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Soccer Training for Youth Players
Welcome... First realize that great soccer coaches and trainers learn only one way. They watch other great coaches and copy what they do. Knowledge in any sport or any skill is learned the same way. Learn how to teach from great teachers, not great players. There is a GOLDEN window for youth soccer players. This is the age between 8 and 16. These are formative years when the player develops technical skills that stay with them their entire life. Miss this window and there is NO WAY to catch up.
Being a Better Soccer Coach and Soccer TrainerYouth soccer training is NOT about winning. Youth soccer training is about developing the young player and shaping their skills. If you are conditioning your youth soccer players for the "weekend's big game", you have a lot to learn. Youth soccer training is about understanding the "golden years". Those years between 9 and 14 when players develop skill sets that will shape their competitive years. Take that away and you have RUINED any potential a player has to develop LONG TERM. Understanding youth soccer development and FIGHTING the urge to win are the characteristics of a GREAT youth soccer coach. Everyone likes to win, but winning is short lived. Skills that are learned will stay for a lifetime.
Youth Soccer in the US
US Youth Soccer provides a healthy activity
through its recreational and small sided games programs. These programs
emphasize FUN, and de-emphasize winning at all costs. Every child is
guaranteed playing time and the game is taught in a fun and enjoyable
atmosphere.
For the player with advanced skills and
greater ambition, highly competitive
 leagues are offered. This player
might have his or her sights set on a college soccer scholarship or
playing for the U. S. Olympic or National teams.
US Youth Soccer is the largest member of
the United States Soccer Federation, the governing body for soccer in
the United States. US Youth Soccer is a nationwide body of over 600,000
volunteers and administrators, and over 300,000 dedicated coaches, most
of who also are volunteers. US Youth Soccer registers over 3,000,000
youth players between the ages of five and nineteen. US Youth Soccer is
made up of 55 member State Associations; one in each state, and two in
California, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas.
US Youth Soccer is non-profit and
educational organization whose mission is to foster the physical, mental
and emotional growth and development of America's youth through the
sport of soccer at all levels of age and competition. Our job is also to
make it fun, and instill in young players a lifelong passion for the
sport.
From its humble beginnings in 1974 with
just more than 100,000 registered players to its current registration of
more than 3 million, US Youth Soccer has always been recognized as a
leader in youth sports organizations. Through a democratic structure,
the membership of US Youth Soccer is able to provide uniform rules and
guidelines. These guidelines facilitate intra-state, inter-state and
international play. US Youth Soccer is also able to provide a structured
appeals process, and its marketing and licensing programs help US Youth
Soccer hold down player costs while providing revenue for increased
services. The national administration of US Youth Soccer is conducted by
a nine member Board of Directors consisting of a Chairman, Vice
Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, four Regional Directors, and a Member at
Large. Each of these board members are elected into office by delegates
from the 55 member State Associations. A tenth position, that of Past
President, is held by the past president for a single term of two years.
 The US Youth Soccer membership is divided
into four regions, each with a Director elected to the board. The
regions are essentially East (Region I), Midwest (Region II), South
(Region III) and West (Region IV). Each State Association has a Board of
Directors, elected by delegates from their member leagues, clubs or
teams.
US Youth Soccer is a member of a much
larger soccer community, and therefore its players are members of this
world community. Here's how its work. Boys and girls register to play
with one of the 6,000 + clubs or leagues formed by their State
Association. Each of the 55 State Associations across America are
members of US Youth Soccer and US Soccer (there are two other divisions,
US AMATEUR SOCCER for adults, and the professional division). US Soccer,
along with over 197 other national soccer organizations, are members of
FIFA, the Federation Internationale de Football Association. FIFA serves
as the international governing body for soccer and US Soccer has been a
member since 1913. Together, local, national and international
organizations form a family of support for the young soccer players of
America.
Soccer Training Youth
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