I have been looking through my curriculum for the youngest age group Under7- Under 8 to help out some parent coaches that have come to me for advise as they had volunteered to take they younger age groups next season.
I have been looking through my curriculum for the youngest age group Under7- Under 8 to help out some parent coaches that have come to me for advice as they had volunteered to take the younger age groups next season. A couple of them asked how I’d kick things off, and I thought I’d share with you what my plan will be.
My immediate thoughts are that I want my players to be technically good. I’ll then mix that in with a few speed of movement skills. Initially, I will use unopposed sessions until my players are up to speed. I can then put in opposition to make the task harder.
Here’s my 12-point technical plan.
I will tell players to:
This is my initial technical blueprint. Of course, as players develop you need to think about tactics, positional play and a code of conduct that comes outside of this, but as a pretty thorough technical game plan, I can’t wait to hear from the coaches about how they are progressing.
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