Royse City Soccer Association

COACHING GUIDELINES / RESOURCES

• Practice can start as soon as your receive your roster. You may want to practice on Saturday the first two weeks before games begin. Make sure your practices are in an approved area (including but not limited to, school grounds and city parks). Be prepared with this information when contacting parents for the first time.

• Make sure your parents know that the player will need shin guards, ball, and water bottle for all practices and games.

• Coaches are expected to hold at least 1 practice per week not to exceed 2 times a week. Practice times, dates and locations are set at the discretion of the coach. Please keep time reasonable for commuting parents. Length of practices depends on age group:

U4-U8: no more than 1 hour

U10 & up: no more than 90 minutes.

• Should there be any Covid illness within your team, please contact your commissioner and review the COVID - RETURN TO PLAY FOR COACHES. 

COACHING RESOURCES

Coach Training - click here for coach training designed by United States Youth Soccer (USYS). These lessons plans include:  

U6 & Under

Warm-Up
Ball Movement
Ball Sense
Coordination Movement
Dribbling Part One
Dribbling Part Two
Moving with the Ball

U8 & Under

One Ball, Two Players
Ball Control
Dribbling Part One
Dribbling Part Two
Lower Limb Coordination & Vision
Passing
Principles
Receiving Part One
Receiving Part Two
Small Group Play
Passing in Pairs

U10 & Under

Passing
Distribution
Foot Coordination & Speed
Tackling

U12 & Under

Receiving & Passing
Heading
Third Attacker
First Defender
First Touch Out of Pressure
Attacking Compactness
Spatial Awareness / Passing Lanes

U14 & Under

Midfield Attack
Boxing
Receiving Air Balls