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1. Your Training Environment � conducive to fun learning?
   Players need a variety of opportunities to apply skills, either recently acquired or existing, if they are to learn thoroughly. Therefore if chil . . . keep reading
   
   
2. Warm Up & Cool Down
   The coach should ensure that players prepare themselves for the training session or game that lies ahead. The necessity for warm ups and cool dow . . . keep reading
   
   
3. Checklist for the Season!
   Neil Travers
   We all know that there is plenty to do over the course of the season, so at junior soccer coach we thought we would try to give you a checklist of the . . . keep reading
   
   
4. The Two Minute Guide to Communication Skills
   The art of communication is to give and receive information effectively. For best results, communication should be a two way process, as coach you . . . keep reading
   
   
5. Why Do Kids Play Soccer and Your Role As Coach / Manager?
   Neil Travers
   Football is the worlds most popular game. The feelings can be intense support for your team as can be the lows, and at the end of the day there will . . . keep reading
   
   
6. Bomb the Sub!
   AIM Here is a fun but effective game has two players practicing long passes, while their team mates practice short passes. ORGANISATION Place . . . keep reading
   
   
7. Ball Control - Cone Dribble 1
   AIM A excellent exercise that promotes good close control, dribbling and develops fitness. Simple to set up and will get players on the move and . . . keep reading
   
   
8. Warm Up - Passing/Receiving/Dribbling
   AIM A good warm up drill that focuses on all the key techniques, passing, recieving and dribbling. This start up drill can be used effectively 1v1 . . . keep reading
   
   
9. 5 Principles of Good Defending
   Most great teams are built from the back. A stronghold from which you will break your oppositions attack and set up your counter. Strength and depth . . . keep reading
   
   
10. Through the Gates
    AIM A simple exercise for players to practice keeping the ball under close control. This is a fun exercise that can be used with players individua . . . keep reading
    
    
11. Ground Passing and Control - 2 V 2
    AIM This exercise should get the players on their toes anticipating where the ball is going, getting their bodies in line with it and executing goo . . . keep reading
    
    
12. Ball Control - Centre Cone Drill
    AIM A neat exercise that involves many players and encourages both feet dribbling, turning and shielding the ball. Balance is also a key feature o . . . keep reading
    
    
13. Turning Defense Into Attack
    It is vital that the defenders prevent goals by breaking up the oppositions play, however defenders are also your first line of attack when they have . . . keep reading
    
    
14. Triangles
    AIM A simple exercise for players to practice receiving a ball, keeping it under close control and then executing a pass. This is a quick exercis . . . keep reading
    
    
15. Handling Problem Players
    Every coach at some point will have to deal with problem players. They can range from timekeeping to behavioural problems. Hopefully, in junior socc . . . keep reading
    
    
16. Short Volley Passing
    AIM To develop the technique of being able to pass a ball that is in the air ORGANISATION Mark out two gates facing each other approximately . . . keep reading
    
    
17. Dealing With Parents
    The single biggest headache a junior soccer coach faces when managing the team is the parents. Despite an abundance of material available for coaches . . . keep reading
    
    
18. 5 Principles of Effective Attacking
    Soccer is a simple game, when your team is in possession, all players on the pitch should be thinking of how they can support an attack. Even the . . . keep reading
    
    
19. Technique or Skill - Whats the difference?
    This is a fundamental coaching point. Once you understand the difference and begin to follow the structure of a session with this in mind, you and yo . . . keep reading
    
    
20. Takeover & Fakeover � A great way to fool the defense
    The takeover technique is a simple but effective method for deceiving a defender. This combination play requires the concentration of all players . . . keep reading
    
    

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