Australia Youth Soccer - Football 

Welcome...
Training youth soccer players at any level is always a challenge. You are not alone when asking many questions.

First realize that great soccer coaches and trainers learn only one way. They watch other great coaches and copy what they do.

Knowledge in any sport or any skill is learned the same way. Learn how to teach from great teachers, not great players.

Australia Youth Football - Youth Soccer

Football Federation Australia (FFA) is a member of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the international governing body for football.

While FIFA has FFA and more than 205 other national associations as its members, it also recognises six confederations. Each FIFA member is also a member of a confederation. FFA is a member of the Asian Football Confederation, having joined that body on 1 January 2006.

FFA is the governing body for football in Australia. Therefore, FFA is responsible for governance of the game in Australia, ensuring the world’s most popular sport is conducted to the highest of standards and continuing the growth and development of the game.

Politically, Australia is a federation of sovereign States and Territories. The membership of FFA broadly follows this structure and includes representatives of governing bodies of the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia and Tasmania. Each of these governing bodies has a commitment to comply with the FFA constitution, applicable statutes, by-laws and regulations and is responsible for the game within their respective geographic regions.

In 2005, FFA launched a new domestic national competition, known as the Hyundai A-League, with 8 participating clubs located in Auckland (New Zealand)*, Adelaide (South Australia), Brisbane (Queensland), Central Coast (New South Wales), Melbourne (Victoria), Newcastle (New South Wales), Perth (Western Australia) and Sydney (New South Wales). FFA membership also includes a representative of the clubs participating in the Hyundai A-League and representatives of FFA standing committees. * New Zealand team is now based in Wellington.

Management of FFA is the responsibility of a board comprising up to 6 directors elected by the members (including the Chairman, who is also the President) and up to 2 directors appointed by the board. The board appoints the Chief executive Officer, who is also the General Secretary of FFA.

FFA’s mission statement is to be one of the top football nations, both on and off the field, within the Asia-Pacific region, by:

• preparing, presenting and leveraging national teams of which all Australians can be proud;
• managing a highly popular National Football Competition as a distinctive and innovative entertainment proposition for Australia;
• building a very inclusive, mutually valuable relationship between FFA and the Australian Football Community;
• delivering significant, mutually rewarding relationships between Football Australia and other Football bodies in our region;
• operating in a way that entrenches financial viability and stability for FFA and Australian Football;
• providing the leadership to foster a unifying new Football culture which embraces success, diversity, professionalism, integrity and the universal appeal of the Game.

Being a Better Soccer Coach and Soccer Trainer

We STRONGLY recommend the Soccer U training series.

Here are just some of what is covered:

Disk One

Ball Control – 21 minutes
Understanding soccer ball control and handling from the basics to advancing skills.  more...

Ball Control Into Dribbling – 11 minutes
Moving soccer ball control skills into soccer dribbling.

Dribbling – 11 minutes
Understanding the core skills of soccer dribbling and exactly how we teach and learn them.  more...

Speed Dribbling – 12 minutes
The difference between controlled soccer dribbling and speed soccer dribbling.

Dribbling under Pressure – 11 minutes
How to maintain possession and dribble while shielding.

Passing – 31 minutes
Learning the core forms of soccer passing. more...

Advanced soccer passing  - 18 minutes
Taking our soccer passing to the next level with long balls and more.

Disk Two

Specialty passing – 18 minutes
Learning the soccer banana kick, bending passes and more.

Understanding the soccer wall pass – 8 minutes
The soccer wall pass and drills to improve. more...

Basic soccer receiving – 10 minutes
If it is never taught, it will haunt soccer players for life. more...

Receiving with pressure – 22 minutes
Learning to receive the soccer ball with pressure from defenders. From the front and the rear.

First touch in soccer – 27 minutes
One of the key and essential soccer skills that must be learned. more...

Soccer throw ins – 6 minutes
Teaching the right way from beginner to advanced players more...

Soccer Headers – 19 minutes
Learn the basics to advanced. Learn the difference between offensive and defensive headers. How we teach the diving header. more...

Chesting the soccer ball – 9 minutes
Often never taught the proper way. How to receive the ball and also control and take away.

Disk Three

Using the body to trap and control – 12 minutes
A key fundamental that most advanced players lack.

Soccer Defending – 27 minutes
From the basics to advanced, soccer defending is an individual skill. more...

First and second defender – 13 minutes
Understanding the difference between pressure defending and cover defending.

Soccer Moves – 21 minutes
How we learn and teach soccer moves, a step by step coaching and learning plan. more...

Soccer moves 1 by 1 – 18 minutes
Each of the core moves shown performed in real time and in slow motion

Soccer moves field work and drills – 41 minutes
Watch all levels of players working on moves, teaching sessions and drills.

Disk Four

Soccer Slide Tackle – 9 minutes
Learning the 3 soccer slide tackles.  more...

The scissor kick – 11 minutes
All players love to learn the scissor kick and it is a skill that is often never taught.

Soccer punting – 9 minutes
Very few soccer players ever learn proper punting form. A simple class to learn the right way.

Control soccer balls in the air and bouncing – 35 minutes
Great players learn to settle a soccer ball, not juggle it.

Ball peek ball – 9 minutes
Understanding what our eyes do on the field while we have the soccer ball. A learned skill.

The block tackle – 6 minutes
How to be an aggressive winner of the soccer ball. more...

Over lapping runs in soccer – 7 minutes
Often frustrating to learn, we teach the simple form and show drills to learn. more...

Movement and space on and off the ball – 27 minutes
How to make players realize they must constantly move whether they have a ball or not.

Conditioning with soccer skills – 8 minutes
Drop the laps and use soccer skills to get in shape more...

Blast The Ball Break Down

Over 2 hours of soccer kick training.

Section One: Information Over Load

This section walks you through every aspect of the soccer kick and ball flight. It is vital that all watch this section as it gives you much need information and exposure to what we teach later on.

The evolution of the soccer kick. Why we ALL kick wrong at some point.

The parts of the ball. Never look at it the same again.

Parts of the foot. Even advanced players get confused.

The six kicks. You must learn the true form first.

The soccer hop. Why all the Pros do it but don't even know it.

The V swing. Again, most great kickers do it. All players must learn it.

What do your eyes do during a soccer kick?

The real truth about plant foot positioning.

Leaving the plant foot.

Your natural swing path.

The five parts of a soccer kick.

The athletic motion.

Accuracy, why "drills" don't make you accurate.

Why a ball curves.

How to make a ball curve.

Ball flight. An extremely complex issue with may variables. We cover them all.

Your natural radar. Why great players learn to feel it.

In stride shooting. For some strange reason this is never taught to players, but they are expected to perform in every game.

and more....

Working with the beginner, Training Section One

The soccer hop.

The v-swing.

Combining them.

Don't kick with you toe? Why you can't just tell this to a player.

Intro to volley kicks.

In stride shooting.

Leaving the plant foot.

Plant foot positioning and simple cures.

Curing the excessive push through.

Learning an angle kick and the straight kick.

and more...

The advancing / advanced player, Training Section Two

Understanding what our body does and what are the parts of a kick.

Why the Soccer Hop movement is critical to all great players. (They just don't know it.)

The V swing. Building power and form.

The critical movements of the volley kick.

Keeping every shot low. The best 50 cents you'll ever spend.

Reactionary shooting.

Using your natural radar and exposing players to the concept.

Shooting in traffic. Why you can't wait for the perfect shot.

In-Stride shooting. Why even the BEST players struggle with this.

The STRAIGHT KICK. The most over looked and under taught skill in soccer.

and much more...

Coach's Corner, Section Three

Trying to teach all this just may kill you...

Keeping it simple and short.

The basics at every practice