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	Structured and Fun Your child’s coach knows how to manage his class so that your child has fun within a positive, structured environment.
	Monkey-in-the-middle! This game teaches passing, which is so important because 3 to 6 year olds just don’t pass in games. Monkey-in-the-middle, however, is a game of passing. So guess what? That’s right, our young children learn to pass and have a blast doing it! When they complete a designated number of passes in a row, the coach has to do the “monkey dance!” Talk about a motivated kid! Wait until your child does this one!
	Organized Fun At the Soccer Lessons Company, we have a tested and proven series of activities, exercises, and games incorporated in every lesson plan! YES—our coaches have lesson plans!
	GO SCORE CATHERINE! In this pre-designed game-like exercise, Go Score--Catherine is learning how to dribble and then hopefully score while Jazmyn is providing the pressure young soccer players have to learn to beat. Caleb is off and running trying to run down another offensive player. In the meanime, every child is active in this one on one game-like drill. There are four balls, four goals, and every child is *playing-to-learn!*
	Learn to Play Our signature concept—Learn-to-Play, Play-to-learn! In other words, while your child learns to play, he/she will be playing–not standing in line
	Ball Control Another great exercise that teaches young players dribbling and ball control while having fun at the same time!
	Passing
	Real Learning Learning skills like ball control takes place when children get plenty of touches with the ball!
	Fast Paced No sitting around here! Our lessons are fast-paced—just like the kids!
	Lets Play Ball
	Child Centered
	Go Score Catherine! In this pre-designed game-like exercise, Go Score--Catherine is learning how to dribble and then hopefully score while Jazmyn is providing the pressure young soccer players have to learn to beat. Caleb is off and running trying to run down another offensive player. In the meanime, every child is active in this one on one game-like drill. There are four balls, four goals, and every child is “playing-to-learn!”
	Learning Under Pressure Game-like situations are created so our young soccer players learn to dribble and score under pressure—and do plenty of it! While this picture is being taken, 6 other children are doing the exact same thing. No one is in a line!
	Kick
	Game Time We play games too!
	Game Time is Competitive
	Fair and Balanced 5-year olds playing against 5-year olds! Imagine if one of these children were 3 years old! Our games and exercises are fair and balanced for good, old fashioned fun and competition!
	Game Time is Fun Your child will love our soccer games. They are fun, yet competitive—and every child plays in an environment that promotes learning and sportsmanship alike!
	1-Step & Shoot Game Teaching young learners to plant their foot beside the ball and kick with their shoe laces is very important, but just as important is the progressive presentation, the critical repetition, and the CHILD-CENTERED, POSITIVE APPROACH!
	3-Step Shoot No standing in lines here! Repetition is the mother of skills . . . and with a minimum of three balls per player and four goals, great “shoelace kicks” can practiced and every child will score goals galore!!!
	The Body Part Game! In the “Body Part Game,” while your child is busy dribbling around the grid the coach yells out a variety of body parts like “ear” (as seen in the photo). This game teaches children to keep the ball control, as they must quickly get the designated body part to the ball the moment the coach yells it out. As you can see, the kids “dig it” and think it’s hilarious—yet are learning valuable skills simultaneously.
	Big Brown Bear Game Dribbling away from the BIG BROWN BEAR (the coach)! Another great dribbling game where every player is active with their ball between their feet--learning to dribble like the pros thru our fun games and great coaching !
	FANCY FOOTWORK SKILLS! Another daily warm-up activity,” your child will be challenged to master a variety of “Fancy Footwork” skills. Kids have a blast at it and take great pride in mastering their fancy moves!
	Follow the Leader! “Follow the Leader” is part of every session’s warm-up. Children love it, and improve their coordination thru a variety of agility drills with fun themes like “hop like a kangaroo!”
	GO SCORE! One of our absolute favorite “Game-Like” activities, every child is actively learning how to dribble and then shoot under pressure! In this game, we use four goals and four balls. Four children are going full speed ahead trying to score, while the other four are going full speed ahead trying to defend. The secret is the coach gives the offensive player a head start so he has an edge and lots of goals are scored! Of course we rotate the children from offense to defense each time, so every child equally learns-to-play while they play-to-learn!
	Passing Games While the other 6 players are actively playing a passing game, your child’s coach is actively teaching fundamentals using buzzwords like “point and pass,” and teaching each child to pass correctly and accurately.
	LET’EM PLAY PHILOSOPHY! As recommended by leading experts in youth soccer and sport for young children, when its time to play a game—it’s time to be mom and dad—not the coach! Even our coaches are trained to minimize correction during games and let the learning games run their course. YOU WANT A SMILE ON YOUR CHILD’S FACE before, during, and after our soccer games. THE SKILLS WILL DEVELOP NATURALLY IF YOU DON’T CORRECT THEM OUT OF THE SPORT! ENJOYMENT FIRST! RECOMMENDED READING: “PARENTING YOUNG ATHLETES THE RIPKEN WAY!”
	SHARKS AND MINNOWS! Not only just a classic in the swimming pool, the Sharks & Minnows game is a terrific ball control exercise on the soccer field.
	SHOELACES EXERCISE! One of the most important fundamental in scoring goals is to develop a good “shoelace” kick! This slower-paced instructional exercise follows a fast-paced one, so the coach has the players’ undivided attention so that critical fundamental skills can be learned.
	Spider Web Game These three spiders have made a web. They are trying to catch the cockroaches (other players who are dribbling and trying to elude these spiders) in their web! Another great dribbling game the kids just can’t get enough of!!!