New Soccer Balls!

All team members need a Number 5 (full size) soccer ball to bring to practice as well as to practice with at home. Players who leave their soccer ball at home risk having to pretend they have a soccer ball during practice. I have a couple soccer balls for emergencies - but only a couple (and there are 14 boys on the team).

Soccer balls are widely available and range in price from less than $10 to over $100. A $10 ball is fine as the most important thing about a soccer ball is having it at the player's feet as much as possible. Target and "Play it Again Sports" in San Jose carry inexpensive soccer balls.

Soccer balls are also available online (though that would not be much help for today's practice!) The online stores below carry a variety of good soccer balls. The young players I've coached have found Nike to make excellent soccer balls, and those are the ones I prefer (they vary from training quality to World Cup Match quality, but they all have a nice touch and seem to really fly).

AYSO Store

Eastbay

World Soccer Shop

Yahoo Shopping: Soccer Balls

Goal Kick Soccer

Big Soccer Shop

New Horizons Soccer

Nikys Sports