I said it was part of warming up so the girls didn't complain having to play it every single practice. Here are the things we did that I feel made the biggest impact:īefore practice waiting for everyone to arrive - I would sit on the ground in front of a backstop, the girls would line up 30 feet out and, one at a time, I would roll a ball to them and they would just try to get a solid foot on it with their laces.ĭribble Across a Square Practice Game - When it was time to start practice, this is the first thing we did. We ended the season by winning the multi-city tournament, as a lower seed, without a single goal scored against us the entire tournament while scoring 3-4 goals per game! It was a huge turnaround. It was a very difficult group and we started the season losing most of our games. Some of our players were larger players who found it difficult to even run. Others had some experience but no real ability to play the game. We started the season with a very unique set of girls. My U-12 team is the one I will talk about in this email because it is the one that experienced the most dramatic improvement. The younger team did well, although getting these girls to be aggressive was difficult and in hindsight I should have played more Practice Games that helped them to be aggressive. One was 3rd and 4th grade girls (U-10) and the other was 5th and 6th grade girls (U-12). We went from losing most of our games to winning the end-of-season Multi-City Tournament, giving up no goals. It describes my U-12 team and the Practice Games and tactics I found most beneficial. I hope this letter might be beneficial to other coaches. The full correspondence and many tips for weak teams is on SoccerHelp Premium at Hi David, (If you're a Premium Member, you should only have to log in once as long as you leave a link open.)įollowing is a letter from a first year U12 soccer coach who struggled during the first half of the season (1-3) but kept teaching his team how to play positions and trying different formations and following the tips on Premium about shifting and teaching positions, was 2-1-1 in the second half and went on to win the season end tournament scoring 11 goals and giving up 0 goals in 3 games. Subscriptions are as low as $11.95 for Coach Doug and $17.99 for Premium. Over 15,000 soccer coaches have become Members. There is a "no questions asked" money back guarantee. See photos of our 29 kinds of iron on Motivational Soccer Patches Want to become a great soccer coach? Check out SoccerHelp Premium and Coach Doug's Site for U4, U5 and U6 Soccer Coaches. They beat teams that had bigger, faster players Scored 11 goals & gave up 0 goals in 3 games in Tournament U12 Team starts the Season 1-3, then 2-1-1, then Won the Tournament Proven tips about U12 Soccer Formations and Positions
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