Eight steps to teaching kids how to understand positional play

Let’s be entirely up-front about this. These eight steps are aimed at coaches who want to develop good soccer players.

It is a long-term plan. You will definitely give up goals and lose games while trying to implement this. You will be working against a majority of coaches who encourage a very direct style of soccer that results in a kick and chase strategy that is focused around their strongest player.

Kick and chase soccer works at younger ages when physically dominant kids can have a disproportionate impact on the game. Gradually that changes and if you have been focusing on teaching proper positional play, your team will be far beyond these teams tactically when the physical differences start to level out. Interested? Download the entire article by clicking on the link below: