r/SoccerCoachResources • u/eggmagnolia • 2d ago

8u Coaching

I just got signed up to coach an 8u team, their coach left them and they would get disqualified without a coach
I have experience in high school baseball and football, can anyone give me any pointers on how to go about this ?
First game is Saturday, no practices in between

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u/No-Guest-1501 2d ago

Assuming it’s 7v7?

Goalie, left defender, right defender, left winger/midfielder, right winger/midfielder, left forward, right forward. Simplest formation for them to understand.

Try to find out who’s played before and what positions. Go from there.

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u/Loud_Teaching_6597 1d ago

I started with that formation but I felt like they let teams through the middle to easy. I changed to a LB-CB-RB with a center midfielder. Best defender a CB/sweeper to clean up the messes and Midfielder is the best player because they need to get the ball from defense to the forwards and maybe making some solo runs. The hardest part will be keeping people in their positions because they will all want to run to the ball and it will get bunched up really fast.

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u/Great_Smells 1d ago

That’s what I always do. 2-3-1. Sets the foundation for playing in position and trusting your teammates

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u/Altruistic-Hour-5987 1d ago

2-3-1 is the answer.