Saturday, March 9, 2013

Soccer Wahoos goal kicks

If you're wondering what I'm trying to get the team to do when we have a goal kick, here's the plan...

Kick the ball out to the sides, for a safe play that allows us to advance up the field.
At this young age, most players cannot kick the ball over the other team all the way to mid-field. So, our own goal kicks are actually a dangerous situation in which the other team has a great chance to get the ball and kick it right back into our own goal (we scored a goal this way ourselves in our most recent game).  I want our team to kick the ball out, wide, to the sides, where a teammate can get the ball and advance up the field on attack.

If the player taking the goal kick cannot get the ball to the wide players, the wide players need to move in closer, but always remain out to the sides, not directly in front of the goal or hidden behind opposing players.

Ideally, the more forward players at top, center, would advance ahead of the wide player who gets the ball, so the advancing, forward players could receive a pass back to the center of the field, right in front of the opposing team's goal and take a shot. But, getting 7 and 8-year-olds to plan that far ahead and really grasp good passing techniques is quite a challenge.

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