Help for the parent who got handed the clipboard.

Volunteer and parent coaches of recreational basketball teams with players about 7 to 10 years old. Every drill has an easier and a harder version, so it stretches a little younger or older. It isn't built for travel or competitive teams.

Yes. That's who it was made for. Each practice is one page with times, what to say, and which drill card to use. You can read it in five minutes before practice and run it straight from your clipboard.

An instant PDF download: 29 US Letter pages with 10 practices, 20 drill cards (4 per page), fair-minutes rotation sheets for 7 to 12 players plus a blank sheet, 6 parent message templates, a season-at-a-glance page and a safety page. It's designed to print well in black and white on a home printer, and it reads fine on a phone or tablet.

Each practice runs about 60 minutes. For 45 minutes, shorten the middle drills and keep the warm-up and finishing game. For 90 minutes, add a drill card from the same skill or a longer scrimmage.

Ideally one per player. If you have fewer, the plans work with partners sharing a ball. The 'What to Bring' parent message asks families to send a ball with their child.

Each game is split into 8 shifts (two per quarter). Pick the sheet for the number of players who show up, write names in the numbered slots, and follow the dots. Minutes come out as equal as the math allows, and the sheet tells you how to rotate the extra shifts across games. If your league has a playing-time rule, follow that first.

Yes. You're welcome to print copies for your own team, including your assistant coaches. Please don't post the file publicly, share it with other teams, or resell it.

Email us within 30 days of purchase and we'll refund you. No hassle.

The kit includes a safety page covering warm-ups, water breaks, supervision and head injuries. It's general information, not professional coaching or medical advice, and your league's rules always come first. Read our safety notes before you start.

ClipboardReady is a small independent publisher of printable tools for volunteer youth coaches. We use AI tools to help draft and design our materials, and we build them around widely used youth-coaching ideas: short explanations, lots of ball touches, small groups and fair playing time.

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Yes. There's also the First Season Soccer Kit for rec teams playing 7v7 (9U–10U, about ages 8–10), with keeper rotations built in. See /soccer-kit/.

Volunteer and parent coaches of recreational soccer teams playing 7v7 with goalkeepers. That's the U.S. Soccer small-sided format for 9U and 10U, about ages 8 to 10. It isn't built for travel or competitive club teams.

U.S. Soccer's small-sided standards have 6- to 8-year-olds play 4v4 without goalkeepers, and 9U–10U play 7v7 with keepers. The two formats use different fields, balls, game lengths and rules, so one kit can't do both well. 7v7 is where first-time coaches meet keepers, the build-out line and throw-ins, so that's where we started. The drills work for younger players with a smaller ball and smaller grids.

Yes. Each practice is one page with times, what to say, and which drill card to use. A one-page 7v7 guide explains the build-out line, throw-ins and keeper rules in plain language.

An instant PDF download: 29 US Letter pages with 10 practices, 20 drill cards (4 per page), 7v7 fair-minutes and keeper rotation sheets for 8 to 12 players plus a blank sheet, a 7v7 game-day basics page, 6 parent message templates, a season-at-a-glance page and a safety page. It prints well in black and white.

Each 25-minute half is split into 3 shifts of about 8 minutes. Pick the sheet for the number of players who show up, write names in the numbered slots, and follow the dots. GK marks show who is in goal each shift, so different children get a turn. Your league's playing-time and substitution rules come first.

The kit has no heading activities. U.S. Soccer guidance is that players 10 and under should not head the ball in practices or games, and many leagues extend that rule to older ages. Always follow your league's rule.

Ideally one size 4 ball per player. The 'What to Bring' parent message asks families to send one.

Yes. You're welcome to print copies for your own team, including your assistant coaches. Please don't post the file publicly, share it with other teams, or resell it.

Email us within 30 days of purchase and we'll refund you. No hassle.