Technical Training

http://interactivetraining.easports.com/soccer/home.action

The above link has a number of short videos illustrating technical abilities and drills associated with developing it. They range from the most basic (level 1) to more advanced (level 3).

US Soccer Federation D License Manual

Open publication - Free publishing - More soccer

The above document is the US Soccer Federation's D License Manual. It is a great resource for coaching information.

Control Drills

http://www.nike.com/nikefootball/training/control/train/drills?locale=en_US


The above link features a number of great drills used at FC Barcelona to work on control, which is crucial to player development. Look through and make it a habit of incorporating these into every practice.


*Drill 3 (Control + Pass) is particularly important for young players.

Warm Up

http://www.uefa.com/trainingground/training/drills/video/videoid=831373.html?autoplay=true"


The above link is to the UEFA training ground video on a good soccer warm up. This is the warm up that Truman High School uses.


Look around on this website, because it is a great resource to coaches. There are drills from top clubs around the world as well as tactical information from top managers.

Soccer Best Practices

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Click on the publication above and look around. I believe you can print whatever pages you want. There is great information for coaching all ages. This is from the United States Soccer Federation.