espanolEl presente estudio surgio de las actividades academicas llevadas a cabo por los estudiantes del programa de Licenciatura en Educacion Fisica, Recreacion y Deportes, de la Fundacion Universitaria Juan de Castellanos en Tunja, Boyaca. El estudio tuvo como proposito describir los metodos de la ensenanza del futbol que mas utilizan los entrenadores para instruir ninos deportistas en las escuelas de formacion deportiva de la ciudad, durante las sesiones de entrenamiento que llevan a cabo cada semana. En el estudio participaron veinte entrenadores que pertenecen a clubes deportivos y escuelas de formacion deportiva en futbol de las categorias infantiles y juveniles. Se implemento una metodologia con un enfoque cuantitativo de tipo descriptivo. La informacion fue recolectada a traves de una entrevista semiestructurada, empleando una serie de preguntas que se consignaron en una ficha creada para tal fin. Los datos obtenidos fueron tratados con el programa Microsoft Excel 2016 para su respectivo analisis. Los resultados arrojados muestran que los entrenadores utilizan y aplican mas el metodo de la ensenanza mixto, que es la combinacion de los metodos analitico y global para impartir los contenidos deportivos del futbol. EnglishThe present study issued from the academic activities carried out by the students of the degree program in Physical Education, Recreation and Sports of the University Foundation Juan de Castellanos in Tunja, Boyaca. The purpose of the study was to describe the methods of soccer education that are most used by coaches to instruct and train child athletes in the sports training schools in the city, during the training sessions held every week. The study involved twenty coaches who are members of sports clubs and sports training schools in soccer for child and youth categories. A methodology with a descriptive quantitative approach was implemented. The information was collected through a semi-structured survey, using a series of questions that were recorded in a file created for such purpose. The obtained data were processed with the Microsoft Excel 2016 program for its respective analysis. The results show that the coaches use and apply more, the method of mixed teaching, which is the combination of the analytical and global methods to impart the sports content of soccer.