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Soccer Skills Levels and Assessment

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Soccer Skills Levels and Assessment

This is a standardized skills level that can be used to assess soccer players. The levels are set up to follow the standard Martial Arts. Here are the levels with descriptions of the skills assessments associated with the levels.

White	Beginners level. Players have demonstrated very basic skills of dribbling, kicking, and blocking
Yellow	Recreational players in youth league. Demonstrating basic skills
Orange	Recreational youth players to the level of youth club leagues.
Blue	Typical High School or Club League player skills
Purple	Advanced High School level
Green	College level player and competitive league player
Brown	Semi professional skills - advanced players
Black	Top level professional players

Skills Tests

Skill	Measure	Levels
Juggling (ball control)	Players keep the ball in the air without letting it touch the ground by using combinations of touches with feet, thighs, chest, and head	Yellow - Players achieve 10 touches with one bounce allowed between touches Orange - Players have 10 consecutive touches with no ground or hand touches. Must use both feet. Blue - Players have 25 consecutive touches with no ground or hand touches. Must use both feet. (full control) Purple - Players demonstrate use of inside, outside, and top of both feet. Use of both thighs, Use of head and chest while juggling, No ground touches.
Dribbling	Two cones are placed 5 yards (or meters) apart. The ball is placed between the cones. Players dribble the ball in a figure 8 pattern around the 2 cones. If a cone is knocked down - player must stop to place it back up. Each full figure 8 is counted as one lap.	Yellow - Players must complete 5 laps in one minute. Orange - Players must complete 10 laps in one minute. Blue - Players complete 12 laps in one minute.
Shooting Accuracy	Hula hoops (standard size) are attached to a fence or something else capable of holding them up at three levels; one with the bottom on the ground (low), one with center at 3 feet (mid), one with center at 5 feet (high). Players shoot at these hoops using 10 shots and accuracy is recorded as number of hits for 10 attempts.	For each level (low, mid, high) Yellow - 50% accuracy at 5 yards Orange - 50% accuracy at 10 yards for each foot. Blue - 90% accuracy at 10 yards for each foot. Purple - 90% accuracy at 15 yards each foot.
Heading	Using setup in shooting accuracy, players head a ball tossed lightly by coach	Yellow - simply demonstrate ability to head tossed ball. For each level (low, mid, high); Orange - Tossed ball 5 yards, 80% accuracy. Blue - Tossed ball 10 yards, 80% accuracy. Purple - Player starts at 15 yard line, balled is tossed and headed at 10 yard line (player must run to ball) - 80% accuracy.
Volley Shots	use setup in shooting accuracy, player starts with ball in hand, drops ball and shoots on first bounce.	Yellow - no test For each level; Orange - 50% accuracy from 5 yards Blue - 50% accuracy from 10 yards Purple - Ball is tossed from 15 yard line forward to 10 yard line, 50% accuracy.
Passing	Demonstrate accuracy in passing. For Yellow use a stationary ball, for all other levels the ball is crossed to the player and the player must pass with a single touch. Setup is a line with 2 cones 10 yards away, one yard apart - this is the target. Players get 10 tries, accuracy (through the cones) is recorded.	Yellow - 50% stationary ball Orange - 80% moving ball (passed to player) Blue - 80% accuracy at 15 yards
Throw-ins	Use setup in shooting accuracy	Yellow - 50% from 10 yards. Orange - 90% from 15 yards. Blue - 90% from 20 yards.
Receiving