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[quote=Anonymous]1.  As said in another post - figure out who are the more aggressive kids off the bat.  They almost assuredly will be (a) the oldest, (b) the younger sibling of another player (or two), and/or both.  Have a word with your opposing coach on game day or before if possible, and see if you can’t get an agreement to play the best players on a particular field and the weaker players on the other field.  It is more fun for everyone.

2.  It is a dribbling game at that age, and speed/effort.  A slow kid who makes the effort will be fine.  Work on getting hard effort out of the kids.  I had some success - particularly with girls - in getting the kids right at the beginning of practice to roll in the grass.  Sort of like up/downs.  The point was we were going to get dirty so let’s get it over with and be ready to practice.

3.  Lots of races.  Speed, speed speed.  Dribble at top speed (for them).  Relay races with lots of teams works so basically every is moving and dribbling non-stop for 4-5 minutes.  Dribble then shoot.  Shot got off but didn’t go in?  Chase it down and get ready.  Because your turn is coming quick.

Running hard without the ball is also a good starter drill.  Relay race with 3 on a team.  The idea is to get them moving and thinking speed.

Shooting is also done at speed.  Six year old games are herd ball with break always.  Mostly they will dribble it into the net.  There are no keepers.  But, shooting is good to work on.

Finally, juggling.  Challenge them and yourself since you are a beginner too.  You want to juggle it 5 times.  It seems nutty, but every good soccer player is a good juggler.  It teaches touch and control and those are the two components of ball handling in soccer.  It is the soccer equivalent of learning how to catch and throw a ball in baseball.

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