Week 9 · U4
Scoring goals
Objectives — what the players will do
- 1Dribble to the goal and kick the ball in with a big kick
- 2Invent and perform their own goal celebration
- 3Grab the ball and try again straight away after a miss
Play 1 — starts when the second player arrives
Goal Party
Two big goals, every child a ball. As they arrive, they dribble and score at either goal, over and over, each goal followed by their own invented celebration. Coaches copy every celebration badly and ask for lessons.
Practice — the one taught activity of the night
Monster in the Goal
A coach is the monster in a big goal. Kids dribble from a treasure pile of balls and shoot past the monster, who flails, dives the wrong way, and always JUST misses. Every save (rare and accidental) is followed by the ball being rolled straight back for another go. Two monster goals running at once means nobody ever waits.
Empty goal, shorter dribble, bigger target — score first, add the monster back later.
The monster walks slowly toward them, or the challenge becomes: can you score with your OTHER foot?
Play 2 — always finish playing the real game
Celebration Game
Play a real 4v4 game with goals flying in at both ends. Every scorer performs their celebration and the whole field copies it. Count goals for both teams out loud — with equal joy.
Key coaching points — in your own words
- ·Big kick! Stomp it like a dinosaur!
- ·Score, then do your celebration dance!
- ·Missed? Strikers never stop — grab it and go again!
- ·What a GOAL! Show me that celebration!
Start the dribble further from the goal, or wake the monster up a little.
Move the treasure pile closer and make the goal enormous — every kick scores.
Game-day focus — watch for this on Saturday
4v4 diamond, no keepers — everyone attacks and defends, rotate everyone, and celebrate both teams’ goals; the score is confetti, not the point.
Message to forward to your parents
We scored about a hundred goals on a very clumsy monster today. Set up a little goal at home, be the monster who always just misses, and ask to see the celebration dance!
This week's two videos
Every session is Play-Practice-Play: kids play from the moment they arrive, you teach ONE thing in the middle, then they play again. Watch the prep video the night before — the activity video is that middle PRACTICE part.
10 Best Soccer Shooting Drills for Kids | Fun Soccer Drills by MOJO
Watch the night before to understand the idea
Ten shooting games that turn finishing into a celebration — every goal is a party at this age. Pull two or three into Develop week as scoring stations, then reuse the loudest ones inside your World Cup week. Every station should end in goals, not lines.
For U4: Take the two simplest only; at U4 shooting is one big kick at a big goal from close range.
Watch on YouTubeSoccerCoachTV - FUN 2 Goal Shooting Game.
Your PRACTICE part — the one thing you teach mid-session
A two-goal shooting game that keeps a whole U8 group striking with zero standing in line. Watch before Week 1 and lift it straight into your first Play phase — every child shoots within seconds of arriving. Coach one cue only: laces through the middle of the ball.
For U4: Shrink the space, use two giant goals, and let every child score every round.
Watch on YouTube