Soccer Drills
For Very Young Kids (U6-U8)
If you need more than just soccer drills, such as entire soccer practice plans, you should go to the Soccer Practice Page.
Also, if you are just starting out as a “volunteer” youth soccer coach I highly recommend you go to the NEW Soccer Coach Page before you look at the drills.
Here are my personal favorite soccer drill resources incorporated into 8 weeks of soccer practice plans:
- Coaching Manual for U-6 and U-8 - Gavin J. Spooner (pdf)
- Coaching Manual for U-8 and U-10 - Gavin J. Spooner (pdf)
Boyne Area 4H Youth Soccer organization was also kind enough to offer their soccer plans organized into nine separate lesson plans:
Another one high on my list is Practice Plans from Soccer-Coach-L.
If you need more than just ideas for soccer practice games, such as entire soccer practice plans, you should go to the Soccer Practice Page.
Also, if you are just starting out as a “volunteer” youth soccer coach I highly recommend you go to the NEW Soccer Coach Page before you look at the drills.
Individual Soccer Drills
I have gone through many soccer drill pages to find ones that are specifically suited for youth soccer in the U-6 to U-8 range. Enjoy. (If you don’t have it, you can download a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader HERE.)
- Fun Dribbling Games
- Drills for Small Children
- Dribbling Moves Drills
- Dribbling and passing games from justsoccerdrills.com
- Kindergarten Soccer Games
- Games for Very Young Children
- Fundamental Foot Skills Games
- Warm-up Drills
- Passing & Receiving Drills
- Soccer Drills to Improve Aggressiveness
Other Soccer Game Resources
In case you hadn’t noticed, Amazon.com also has many good soccer drill books. Please read my review pages on recommended soccer books before purchasing any.
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I like to play Red light Green light with my group I have 20 kids and this is a great warm up drill simply by calling out the red , green, and yellow gets …
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