Details on Motor Skills for Training Very Young Soccer Players

Here are some detailed motor skills to train based on another document I've been reading.

* eyes on the ball
* appropriate joint locked
* smooth movement of the appropriate limb
* head steady
* balance
* muscle group control – when to tense and when to relax
* when to bend joints
* center of gravity
* contact surface of the body level with the ball contact surface area

These are from this document on the US Youth Soccer website:
http://www.usyouthsoccer.org/assets/coaches/Skills_School_Manual.pdf

-Bill