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Youth Soccer Practice
Plan: Ages 5-8

Coach Charlie Inverso presents 20 hour-long practice plans full of soccer drills, skills and coaching tips developed for beginner and intermediate soccer players. While each practice plan focuses on a new skill, there are plenty of topics and team building throughout each one. The plans provide an entire season worth of all the essential soccer skills in an easy-to-follow, time-specific format. All practice plans are downloadable for you to use as a reference during your practices.

Check out a PDF Sample: Practice 6: Passing and Receiving

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Table of Contents

Practices 1-5
  • Dribbling and Shielding
  • Dribbling
  • Dribbling and 3 v. 3 Skills
  • Dribbling and 3 v. 3 Skills
  • Passing
Practices 6-10
  • Passing and Receiving
  • Passing and Control
  • Shooting
  • Shooting
  • Chipping
Practices 11-15
  • Passing and Ball Movement
  • Passing and Movement
  • Passing and Movement
  • Shooting Development
  • Shooting Development
Practice 16-20
  • Scoring
  • Heading
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  • World Cup Time!
  • Goalkeeping

About the Coach

The Coach

Charlie Inverso compiled a 434-46-14 record and won five national junior college championships in 24 seasons of coaching the Mercer County (N.J.) Community College men’s soccer program. He serves as a staff coach for the Region 1 Olympic Development Program and as goalkeeper coach for Under-14 and Under-16 U.S. National soccer teams. Inverso is devoted to player development at the earlier levels of soccer.