If you are doing soccer practice with a very young child or coaching soccer to young girls, you have to keep things moving very quickly. The lecture part must be very small– concise and clear.
The kids should not have the impression that you are coaching in a boring academic style and they are in a classroom and not on the playground. Kids, when in the playground, cannot think anything else than playing games.
So, even in making instructions to them regarding certain drills and soccer practice games, you should do the actions as well.
What is more, the soccer practice with a very young player, should not include a lot of stretches or warm ups, before the coaching session.
If you do so, you will end up having a fatigued player, rather than an active one. However, in order to keep the child motivated and interested, you should tell them to practice at home, as well as, on off days.
It might be for fifteen minutes, but you must encourage the kids to practice the drills, the tips, and the techniques at home as well.
While you are developing the drills, you should make sure that the kids will get maximum touches at the ball. You cannot imagine the happiness that a kid earns after kicking the ball.
