These Youth Soccer Practice Plans feature structured, step-by-step plans for 20 practices with diagrams explaining activities accompanied by key coaching points. Available as an instant digital download, this ebook enables you to print out each plan and bring it to practice or follow along on your smartphone.
You’ll save time by being ready for practice in minutes. Follow a proven system that works. You’ll look great as a coach, and as a result, your players will be the primary beneficiaries.
Success belongs to the well-prepared!
TOP SOCCER PRACTICE PLANS
72 pages.
Over 90 diagrams to explain soccer drills and activities.
Author Colleen Carey was 2 times selected as MIAC Conference Coach of the Year for the University of St. Thomas.
A complete season’s worth of plans.
Easy-to-understand explanations, and well-thought-out, age-appropriate agendas.
Soccer Coaching Plans U12
Designed for coaches of U8 teams through U12 teams – both boys and girls.
Practices are 90 minutes for U12 teams, and reduced times are suggested for younger teams. The focus is on player development and teaching soccer fundamentals. Kids learn best when they’re having some fun, and the activities were selected with kids in mind.
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About the Author: Colleen Carey
As a player, coach, and director of coaching in soccer, Colleen Carey has earned high levels of achievement.
Currently, Carey is Director of Coaching for the Eagan Wave Soccer Club, where she is responsible for player and coach development for some 650 players and 45 coaches. She holds a USSF National “B” coaching license and a US Youth Soccer National Youth license. Carey coached with the Minnesota State Olympic Development Program for the past 8 years. She is also a member of the Player Development Committee within the Minnesota Youth Soccer Association.
As a high school soccer star, she led the Anoka Tornadoes to victory in the 1990 Minnesota High School Prep Soccer Championship. She played college soccer and basketball at the College of St. Benedict and was a three-time All-Conference selection in both sports. She participated in the NCAA Division III Final Four in each sport and is a two-time Hall of Fame inductee at St. Benedict.
Her coaching career started as an assistant college coach at St. Benedict in 1994. In 1998, she was selected as the head coach for women’s soccer coach at the University of St. Thomas. While there, her overall record was an impressive 78-42-13, and she was twice named “MIAC Coach of the Year” for her accomplishments.
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NOTE FROM AUTHOR COLLEEN CAREY
I remember starting out as a youth coach and thinking about what a major difference I was going to make in these young players’ lives. I was going to turn them into world-class soccer players! Then reality set in, and the amount of time it took to put one practice plan together was overwhelming. I had a full-time job, and after a few practices, I stopped putting plans together.
I just showed up hoping we would have a productive session. Needless to say, I failed my team, and our season was tough. Having learned that a plan is essential to being a successful coach, I spent the next year putting together practice plans. This guide is a result of putting together practice plans for the last 18 years.
This guide is intended to make your coaching job a lot easier. If you’re new to coaching, you can use this guide as your roadmap. If you’ve coached before, this guide will remove a lot of the work associated with mapping out each practice. You can supplement the practice plans with your own concepts that have worked for you in the past.
With your use of this guide, your players will be learning, having fun, and picking up on the key soccer skill and tactics at the right time. As a coach, you’ll look experienced, knowledgeable, and well prepared. Plus, with some of the heavy lifting removed from your schedule, you’ll have more time to appreciate the season. Enjoy!
Colleen Carey
Here’s a look at a couple of sample pages from the book. For the soccer activities – note the diagrams, explanations, and coaching points.
Free Soccer Practice Plan
Check out this sample soccer practice plan below. Note how the diagrams make it easy for coaches to position players.
Soccer Practice Drills
Coach Carey has reviewed her stockpile of soccer drills and activities and chosen the best and most popular drills. Some are the coach’s favorites that really drive home important soccer knowledge and skills, while others are players’ favorites.
Digital Download Available Immediately
You’ll receive a PDF upon purchase – this product is a digital download. The PDF works on both Macs and PCs – make sure you have the latest version of Adobe Reader (available for free) on your computer. The PDF enables you to print out pages you want when you need them.
Soccer Practice Planner
Soccer coaching is a lot easier with a well thought out plan of attack. Don’t reinvent the wheel and try to start from scratch. Work with a proven system that’s sure to bolster your won/loss record, but even more importantly, develop great soccer players!
The Well-Prepared Coach — Youth Soccer Coaching Plans — $29.96
Why Use Plans?
It’s a time saver. Review each night’s plan for 5 minutes, and you’re good to go.
Coach Carey has been successfully coaching soccer from youth through the college level. Go with her system – it works!
Players get better in a hurry.
In addition to each practice being planned out, each practice within the season is placed in the proper order, so kids learn skills and knowledge when they need to.
You’ll be able to coach at the moment. No more thinking about what the next drill should be or worrying if you’re covering the important stuff. Just follow the plans.
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Advantages of using Well Prepared Coach Youth Soccer Practice Plans:
It will save you time because you don’t have to plan. Be ready for practice in a few minutes.
By not having to worry about what to do next, you can live in the moment. Enjoy the best part of coaching – working with kids and the satisfaction in seeing players improve.
Players will learn a lot, and consequently, results will show up in your won/loss record.
The most important thing: players will have a blast! The activities outlined are proven winners.
The Well-Prepared Coach — Youth Soccer Coaching Plans — $29.96
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