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Football exercises with Bambinis: lots of fun and movement with different balls

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With a variety of football exercises and different balls, Bambinis learn the basics of the sport in a playful way and improve their motor skills.

Teaching versatile movement experiences

For Bambinis, the focus is on teaching general movement experiences. Running forwards and backwards, jumping and hopping, crawling and crawling promote coordination, balance and body control. These goals can be achieved in a playful and motivating way in catching games and running tasks with small competitions.

Motivating exercises and games with different balls

The use of different balls in different sizes and materials makes training varied and exciting. Bambinis can familiarise themselves with the bouncing, rolling and flying properties of the ball and thus improve their responsiveness and feel for the ball.

Ball courses, target shooting and lots of small football games in 2 vs. 2 or 3 vs. 3 in several fields are particularly motivating and promote team spirit, fun in sport and the children's enjoyment of exercise.

Cross-sport training: learning from other sports with Bambinis

Cross-sport training offers the advantage that Bambinis can benefit from the movement sequences of other sports. Exercises from athletics, gymnastics or handball can be integrated into football training and thus promote the children in a variety of ways.

By incorporating exercises from other sports, the Bambinis can learn new movement sequences and further improve their general motor skills. This contributes to holistic sporting development.

Creating an exciting training programme for Bambinis - with Coaching Zone Kids

With the game-oriented and motivating training ideas from Coaching Zone Kids, training sessions with young football beginners can be made exciting and attractive throughout the season and children can be optimally supported. Versatile movement and speed tasks, different field shapes, different balls and lots of football games on small pitches develop cognitive and motor skills and get young footballers excited about the sport in the long term.


The following training structure is recommended for training with young children:

1 - Football game (15 min.)
2 - Movement game (10 min.)
3 - Technique game (10 min.)
4 - Football game (15 min.)

You can simply select 4 suitable game and exercise forms from the versatile Coaching Zone Kids exercise collection and plan the training with the structure for children's football. If you have a lot of children, set up several fields and let them play in parallel.