U10 Curriculum
7v7 · 1-2-3-1 · 75-minute sessions · 10 weeks
U10 is the year the game gets bigger: your players get their first real goalkeepers, a bigger field, and 7v7 in a 1-2-3-1 shape. Your job stays simple — lots of touches, small games, and brave passing instead of big boots. These ten weeks build from ball mastery all the way to playing out from the back, one Saturday at a time.
What this season builds toward
- Build with passes on the ground, not boots up the field
- A first touch that takes the ball toward space, not straight back to the defender
- Every player brave enough to try a 1v1 move — and patient enough to defend one
- Use the keeper and the build-out line to play out from the back every single time
- Rotate every player through every position each game — goalkeeper included
Fall 2026
Fall Break Oct 10–17 — no soccer (between Weeks 6 and 7)
Spring 2027 (provisional)
* provisional — dates not yet confirmed
Game day — 7v7 — the 1-2-3-1
Play a 1-2-3-1: one goalkeeper, two defenders, three midfielders, one forward. Manage the game simply — structure without overwhelm. Guide by asking questions instead of shouting instructions, coach movement off the ball, and encourage building out from the back with simple passes rather than kicking blind.
- Defenders move up to half field on transitions instead of standing deep.
- Midfielders spread wide and connect play, creating passing options.
- The single forward stays high but works hard to defend from the front.
- Build out from the back with simple passes — no purposeless booting.
- Goalkeeper
- Start the attack — throw or pass with purpose.
- Defenders
- Step up with the play; never camp on the back line.
- Midfielders
- Spread wide, connect the play, offer passing options.
- Forward
- Stay high, stretch the defense, press from the front.
A letter-size document — cover, all ten weeks with QR codes, game-day guide, and parent notes.