LESSON ONE:

What is a football? AGE GROUP: 2-4 years old

Many youth coaches do not explain properly what a football is. Now what I mean by football is not that it is a round object but rather for a child to understand its function and to get a FEEL of that football. A child must first be given a football to play with. He/She must learn to know how the ball rolls and how it bounces on their own. The reason for this is to enable the child to know and be comfortable with a football as time passes.

EXECUTION.

The coach or parent will place a ball in front of the child and request him/her to kick it. Do this for about a week. Then one proceeds to bounce the ball in front of the child while requesting the child to kick it. Do this also for about a week. If all goes well the child will realize that if he/she swings his/her legs at the ball it will move. This is the object of the training.

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