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How To Coach Kids Soccer/Football: A Course For Beginners
Rating: 4.5 out of 5(95 ratings)
495 students
Created byChris King
Last updated 10/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • Learn how to plan, set up and run a soccer training for kids
  • Teach fundamental soccer skills to children
  • Gain confidence in how to coach a children's soccer team
  • Learn 9 of my go-to fun kids games that you can use at your training sessions!
  • Gain knowledge on how to coach different types of children to get the best out of them

Course content

9 sections44 lectures2h 32m total length
  • Introduction: Part 13:00
  • Introduction: Part 24:56
  • Introduction: Part 35:44
  • Fun Kids Soccer Game: "GATES" video tutorial5:20

    "Gates" is a fun, easy to set up kids soccer game that works on dribbling skills.

Requirements

  • No previous soccer coaching required. This course is aimed at beginners, volunteers, parents and amateur grassroots coaches.

Description

How To Coach Kids Soccer (Ages 5 to 10) – A Complete Beginner’s Guide

Whether you're a parent stepping up to help your child's team, a teacher organising school football, or someone new to coaching, this course will give you everything you need to confidently lead fun, effective training sessions for kids aged 5–10.


Created by Chris King, best-selling author of the Coaching Kids Soccer book series, this course walks you through the core fundamentals of grassroots coaching — even if you’ve never coached or played before.


What You’ll Learn:

  • How to run a complete kids' training session from warm-up to finish

  • 10+ fun soccer games that teach dribbling, passing, and teamwork

  • Tips for managing young players and keeping them engaged

  • How to plan your season and structure weekly sessions


Who This Course Is For:

  • Complete beginners or first-time coaches

  • Parents, teachers or volunteers

  • Grassroots coaches working with 5–10 year olds

  • Anyone who wants to help kids learn, have fun, and love the game


Based on the popular Amazon best selling book "Coaching Kids Soccer Volumes 1, 2 & 3" by Chris King

Over 1,000 grassroots coaches and parents have already used these resources to get started — now you can follow the same path in video form.


Let’s get started!


Continue Your Coaching Development

If you found this course helpful, you may also enjoy my other courses:

- How To Coach Kids Soccer / Football: A Course For Beginners

- Training Sessions for Soccer Coaches

- Soccer Rondos: Passing & Possession Drills for Coaches

These courses expand on the ideas covered here and provide additional drills, sessions, and coaching strategies for grassroots teams.

Who this course is for:

  • Beginner, amateur grassroots coaches, parents, volunteers and school teachers.