Coaching Mini Soccer: A Tried and Tested Program of Essential Skills and Drills for 5 to 10 Year Olds

As a reluctant youth team dad manager I found myself roped in to running a team and respective training sessions. Having played football I knew the playing part very well, however you soon realise controlling and motivating a bunch of 7 year old kids with the attention span of a goldfish is a whole new ball game (pardon the pun). I didn't know where to start, as a result we lost every game until the new year. Then with the help of some of the drills in this book and perseverance we managed to win a game, then another and so on. We are now beating teams that would hammer us previously. This is all due to the development of the kids, which has in some way been helped by this book.

I am new to coaching (FA Introduction to Coaching Football) and have spent a lot of time researching drills to use with this age group. It is a challenging concept to capture coaching in print when you are surrounded by various online resources, especially YouTube, but this book about manages it. The end result is a catalogue of skills and drills which can be modified to suit your circumstances. I also use a cheap software to draw up my own plans, and this book has helped augment them.

Good book. Explains very clearly and address things for parents.

Great book if you are just starting out coaching kids. My Son has referred to this a lot.

Has helped with coming up with new drills for my team