Kids love to play soccer and including a kids soccer drills video in your training session will keep them eager to learn, also making it easier for you to introduce skills to them.
Naturally, young players focus on the ball, and by directing them gently, you can ensure that they learn as they enjoy themselves. Here are some of the things that youth soccer videos advise including in youth player practice sessions.
- Warm Up Drills
Any age group requires a warm up drill, and with kids, a short warm is a good way to start practice, so that they get oriented to the soccer training. You can introduce activities that include the ball, like having them run after a ball you throw, asking them to bring it back, introducing variations like, going after another player dribbling the ball. Some stretching is also essential, though not too much.
After the warm up, you can have both individual and group activities that simulate a game situation. One thing to always remember with kids soccer routines is to keep them constantly on the move.
If you make them line up and wait, you can be sure that they will become bored. Even the activities that you include must never make any players ‘out’ of the game; rather, they must ensure that the ‘out’ kids are still part of the game.
- Play The Game
One of the best ways to keep your little players interested in practice is to actually play soccer. Small-sided games are ideal for this. You can have the players focus on a particular technique while playing these. Tell them they must only use passing, or dribbling while getting the ball into the goal. You can use cones to mark the goals in small-sided games.
In fact, if necessary, you can divide your players into groups and have different groups playing different games simultaneously. This will also ensure that all the players get equal opportunities to participate in various techniques.
Towards the end of the practice sessions, have your players cool down. This can be through stretches including the ball, perhaps a repetition of what you began with during warm up.
A simple skill to practice for homework will have your players excited about the next practice session. This could be something they see in the kids soccer drills video – like kicking a ball to another player who kicks it back to them without touching the ground.
