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best drills to do for new under 9players

What's the best drills for under 9 that is also fun and exciting for that. My team is new so looking for fun way to train but also let me see how what they are best at
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stephen phillipsCoach, England

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johann larrcillaCoach, Mexico

here Stephen my email so you can receive my drill ...link in profile...

johann larrcillaCoach, Mexico

Hello Stephen let me ask what are your specific coaching goals for the kids. As a pro coach myself I had the blessing many years ago in my youth to coach 6 and 7 yrs old. you see the kids love to play so lets get this started. A good game for learning how to move as a unit be it defense or midfield is to make 4 squares of 1 ydeach

in front of that you place 3 squares of the same dimension one to the left one in the center the other on the right and you pass the ball around the 3 squares while the kids go from one square to the other. you can email me ...link in profile... to get my powerpoint drill this you cna use in many ways

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