Recreational Program Curriculum
Our recreational soccer program is directed by John Dingle of Soccer Source 360. John has almost 30 years of youth soccer coaching experience at all levels from kindergarten to College, is a senior member of the MSYSA Educational Staff, was for 17 years the director of both recreational and travel coaching at Soccer Association of Columbia and has developed his own coaching manuals for youth coaching. This season, all the coaching plans that our coaches follow will be drawn from those manuals. You can see the week by week curriculum below. It is developed to introduce the fundamentals of soccer in a fun environment. Due to their critical importance you will see certain topics repeated several times to maximize learning.
The goals of the curriculum are as follows:
The goals of the curriculum are as follows:
- Players develop a great understanding of their ability to go forward within their ever-expanding abilities while at the same time not forcing the ball into a turnover or bad situation. (i.e. they learn when to penetrate/when to possess)
- Defenders understand when to win the ball and when to delay the attack
- Players are encouraged to play through the defensive lines
- Players are encouraged to excel and have a "no fear of failure" attitude when it comes to an attacking mindset
- Players learn to make their decisions according to the principles of play
- A culture of possession is created as opposed to a culture of territory
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Monday
3/20 Running with the ball 4/3 Front foot passing 4/10 Individual Attacking 4/17 Individual Attacking 4/24 Shielding 5/1 Finishing 5/8 Individual Attacking 5/15 Spatial Awareness 5/22 Individual Attacking 5/29 Front foot pass/long pass |
Wednesday
3/22 Individual Defending 4/5 Splitting or cover 4/12 Small group defending 4/19 Individual defending 4/26 Splitting or Cover 5/3 Small Group Defending 5/11 Individual Defending 5/17 Splitting or Cover 5/19 Small group defending 5/31 Individual defending |
Coaching Manual Page Numbers for each of age group are listed below (Use Acrobat to see page numbers)
1st/2nd Grade
Monday Wednesday
4/24 p. 24 61
5/1 p. 23 58
5/8 p. 30 33
5/15 p. 19 52
5/22 p. 20 57
5/29 p. 31 33
Week 12 Need to read 55
Pages 38-42 4v4 free play
3rd/4th Grade
Monday Wednesday
4/24 23 21
5/1 19 55
5/8 43 58
5/15 16 38
5/22 14 55
5/29 36 58
Week 12 45 39
5th/6th Grade
Monday Wednesday
4/24 20 72
5/1 25 67
5/8 55 70
5/15 28 74
5/22 18 67
5/29 65 70
Week 12 48 74
1st/2nd Grade
Monday Wednesday
4/24 p. 24 61
5/1 p. 23 58
5/8 p. 30 33
5/15 p. 19 52
5/22 p. 20 57
5/29 p. 31 33
Week 12 Need to read 55
Pages 38-42 4v4 free play
3rd/4th Grade
Monday Wednesday
4/24 23 21
5/1 19 55
5/8 43 58
5/15 16 38
5/22 14 55
5/29 36 58
Week 12 45 39
5th/6th Grade
Monday Wednesday
4/24 20 72
5/1 25 67
5/8 55 70
5/15 28 74
5/22 18 67
5/29 65 70
Week 12 48 74