How to Read this Manual
he first time you read this manual, it is meant to be read cover-to-cover. This will allow you to understand the philosophy and ideas behind the curriculum so that you understand why some skills are present and why some are not. The chapters in this manual go over the curriculum, but do not delve into the details of the games used to teach it nor the technical skills being taught. This level of detail can be found in the various appendixes at the back of the manual. Using these appendixes, you should be able to create countless training sessions that stress the outlined curriculum.
After you've read the manual once, you can use it as a reference guide for future training sessions.
Urbana Soccer Association
Coaching Manuals
The full Urbana Soccer Association coaching series is contained in the materials listed below:
Urbana Soccer Association Training Curriculum Volume 1 - Training U6s, Version 1.0, 2006
Urbana Soccer Association Training Curriculum Volume 2 - Training U8s, Version 1.1, 2005
Urbana Soccer Association Training Curriculum Volume 3 - Training U10s, Version 1.0, 2005
Urbana Soccer Association Training Curriculum Volume 4 - Training U12s, TBD
Urbana Soccer Association Training Curriculum Volume 5 - Training U14s, TBD
Acknowledgements
FC Frederick (Football Club Frederick - www.fcfrederick.com) is the travel soccer organization in our area. It has paid coaching staffs and plays in the most highly competitive leagues in the Washington/Baltimore area. It is an ideal environment for those most skilled soccer players who have the desire as well as the time and financial commitment to make soccer their primary yearlong, after-school commitment.
The USA is listed on the select list of Friends of FC Frederick. We are indebted to FC Frederick for allowing us to use many parts of their curriculum. Wherever possible, we try to adopt the FC Frederick terminology for items such as dribbling moves, games and the like so that USA players who move on to FC Frederick will not have to learn an entirely new soccer vocabulary.
Special thanks go to Matt McErlean and the Towsontowne Recreation Council for sharing their U-6 Clinic Soccer Program Coaching Manual. Portions of the Introduction chapter have been taken from that manual.
Finally, many of the games in this curriculum are versions of the games found in the following:
· The Baffled Parent's Guide to Great Soccer Drills by Tom Fleck and Ron Quinn (2002 - Rugged Mountain Press).
· A Practical Guide for Teaching Soccer to 4-6 Yr Olds by Pat McCarry (U.K. Elite Soccer Steps2Success series – www.ukelite.com).
Great books – get a copy!
Revision History
Version 1.0 (April 2006)
Original version
Version 1.1 (January 2007)
Updated Games:
· None
New Games:
· None
Deleted Games:
· Beat the Dummy - not age appropriate (too much standing in “line”)
Major Modifications
· Changed Shake ‘n Bake dribbling move to Switchback. Switchback is much more suited to the tight confines of a U6 game.
