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make soccer fun, fair, and safe!


This is the Cochrane Minor Soccer Club's guiding principle, and we couldn't pursue it without you.

coaching Resources

Basics of soccer

A quick introduction to or a helpful refresher of soccer

Grassroots practices

Ontario Soccer provides weeks’ worth of sample practice outlines for Active Start (U4-U6), FUNdamentals (U6-U8), and Learn to Train (U8-U12).

Click through the tabs with the corresponding titles to find resources that will work for you team.

More sample practices

The practices and principles in this handout are geared toward U8 players, but many of the activities and skills can be scaled up and down to work for your group. 

Committed to learning more?

Check out the coaching courses available through Ontario Soccer. 

If there’s a course you’d like to take, please get in touch with the CMSC Board. We will happily reimburse you.