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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One email. One PDF. Twenty-five activities your kid will actually ask to do again.
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