Soccer Coaching

This is the definitive manual for coaching America's fastest-growing sport for kids aged 8-19. Written for both beginning and seasoned coaches, The Complete Book of Coaching Youth Soccer shows you--in concise, easy-to-understand terms--how to organize, motivate, and lead your youth soccer team to success on the field. Included are: Step-by-step teaching points Rules and strategies of the game More than 100 illustrative diagrams More than 75 practice and competitive drills Complete 10-week season plans for each of three separate age groups Designed for easy, on-the-field reference, author Simon Whitehead's proven practice drills are designed progressively to develop maximum skills for both individual and team play. Simon Whitehead lives in Minneapolis and has coached high school and college soccer in England and in the United States for more than ten years. Using proven European teaching methods, he shows the soccer coach how to maximize each young player's enthusiasm, involvement, and personal success in soccer.

"This new manual ... is based on new exercises that overturn traditional conservative coaching styles, as these are responsible for a failure to identify and develop the needs of English football ... A comprehensive approach to acquiring and enhancing the fundamentals of football success."--Page 4 of cover

This book represents the collective knowledge and experience of Canadian football's most respected and renowned coaches, as selected by Football Canada, from all levels of the sport. Each coach shares personal insights, strategies, and advice, addressing all facets of the 12-player game.

Blending contemporary sports science theory with youth specific coaching practice, this book offers soccer development strategies that are tailored to the needs of young players.

Soccer Brain - from Dan Abrahams - teaches coaches to train players to compete with confidence, with commitment, with intelligence, and as part of a team.

The maestro of Spanish soccer gives his insights and training suggestions for goalkeepers. Laureano Ruiz is truly the guru of Spanish soccer. He has helped to develop some of the most highly skilled players in the world, including Ivan Helguera (Spain,Real Madrid), Ivan de la Pena (Spain, Lazio and as a coach at Barcelona had a huge influence on Hristo Stoichkov and even the great Johan Cruyff. This excellent book contains hundreds of drills and games, all clearly described with objectives and the appropriate age levels.

The first volume of the popular 101 Youth Football Coaching Sessions, part of the 101 Drills series and accompanied by 101 Youth Football Coaching Sessions Volume 2. The culmination of years of experience, this manual outlines comprehensive training sessions for young footballers, including warm-ups, skills training, games and final practice drills. Fun, educational and challenging, each session contains information on equipment needed, space required and how to organise the players. Ideal for teachers or coaches who are looking for a fully planned session, this contains everything you need to build up the skills of young players and ensure they have fun and remain safe.

Strength and power are key elements of soccer performance. A stronger player can sprint faster, jump higher, change direction more quickly and kick the ball harder. Strength Training for Soccer introduces the science of strength training for soccer. Working from a sound evidence-base, it explains how to develop a training routine that integrates the different components of soccer performance, including strength, speed, coordination and flexibility, and outlines modern periodization strategies that keep players closer to their peak over an extended period. Dealing with themes of injury prevention, rehabilitation and interventions, as well as performance, the book offers a uniquely focused guide to the principles of strength and conditioning in a footballing context. Fully referenced, and full of practical drills, detailed exercise descriptions, training schedules and year plans, Strength Training for Soccer is essential reading for all strength and conditioning students and any coach or trainer working in football.