> defending tactics
> attacking tactics
> pressing & counterattacking
> switching the point of attack
> systems of play
> game analysis
> small-sided games
> goalkeeper tactics
Skills & Strategies for Coaching Soccer The complete soccer coaching manual
The key to successful coaching is
preparing your players to make intelligent decisions on the field. For
years, the best-selling Skills & Strategies for Coaching Soccer
has helped coaches of every level do just that. Now, soccer’s premier
coaching resource has been updated and expanded to provide you with
more insights into developing individual talent, team tactics, and
winning play.
Skills & Strategies for Coaching Soccer
provides you with over 125 drills for teaching skills and techniques.
You’ll also learn how to develop these skills in realistic game
situations with beginning, intermediate, advanced, and all-star
players.
Essential skills are presented, including
collecting and controlling, passing, dribbling, kicking, heading, and
goalkeeping. You’ll then apply those individual skills with attacking
and defensive tactics, team formations, and set pieces. With Skills & Strategies for Coaching Soccer, you’ll learn the what, how, and why of soccer through these essentials:
Over 125 drills for beginning, intermediate, advanced, and all-star players
Progressing basic drills into realistic, competitive situations
Tactics in attack and defense
Tactics in set plays
Team management
Mental and physical preparation for games
Handling problem players and parents
Fitness and conditioning
Preparing and developing coaching sessions
Establishing a coaching philosophy
Skills & Strategies for Coaching Soccer is an invaluable guide for coaching any team in any setting. The best team doesn’t always win—but it usually does.
Part I Preparing to Coach
Chapter 1. Ethics and Your Coaching Philosophy
Chapter 2. Personal Coaching Strategies
Chapter 3. Group Coaching Strategies
Part II Skills and Techniques
Chapter 4. Collecting and Controlling the Ball
Chapter 5. Passing
Chapter 6. Dribbling
Chapter 7. Striking the Ball
Chapter 8. Shooting
Chapter 9. Heading
Chapter 10. Goalkeeping
Chapter 11. Tackling and Defensive Skills
Part III Tactics and Teamwork
Chapter 12. Principles of Play
Chapter 13. Team Formations and Systems of Play
Chapter 14. Coaching Teamwork
Chapter 15. Tactics in Defense, Midfield, and Attack
Chapter 16. Set Pieces
Part IV Team Management
Chapter 17. Physical and Mental Preparation for Games
Chapter 18. Working With Problem Players and Parents
Chapter 19. Fitness and Conditioning for Soccer
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