Soccer X's and O's

Liberty Mutual Insurance is proud to partner with US Youth Soccer, the largest member of the United Stated Soccer Federation, the governing body for soccer in the United States. US Youth Soccer is a nationwide body of over 600,000 volunteers and administrators, and over 300,000 dedicated coaches, most of who also are volunteers. US Youth Soccer registers over 3,000,000 youth players between the ages of five and nineteen. US Youth Soccer is made up of 55 member State Associations; one in each state, and two in California, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas.

US Youth Soccer is a non-profit and educational organization whose mission is to foster the physical, mental and emotional growth and development of America's youth through the sport of soccer at all levels of age and competition.

Together with Liberty Mutual Insurance, US Youth Soccer provides Lesson Plans for volunteer youth sport coaches. These lesson plans are outstanding resources for both new and seasoned coaches. Lessons plans are age-specific.

Under 6

• U6 Coordination & Balance
  
• U6 Dribbling
  
• U6 Coordination Movement
  
• U6 Balance and Coordination

Under 8

• U8 Receiving
• U8 Dribbling
  
• U8 Passing
• U8 Pairs Activities

Under 10

• U10 Foot Coordination & Speed
• U10 Tackling
• U10 Receiving Lofted Balls
• U10 Heading

Under 12

• U12 Defending
• U12 Defending - Pressure and Coverage
• U12 Penetration
• U12 Spatial Awareness

Under 14

• U14 Posession Passing
• U14 Flank Play
• U14 Vision
• U14 First Defender

Under 16

• U16 Vision
• U15 Combine with Strikers
• U16 Flank Attack
• U15 Expansion and Contraction

Under 19

• U17 Combining
• U17 Middle Third
• U18 Heading for Attack
• U19 Incorporating the Goalkeeping into the Attack

Other terrific US Youth Soccer coaching resources include:

• Annual US Youth Soccer Workshop and Coaches Convention, held in February
• Liberty Mutual Responsible Sports™ Coaches Connection for US Youth Soccer Members, with resources, lesson plans and discussion boards on soccer coaching
• The Novice Coach DVD Series (3 part DVD Series for new soccer coaches)
• Official US Youth Soccer Coaching Manual
• US Youth Soccer Publications including:
• Assistant Coach Series - U6 and U8 Activity Aids for Parents and Coaches
• Assistant Coach Series - U10 Practice Activities for Parents and Coaches
• Assistant Coach Series - U12 Activity Aids for Parents and Coaches
• Coaching the U12 Player - Years of Refinement
• Handbook for Small Sided Games
• Soccer and Its Rules
• TOPSoccer Manual
• US Youth Soccer Bylaws
• US Youth Soccer Policy on Players and Playing Rules
• Youth Soccer Parent/Coach Primer: Basic Philosophy and Technique

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