ID3 vTOPE NPRTCOM TALB All Things ConsideredTIT2 0 Youth Soccer Coaches Encouraged to Ease RegimenTCOP 2006TRCK 5TCON SportsCOMM 6 nprComment About 3 million children play organized youth soccer in the United States. Their practices follow a predictable pattern: drills, more drills, then drills and a lecture. The U.S. Soccer Federation recently released new guidelines for youth soccer practice that tell coaches not to coach so much, not to dictate what positions young children play, and to allow children to play pick-up style games. Mike Woitalla, executive editor of Soccer America magazine, says it's the way that the best soccer players in the world got really good at the game.TPE1 NPRTYER 2006 P , d'"& H
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