Name ______________ Coach ______________ Team ___________________ Season ______________
U10+ Travel Soccer Skills Checklist
Check boxes you know and can demonstrate to a coach. Learn skills from your coach or at skills.leominsteryouthsoccer.org
☐ I understand why practice is important
Touch / Fast Footwork with ball: (3 or more Coerver Drills)
☐ _____________________________________________Write Coerver drill names here..
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Kicking with Wall: (Write "R" in blank for right foot and "L" for left foot.)
I have kicked a ball against a wall:
| Inside of my foot: | __ 10 times | __ 50 | __ 100 |
| Laces of my shoe: | __ 10 times | __ 50 | __ 100 |
| Outside of my foot | __ 10 times | __ 50 | __ 100 |
Individual, 2-player skills, and fooling opponents:
☐ I can defend in a 1v1 situation
☐ I can defend in a 1v2 situation (2 defenders)
☐ I can get past a defender in a 2v1 situation (2 offensive players)
☐ I can explain the phrases "one to the ball" and "pressure the ball"
☐ I can explain how team shape/formation moves as a unit as the ball moves around the field
☐ I know we ALWAYS want the ball far from our goal
☐ I know we want the ball near their goal
☐ I can explain how to play forward, midfield, and defense
☐ I know how to run in place for 15 seconds
☐ I can do shuttle-steps/criss-cross the width of the field
☐ In 15 seconds I can run a 5-cone slalom ____ times
☐ I can sprint from midfield to goal in _____ seconds
☐ I can back pedal a field width in _____ seconds
I can score 5 penalty shots in a row:
☐ by kicking the ball on the ground
☐ by kicking the ball over head-height
☐ using both feet
I can score 5 goals in a row from outside the penalty area:
☐ by kicking the ball on the ground
☐ by kicking the ball over head-height
☐ using both feet
I can start at midfield and score in ____ seconds (with no defender)
☐ I NEVER kick the ball in front of our goal (because the other team might score)
☐ I know it's better to HOLD the ball than kick it without looking and thinking first (EXCEPT if the other team might score :-) )
