Off-season training
Soccer off-season training for kids
When the fall season ends, keep the ball rolling at home without turning it into a second season: short sessions, other ways to move, and real rest.
For a fall soccer season, the off-season is roughly November to February. Free, no account needed to read or print.
A free week for each age
Pick your child's age
- Soccer: a free week for 4 to 6 year olds
- Soccer: a free week for 7 to 10 year olds
- Soccer: a free week for 11 to 13 year olds
- Soccer: a free week for 14 year olds and older
Drills by age
Drawn step by step
Drills that fit a garage, a wall or a hallway
Rest is part of it
The off-season is not a second season
- The American Academy of Pediatrics advises 2 to 3 months off a sport each year, in one-month blocks, and raising weekly training by no more than 10 to 20% at a time. HealthyChildren.org (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- The National Athletic Trainers' Association recommends fewer than 8 months a year in one sport, two rest days a week, and no more hours of organized sport a week than the child's age. NATA youth sport specialization recommendations
- Two or three short ball sessions a week, ten to fifteen minutes each, are plenty.
- Play another sport or just play: the off-season is the time for it.
- Pick one skill for the month, and let the progress chart show the change.
Progress you can see
Growth against their own past
In SSTracker every session a player logs, and each personal best, goes on their own growth chart. Parents see it on their child's week card. It is only ever compared with the child's own past, never with other children.
For the fridge
Free printables
Ready when you are
Give your players a reason to train tomorrow
Set up your team in a few minutes. Running it is free; add player training when you want it.