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Field notes for parents
Drills, safety, age-appropriate progressions, and the rest of the stuff club parents actually need to know. Written parent-to-parent.
Goalkeeper drills for beginners: a real practice plan
Goalkeeper drills for beginners work in one order: set position, footwork, catching, then diving. Here is a 20-minute session for a U10 to U12 keeper, and the safety rules that come before the first dive.
Soccer drills for 12 year olds: what changes after U10
Soccer drills for 12 year olds stop being about performing a skill and start being about performing it under pressure. Combination play, first touch, decisions, and the first supervised light load at U11 and U12.
Solo soccer drills your kid can do at home
Solo soccer drills are the ones a kid can run with a ball, a wall, and whatever space is behind the house. Here is a complete 20-minute session for U10 through U12, in five timed blocks.
First touch drills soccer players can do alone at home
First touch drills soccer players can run alone need a wall, a ball and 15 minutes. Here is what a good first touch actually is, eight named drills, and a 20-minute session scaled for U10 to U12.
Soccer drills for 10 year olds: what to run, in what order
The soccer drills for 10 year olds worth running are the high-touch ones: toe-taps, sole rolls, pull-backs, cone weaves, wall passing, and 1v1 to a line. Ball mastery first, decision-making last, in a 20-minute session.
How much strength training is safe for an 11-year-old soccer player?
Bodyweight first. Supervised dumbbell up to 5 lb at U11-U12. The age-load ladder, the NSCA + AAP research that backs it, and what a real week looks like.
Is FIFA 11+ safe for U10?
Short answer: the standard FIFA 11+ is designed for ages 14 and up. For a U10, run FIFA 11+ Kids - a separate, age-adapted routine from the same research group.