Saturday, 6 November 2010

Youth Soccer Training - Coaching Progressions

I am trying to put together a list of high level progressions/conditions for games. I am not looking for specifics like 1 touch, 2 touch etc (I have grouped these as number of touches) in the list below. Can you help with anymore? Add a comment if you can


Space


1. Smaller or Larger Area


2. Wider or Narrower area


3. Target areas


4. Safe Zones


5. Shape of the pitch


Task


1. Move the ball using the hands


2. Number of Touches


3. Left or Right Foot (Stronger/Weaker)


4. Communication or Silence


5. Directional or Multi=Directional


6. Number or Sequences of passes


7. Type of pass or shot


Equipment


1. Ball Size


2. With or without Bibs


3. Cones or gates


4. Obstacles


5. Goals (Larger, smaller. Greater, fewer or style)


People


1. Numbers


2. Neutral Players (inside or Outside)


3. Even or Overloaded groups





2 comments:

Pavl Williams said...

Great list of progressions!

Perhaps another thing to consider is that you can add progressions or give different rules to individual players (especially those that are striving ahead or falling behind).

For example: You can have different size/coloured gates or goals worth different amounts of points, or have safe zones/target areas for certain players to use.

Thanks for the exhaustive list - this post alone gives coaches hundreds of small sided game variations for their sessions!

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