Hi Tammy,

I have coached the little one's in my career.

Having kids stand in line waiting for their turn to run the cone course is
to say the least, "Boring" for them. Kids this age have a short attention
span....I'm sure you are aware of this!

Split the team into two equal groups, and have them cone race the other
team. Make sure each team cheers it's own group on..

If you organization has allotted enough balls for each child, make sure most
of you drills have everyone working at one time.
Always keeping the ball at the child's feet will help teach them touch.

Doing the Mexican Hat Dance while touching the top of the ball with their
toes, while singing the melody is fun.

At this age group, FUN is the most important lesson! Some kids will develop
faster than others.

Keep up the good coaching!

Bill


-----Original Message-----
From: tammy@... [mailto:tammy@...]
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 1:40 AM
To: Good-Bad-Ugly@egroups.com
Subject: [Good, Bad and Ugly (about Soccer)] in need Of HELP


I am a first time coach of this game and the little ones need some
help ( well I do anyway). The childrens ages range from 4 to 6 in this
in door soccor league. I am running out of ideas to make there
practices fun and exciting as well as educational for them. It seems
that they are getting board of going around pillions passing the ball
back and forth exctra exctra. could someone point me in the right
direction.
A web site for alternative games and drills for the little ones
involving the basics of soccor would be great.
any ideas will help ( for the kids )



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