Dear Coaches:
Thank you for volunteering your time to help make Downtown United Soccer Club’s Recreational League a positive and memorable experience for all the kids!!
The Coaches Corner serves as a platform to share with you best practices in youth soccer development. You will find articles, session plans and videos that focus on improving the technical skills of your players through fun, age appropriate activities..
The activities are designed to be realistic to situations in the game, allow for lots of touches on the ball and most importantly make learning fun. I hope you find them simple, useful and effective
A couple of key points:
- Read through all articles posted in this page ( see below) that relates to our coaching philosophy and methodology.
- Please start your session on time even if you only have one player.
- Prepare ahead of time for the 30 minutes you have to warm-up the players and run through some skills drills presented in this section.
- Resist the temptation of over-coaching. Allow the players room to learn from their mistakes and the freedom to make their own decisions on the field. It’s their game.
- HAVE FUN!!
Yours in Soccer,
Paul Jeffries
Director of Recreational Programs
