
While these soccer drill games may be listed as ‘just for fun’, they are indeed enhancing skills, awareness and dexterity. In some cases, the games are focused on individual performance, and in other cases there is a team effort. In all situations, there is a learning process that help the kids in their performance.
P-I-G; Ages 10-14; one of the most fun
Variations for challenges may include a start off where the ball may hit the ground once. For advanced players, require a head ball or full volley.
Get all of your players to form a circle. Players will half volley/juggle the ball back and forth to each other. If a player makes a bad volley or serve, he gets a letter ‘P’. Start the game again. If the player makes another error, he receives the letter ‘I’, and now has “PI”. Continue reading “Best Youth Soccer Drills; Learning Skills and Having Fun”

Shooting drill practice is an excellent way to broaden dexterity and awareness skills. Since the games are designed to be fun and work in a team environment, they also bring a heightened attitude towards team comradery. Coaches can adjust the speed, field length and other levels to make this more challenging for the older kids, thereby making a shooting drill game more fun.
1 v 1 Dribbling Through the Gate; Ages 6-14
Musical Chairs; dribbling drill and fitness; Ages 8-12
Passing through the gates: Technique development; ages 6-12
Soccer passing drills and exercises are a great way to develop agility, movement, decision making and team attitudes. When coaching and working with kids of all ages, there are methodologies of combing skill development with fun while getting their passing down to a science.
The Bank Bank: Passing drill with Pressure; Ages 10-14
Audi made an executive decision that is destined to put them in the hall of fame for genius advertising. The method to their madness involved the understanding that Americans love cars. So their marketing people got together to create a plan to bring together the love of soccer, World Cup broadcasting, the biggest electronic scoreboard ever created and….cars.
This year’s World Cup has brought about some of the most spectacular venues in FIFA’s history. Brazil has pulled out the red carpet in creating twelve host stadiums that can only be described as over-the-top. With a main focus on ecology and renewable/sustainable energy, these stadiums have demonstrated that Brazil knows how to throw a party, while still respecting nature.
Sports footwear is big business, and pretty much dominated by the two behemoths, Adidas and Nike. The two giants are in the midst of a battle to have their names and logos on everything that relates to the World Cup. The winner will appear on uniforms/kits, all the way to electronic scoreboard ads. The quest to be the top brand is an ongoing marketing war between the historic name of Adidas and the newcomer, Nike.
If you watch any news or view it on the internet, it is hard to miss all of the fanfare about the FIFA World Cup in 2014, in Brazil. The country is considered to be one of the top nations in the world for soccer expertise and no wonder; at any given time Brazil has over 10,000 players, on a professional level; complete with playing fields and electronic scoreboards.
Brazil seems to have a unique knack for generating an incredible line of players of excellence when it comes to soccer. There is never a surprise when a new player is chosen for a team and he ends up becoming a star from Brazil. One might wonder what is it about this country, that they can produce so many good soccer players? Well, this isn’t something new, Brazil has actually had a long history in soccer.
Charleston South, Carolina has been heralded as the best mannered, most polite, sexiest and most friendly city in the United States. Charleston has indeed earned these awards, which is a high honor tribute to the people, considering all that they have been through. Today’s Charleston is a diverse metropolis, offering history, the arts and their incredible hospitality. A variety of sports games are popular in Charleston and they are home to many stadiums and fields for soccer, baseball, football, rugby, basketball and volleyball. Soccer scoreboards are always lit with the results of the highly attended games at Arena City Soccer.
Preparing for the 2010 FIFA Cup in South Africa was a monumental undertaking. While we viewed the elaborate stadiums and the phenomenal electronic scoreboards, we didn’t have a clue at the incredible amount of work that went into these gala events.
In 1928 the Owls of Temple University had a new home stadium in a West Oak Lane area of Philadelphia on 32 acres.Temple Stadium was the pride of the football team with the ability to house and seat over 20,000 roaring fans. When the mobile seating was added, it expanded the fan size to over 34,000. The design included a football stadium at the far end and the baseball/softball diamonds on the other end of the site. All stadiums at the time used a natural grass field, and Temple Stadium was no exception.
At the start of the English Premier League this season, everybody expected players like Rooney, Fabregas, Drogba and the all other big names to be the big performers over the season, however nobody expected the players (in this article) to make such an impact this season. In a soccer scoreboards feature, I have looked at the top four unsung heroes of the 2010-2011season.
The 2nd leg of the champions’ league quarterfinals is over. The soccer scoreboards show that Manchester United, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Schalke are in the final four. None of the matches were close. Barcelona defeated Shakhtar with an aggregate score of 6-1, Real Madrid defeated Tottenham with an aggregate score of 5-0, Manchester United defeated Chelsea with an aggregate score of 3-1 and Schalke lit up the soccer scoreboards, defeating Inter Milan by an aggregate score of 7-3.
Strikers have arguably the single most important position in the team. Great strikers possess footballing intelligence, a deft first touch, an accurate shot and blistering speed. In this soccer scoreboards article I have listed the best striking partnerships in the league at the moment:
The soccer scoreboards show that the hosts of the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups have been announced. Russia will host the 2018 World Cup, whereas the competition in 2022 will be hosted by Qatar. This decision, which was announced on 2 December 2010, took many soccer fans by surprise. Russia won the bid over the favourite England and Qatar won the bid over the favourite the U.S. England was given the best chance of winning the hosting rights but in the end it was Russia who emerged as the winner. England was promised that it would receive seven votes, but instead it got only two and got knocked out in the initial round.
The soccer scoreboards showed that Barcelona vs. Real Madrid, commonly known as the El Clasico, was played on the 29th November 2010. The great rivals met for the greatest game of football in the modern game, and the fans expected to witness a great match. However, only the Barcelona fans enjoyed it! The soccer scoreboards showed that Barcelona won 5-0, and proved to be much stronger than Real Madrid.
In a soccer scoreboards feature, we look at the most talked about coaches from the World Cup 2010.
At the beginning of December 2010, we will find out who will win the right to hold the World Cup in 2018.
In a soccer scoreboards feature, we look at the most controversial moments in World Cup history. Soccer has been a very popular sport for over a hundred years now. Like every other sport soccer is also surrounded by controversy, injuries and some memorable moments.
In football scoreboards news, we look at the new proposed NFL stadium in LA, and how the World Cup is affecting its design.
Group A: Many of the key German players have been struggling in their domestic league recently, but as soon as they put their national shirt on they shine. They are truly one of the great European sides, gelling together as a team possibly greater than anyone else other than Spain. There recent performances leave no doubt that their achievements in the World Cup were a fluke. After Germany, Austria have looked good in their opening games, but they will be wary of the experience of Turkey, who are just behind them and who are the second favorites in this group.
In soccer scoreboards news, we will look at which major European league is current the best.
The soccer scoreboards in England lit up recently, as the first games of the season were played. Yahoo UK has a new function that will enable fans of the Barclays Premier League around the globe to watch online highlights of the latest action on the Yahoo site. Yahoo has won the rights for seasons 2010-13, and will show short highlights of every game that is played this season. Each game will have a clip that will last around 5 minutes.
Soccer scoreboards breaking news! The Manchester City franchise has been bought by trillionaries from who intend to move the club to Dubai where there is a bigger support base and fans are prepared to pay $15 for a hot dog. They will buy the best 300 players in the world and will pay them an oil field a week and as well as a signing on fee of a planet shaped like a palm-tree. Fans will be happy to re-mortgage their apartment on the 180th floor to buy a season ticket and will enjoy the McGoogle demonstration penalty shoot off at half time as well as the BurgerSoft dive of the day competition.
With the soccer scoreboards set to light up in the next couple of weeks, the buzz around the next premier league season has began. Who will win it? Are there going to be any surprises? Who will get the fourth spot?
There have been nearly 1500 matches played in MLS since it kicked off in early 1996. Some of the most significant and best games are listed below: 