What do your kids actually do at soccer practices?

[drewster711]

At this age group, the standard should be mostly technical work, dribbling, passing, shooting, pressure, and cover on defense. They should be working on trapping, throw-ins, and headers briefly. There should be themes to the practice passing, dribbling or shooting is the major focus of the themes and it should build up to a scrimmage at the end. Lots and lots of repetitions to increase the speed of play If you are not getting the correct training you need to leave a team asap. I see too many coaches and a lot of them paid that have no idea how to develop players. They steal remarkably talented kids and then drive them into the ground by only scrimmaging and saying, "let the game be the teacher" Even at the travel level, not all coaches are good. The Premier or top-level coaches will most likely be good but some of them can be drill Sergents and if your child does not do well in that environment, I would avoid that. Ask if the coach is licensed and at what levels. Learn more about the teams you are joining.