A Child's Soccer Education

Good habits often come from good learning environments. This mans children under nine years of age playing games no bigger than 4 vs 4. They need plenty of touches and plent of simple "game pictures" to see and read (for example, 1 vs 1 and/or 3 vs 2 etc.) Youngsters have known this successful recipe for generations.

The start of a child's soccer education in blending fun, grooving techniques and game skills should begin around the first grade of school. Learning to make more good decisions than bad comes from experience and the right type of playing environment (for example, 4 vs 4). This is the real foundation to getting skillful and soccer savvy.

Courtesy to Graham Ramsay's article 'Decisions, Decisions, Decisions, Decisions'