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Coaching Young Children
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Coaching Young Soccer
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New US Youth Soccer Small
Sided Games Program Manuals - The manual is an overview of of the US
Youth Soccer Small Sided Games Program, answering questions ranging from
'What Size Should Fields Be', 'How May Players Should Be on the Field' to
'Benefits of Small Sided Games' Click on the Handbook to download the
handbook.

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Oregon
Youth Soccer Manual
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Fun Dribbling Drills for Young Players
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Preventing Bunching
- Coaching
Corner: Youth Training - Focus on Technique (Part 1 of 3) By Klaus
Pabst, German Staff Coach (Courtesy of Success in Soccer)
(from the NSCAA Coaching Newsletter - March 30th, 2005)
- Coaching
Corner: Youth Training - Focus on Technique (Part 2 of 3) By Klaus
Pabst, German Staff Coach (Courtesy of Success in Soccer) (from the
NSCAA Coaching Newsletter - April 13th, 2005)
- Lane Soccer
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Goalkeeping - It's All About Angles (.PDF) - Youth Soccer
Goalkeeping Article by Graham Harrison of
http://www.savegoals.com
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Helpful Tips to Get Your Players to Finish Their Shots (Especially
Very Young Players)
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Warm-Up
Drills for Younger Children
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Getting Your Child Started in Sports
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Soccer Tennis - A Fun Game
for First Touch, Receiving and Movement
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Bowling with Headers - A Fun Competitive Game
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Suggestions for Rainy Day Practices by Bruce Brownlee
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AYSA Small Sided Games - A
comprehensive Manual: the what’s, how’s, why’s,
and when’s of small sided games in youth soccer
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Practice Tips for Youth Soccer Coaches
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USYSA Blank Lesson Plan - from Matt Callahan
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US Youth Soccer Practice Plans- from Matt Callahan
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Windows
Drills - One drill that can be used as the basis for many other
drills.
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Helpful Tips to Get Your Players to Finish Their Shots
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Early Skill Development By Steve Sampson (from the NSCAA Coaching
Newsletter - September 28th, 2005)
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U19
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- U19
Possession from September 2005 Coaches Connection Newsletter (PDF)
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U18
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U17
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U16
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- U16
Vision - August 2005 Coaches Connection Newsletter (.PDF)
- U16
Possession from September 2005 Coaches Connection Newsletter (PDF)
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U15
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U14
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U12
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U10
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Coaching Manual for U-8 and U-10 -
Gavin J. Spooner

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Coaching
U-10 Players
NEW July 2005
- U10
Dribbling - July 2005 Coaches Connection Newsletter
(.PDF)
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U10 Lesson 1 (Word Version)
by Matt Calahan
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U10 Lesson 1 (PDF Version)
by Matt Calahan
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U10 Lesson 2 (Word Version)
by Matt Calahan
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U10 Lesson 2 (PDF Version)
by Matt Calahan
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U10 Lesson 3 (Word Version)
by Matt Calahan
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U10 Lesson 3 (PDF Version)
by Matt Calahan
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Passing (USYS Coaching Connection Lesson Plan)
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U10 Receiving Lofted
Balls - Coaches Connection Lesson Plan (.PDF)
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U10 Foot
Coordination and Speed - Coaches Connection Lesson Plan (.PDF)
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U10 Lesson Plan -
Shooting
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U10 Possession 1 - USYS Coaches Connection Lesson Plan
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Build or Not to Build (Part 1 of 2) The right time to teach younger teams
field positions by Chico Borja, NSCAA National Staff Coach
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Build or Not to Build (Part 2 of 2) Shadow Play - Teaching field
positions to younger teams (U-9, U-10, U-11) by Chico Borja,
NSCAA National Staff Coach
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U10 Heading 1 - Coaches
Connection Lesson Plan (.PDF)
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U10 Passing 1 - Coaches
Connection Lesson Plan (.PDF)
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U10 Possession - Coaches
Connection Lesson Plan (.PDF)
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U10 Dribbling - Coaches Connection
Lesson Plan (.PDF)
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Dribbling (Taking Players On) by John Werner - December 2005 Coaches Connection Newsletter
(.PDF)
- U10
Shooting by Eddie Henderson - November 2005 Coaches Connection Newsletter
(.PDF)
- U10
Goalkeeper Distribution by Sam Snow - October 2005 Coaches Connection Newsletter
(.PDF)
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U10 Heading by Don Gemmell - January 2006 Coaches Connection
Newsletter (.PDF)
- Uses
of Small-Sided Games in Training (Part 1 of 4) by Vince Ganzberg,
Regional Technical Director NSCAA
- Uses
of Small-Sided Games in Training (Part 2 of 4) by Vince Ganzberg,
Regional Technical Director NSCAA
- Uses
of Small-Sided Games in Training (Part 3 of 4) by Vince Ganzberg,
Regional Technical Director NSCAA
- Uses
of Small-Sided Games in Training (Part 4 of 4) by Vince Ganzberg,
Regional Technical Director NSCAA
- To Build
or Not to Build (Part 1 of 2) The right time to teach younger teams field
positions by Chico Borja, NSCAA National Staff Coach
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Build or Not to Build (Part 2 of 2) Shadow Play - Teaching field
positions to younger teams (U-9, U-10, U-11) by Chico Borja,
NSCAA National Staff Coach
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U6
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