The Backyard Playbook.
25 screen-free soccer + learning activities every parent needs. Print it. Take it outside. Watch your kid fall in love with the game all over again.
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Five categories. Twenty-five activities. Zero screens.
Designed by a coach who's watched what works, illustrated by an award-winning children's book artist, built for any kid with a ball and any parent with 15 minutes.
Ball Skill Builders
Five solo activities for ball mastery — dribbling games, juggling progressions, and creative trapping drills disguised as play.
Family Field Games
Five games for two or more — parent + kid pickup games, sibling challenges, and party-ready group activities.
Mind + Game
Five activities that build focus, decision-making, and creativity — the mindset work that turns players into thinkers.
Goal-Setting with Little Marco
Five printable worksheets pulled from Vinny's classroom visits — turning "what do I want?" into "what will I do today?"
Read + Play
Five Little Marco–inspired reading prompts that pair short story snippets with backyard activities. Literacy meets play.
The Bonus Pack
Plus our "Dear Soccer Parents" letter — the one we wish every parent read before their kid's first season.
Some of what you'll get.
- 01Cone Castle: ball-control fortress
- 02Shadow Striker (solo dribbling)
- 03Marco's Magic Square
- 04The Wall: passing accuracy
- 05Toss + Trap (juggling progressions)
- 06Family Footy Tournament
- 07Sibling Showdown: 1v1 mini-pitch
- 08The Imagination Match
- 09It's a Goal! goal-setting worksheet
- 10SMART goals with Little Marco
- 11Read & Play: the Imagymnarium prompt
- 12The Backyard Reading Hour
- …+ 13 more activities, prompts, and printables
"We printed the playbook on a Sunday. By Wednesday my eight-year-old had asked to skip TV three times to do another activity. I haven't seen him this lit up in months."— A real soccer mom · early reader
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