Soccer Warm-up Game

Series Summary

Soccer is the largest sport around the world boasting an audience numbering over a billion. The high popularity of the sport means there is a lot if interest and thus a lot of organized teams playing the game. With so many soccer teams there is a need for soccer coaches. How does one coach a soccer team?

Our expert soccer coach will share the tricks of the trade to help you get your coaching career afoot. Our coach will trace the roots of the game abroad as well as in the United States. He will share information concerning coaching licenses. He will also walk through various drills to run through practices to refine the skills of the soccer player on your team. Learn multiple passing exercises to get your team ready to play. Heading, shooting and stretching are some of the other drills covered in the series.

Video Transcript

"My name is Glen. We are going to show you another warm-up exercise. This is called European handball. It doesn't look like soccer but it actually prepares the team very well for soccer. It gets them moving and gets them warmed up and they know how to play so let's go. The object is to knock down the big ball with the little ball. Each team has a direction and if it hits the ground, it goes to the other team. The little ball I find is a little easier for young players to handle. That's good. Play it. That's good. Goal, 1 point. Each player can take 3 steps to advance the ball. You also notice that players tend to spread out and communicate which are also some key skills that you want to get out of your youth soccer players. This is a good beginning of a practice game for maybe10 minutes. You usually can tell when interest is starting to go away from a game which is always a good time to move on. If they are having some success as they are having right now, I would let this go on for maybe a good 10 minutes and move on to another element of the practice. "