standing Drill
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1 v. 1 Megs Drill
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Ultimate Knockout Drill
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Inside the Circle w/ Defenders
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1 v. 1 Defending to Prevent Turns
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Team Tag Drill
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Defending Facing the Attacker
Chapter 8: Week Seven: Advanced Defensive Play
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Intro to Week Seven
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1 v. 1 to Target
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Defending 2 v. 1 Drill
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Defending 2 v. 1 (Pressure and Cover)
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Diagonal Defense Drill
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Double Diagonal Defense
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3 v. 3 v. 3 Flying Changes
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Man to Man
Chapter 9: Week Eight: Shooting Introduction
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Intro to Week Eight
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Ball-Striking Technique
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Pinball Drill
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Coconut Shy Drill
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3 v. 1 to Goal
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Shooting using the Garbage Man
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Crossfire Drill
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Switch to Central Goal Drill
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Shoot on Sight
Chapter 10: Week Nine: Advanced Shooting Skills
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Intro to Week Nine
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Sideline Soccer Drill
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Long-Range Shooting Drill
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European Club Challenge
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2 v. 2 Back-to-Back Goals
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Table Foosball Drill
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Breakaway Drill
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Crazy Corners
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Delay the Attack