Before you play
The short version: you're the adult on the field, and you know your players. Everything on this site is here to help your judgment, never to replace it.
These are coaching ideas, not instructions
The games on Soccer Fun are general coaching ideas — the kind experienced coaches trade in the parking lot after practice. They're informational only. Nothing here is professional advice, medical advice, or a substitute for your league's rules or your own coaching training. If a game asks something of your players that doesn't sit right with you, trust your gut: change it or skip it.
A responsible adult runs every game
Every game here is written assuming a responsible adult sets it up, supervises it, and can stop it at any moment. You're the one who can see the field, the weather, the age and ability of your players, and the ankle that's still a little tender from last week. Walk the space first, clear anything worth tripping over, size the game to your group, and pull the plug on any round the instant something looks off.
Play at your own risk
Soccer is a running, bumping, occasionally falling-down sport, and no page of instructions changes that. By using the games on this site you accept that participation — playing, practicing, coaching, supervising — is at your own risk. Soccer Fun and the people behind it are not liable for injuries, losses, or damages of any kind arising from the use of anything published here. We say that plainly not to scare you, but because it's true of every game ever played on grass.
About heading the ball
We respect US Soccer's heading guidance: the youngest players shouldn't head the ball at all, in games or in practice. Games on this site aimed at U11-and-under avoid heading entirely, and any game that involves heading is published for U13+ only. Your league or club may have stricter rules than that — when they do, their rules win.
Safety notes on game pages
Some games carry a short safety note flagging the thing most likely to go sideways — sharks who tackle like linebackers, a serve that should stay on the ground. Those notes are starting points from our own practices, not complete lists. Your eyes on your field beat our note every time.
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