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These articles are on the DecaturSports website:

Matt Callahan's Practice Plans
Practice #2 - Emphasis on Receiving
One-Two Combination Practice Plan
Planning a Session at the Youth Level: Beginning With the End in Mind by Mick Smoothey, Regional Technical Director
Economical Training by Ric Miller
Uses of Small-Sided Games in Training (Part 1 of 4) by Vince Ganzberg, Regional Technical Director NSCAA
Practice Tips for Youth Soccer Coaches (Word Version) NEW April 2005
Practice Tips for Youth Soccer Coaches (PDF Version) NEW April 2005
US Youth Soccer Practice Plans (Word Version) NEW April 2005
US Youth Soccer Practice Plans (PDF Version) NEW April 2005
US Youth Soccer Blank Lesson Plan (PDF Version) NEW April 2005
US Youth Soccer Blank Lesson Plan (Word Version) NEW April 2005
US Youth Soccer Blank Lesson Plan (Word Version) NEW April 2005
Practice - July 26, 2003
Practice – November 04, 2003
Practice – September 2, 2003
Practice – July 29, 2003
Practice – September 24, 2002
Practice - November 11, 2002
Practice - June 17, 2004

U12
- U12 Lesson 1 (Word Version) NEW April 2005
- U12 Lesson 1 (PDF Version) NEW April 2005
U10
- U10 Lesson 1 (Word Version) NEW April 2005
- U10 Lesson 1 (PDF Version) NEW April 2005
- U10 Lesson 2 (Word Version) NEW April 2005
- U10 Lesson 2 (PDF Version) NEW April 2005
- U10 Lesson 3 (Word Version) NEW April 2005
- U10 Lesson 3 (PDF Version) NEW April 2005
U8
- U8 Lesson 1 (Word Version) NEW April 2005
- U8 Lesson 1 (PDF Version) NEW April 2005
- U8 Lesson 2 (Word Version) NEW April 2005
- U8 Lesson 2 (PDF Version) NEW April 2005
- U8 Lesson 3 (Word Version) NEW April 2005
- U8 Lesson 3 (PDF Version) NEW April 2005
- U8 Lesson 4 (Word Version) NEW April 2005
- U8 Lesson 4 (PDF Version) NEW April 2005
- U8 Lesson 5 (Word Version) NEW April 2005
- U8 Lesson 5 (PDF Version) NEW April 2005
- U8 Lesson 6 (Word Version) NEW April 2005
- U8 Lesson 6 (PDF Version) NEW April 2005
- U8 Lesson 7 (Word Version) NEW April 2005
- U8 Lesson 7 (PDF Version) NEW April 2005
- U8 Lesson 8 (Word Version) NEW April 2005
- U8 Lesson 8 (PDF Version) NEW April 2005
- U8 Lesson 9 (Word Version) NEW April 2005
- U8 Lesson 9 (PDF Version) NEW April 2005
- U8 Lesson 10 (Word Version) NEW April 2005
- U8 Lesson 10 (PDF Version) NEW April 2005
U6
- U6 Lesson 1 (Word Version) NEW April 2005
- U6 Lesson 1 (PDF Version) NEW April 2005
- U6 Lesson 2 (Word Version) NEW April 2005
- U6 Lesson 2 (PDF Version) NEW April 2005
- U6 Lesson 3 (Word Version) NEW April 2005
- U6 Lesson 3 (PDF Version) NEW April 2005
- U6 Lesson 4 (Word Version) NEW April 2005
- U6 Lesson 4 (PDF Version) NEW April 2005
- U6 Lesson 5 (Word Version) NEW April 2005
- U6 Lesson 5 (PDF Version) NEW April 2005
- U6 Lesson 6 (Word Version) NEW April 2005
- U6 Lesson 6 (PDF Version) NEW April 2005

Technical - to teach different skills of the game such as passing, receiving, finishing, etc. NEW April 2005

CROSSING
DRIBBLING
Beating An Opponent
Possession
- Dribbling - Possession - Practice Plan #1 (Word Version)
- Dribbling - Possession - Practice Plan #1 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
- Dribbling - Possession - Practice Plan #2 (Word Version)
- Dribbling - Possession - Practice Plan #2 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
- Dribbling - Possession - Practice Plan #3 (Word Version)
- Dribbling - Possession - Practice Plan #3 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
Speedwork
- Dribbling - Speed - Practice Plan #1 (Word Version)
- Dribbling - Speed - Practice Plan #1 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
- Dribbling - Speed - Practice Plan #2 (Word Version)
- Dribbling - Speed - Practice Plan #2 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
- Dribbling - Speed - Practice Plan #3 (Word Version)
- Dribbling - Speed - Practice Plan #3 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
- Dribbling - Speed (Break-a-ways) - Practice Plan #4 (Word Version)
- Dribbling - Speed (Break-a-ways) - Practice Plan #4 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
- Dribbling - Speed - Practice Plan #5 (Word Version)
- Dribbling - Speed - Practice Plan #5 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
- Dribbling - Speed - Practice Plan #6 (Word Version)
- Dribbling - Speed - Practice Plan #6 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
Left Foot
- Left Footed Practice Plan (Word Version)
- Left Footed Practice Plan (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
FINISHING
HEADING
Offensive Heading
- Heading for Attack - Practice Plan #1 (Word Version)
- Heading for Attack - Practice Plan #1 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
- Heading for Attack - Practice Plan #2 (Word Version)
- Heading for Attack - Practice Plan #2 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
- Heading for Attack - Practice Plan #3 (Word Version)
- Heading for Attack - Practice Plan #3 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
Defensive Heading
- Heading for Defense - Practice Plan #1 (Word Version)
- Heading for Defense - Practice Plan #1 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
- Heading for Defense - Practice Plan #2 (Word Version)
- Heading for Defense - Practice Plan #2 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
- Heading for Defense - Practice Plan #3 (Word Version)
- Heading for Defense - Practice Plan #3 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
PASSING
Long Passing
- Long Passing - Practice Plan #1 (Word Version) by Matt Callahan
- Long Passing - Practice Plan #1 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
- Long Passing - Practice Plan #2 (Word Version) by Matt Callahan
- Long Passing - Practice Plan #2 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
Short Passing
- Short Passing - Practice Plan #1 (Word Version)
- Short Passing - Practice Plan #1 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
- Short Passing (Accuracy) - Practice Plan #2 (Word Version)
- Short Passing (Accuracy) - Practice Plan #2 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
- Short Passing (Speed of Play) - Practice Plan #3 (Word Version)
- Short Passing (Speed of Play) - Practice Plan #3 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
- Short Passing - Practice Plan #4 (Word Version)
- Short Passing - Practice Plan #4 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
- Short Passing (Penetration) - Practice Plan #5 (Word Version)
- Short Passing (Penetration) - Practice Plan #5 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
- Short Passing (Combination Play) - Practice Plan #6 (Word Version)
- Short Passing (Combination Play) - Practice Plan #6 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
- Short Passing - Practice Plan #7 (Word Version)
- Short Passing - Practice Plan #7 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
- Short Passing (Speed of Play) - Practice Plan #8 (Word Version)
- Short Passing (Speed of Play) - Practice Plan #8 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
- Short Passing (Penetration) - Practice Plan #9 (Word Version)
- Short Passing (Penetration) - Practice Plan #9 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
- Short Passing (Mobility) - Practice Plan #10 (Word Version)
- Short Passing (Mobility) - Practice Plan #10 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
- Short Passing (Outside of Foot) - Practice Plan #11 (Word Version)
- Short Passing (Outside of Foot) - Practice Plan #11 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
- Short Passing - Practice Plan #12 (Word Version)
- Short Passing - Practice Plan #12 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
RECEIVING
- Receiving - Practice Plan #1 (Word Version)
- Receiving - Practice Plan #1 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
- Receiving - Practice Plan #2 (Word Version)
- Receiving - Practice Plan #2 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
- Receiving - Practice Plan #3 (Word Version)
- Receiving - Practice Plan #3 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
- Receiving - Practice Plan #4 (Word Version)
- Receiving - Practice Plan #4 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
- Receiving - Practice Plan #5 (Word Version)
- Receiving - Practice Plan #5 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
- Receiving - Practice Plan #6 (Word Version)
- Receiving - Practice Plan #6 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
- Receiving - Practice Plan #7 (Word Version)
- Receiving - Practice Plan #7 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
- Receiving - Practice Plan #8 (Word Version)
- Receiving - Practice Plan #8 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
- Receiving Flighted Balls - Practice Plan #1 (Word Version)
- Receiving Flighted Balls - Practice Plan #1 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
- Receiving Flighted Balls - Practice Plan #2 (Word Version)
- Receiving Flighted Balls - Practice Plan #2 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
TURNING
- Turning - Practice Plan #1 (Word Version) by Matt Callahan
- Turning - Practice Plan #1 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan

Tactical - How to make better decisions

Functional - what the player's roles are within the game (what is the role of a midfield playmaker, how can we effectively play the ball out of the back with four backs, how can we play from the middle third of the field to the final third).

Created: 12/20/99
Last Updated: 03/27/07

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