Great Soccer Drills : The Baffled Parent's Guide |  | Authors: Thomas Fleck, Ronald Quinn
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 9433
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 144
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.4 x 0.4
ISBN: 007138488X
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.334085
UPC: 639785802143
EAN: 9780071384889
ASIN: 007138488X
Publication Date: June 25, 2002
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A PAPERBACK ORIGINAL A games-based alternative to tedious rote exercises, guaranteed to keep practices fun, engaging, and productive Great Soccer Drills provides soccer coaches with a great way to make every soccer practice active, fun, and productive. Coaches get 125 games guaranteed to keep kids moving and excited while teaching them basic skills, sharpening their reflexes, and building their confidence and decision-making ability. Written by two of North America's foremost names in youth soccer coaching, it also includes guidelines on how to create just the right blend of drills to hold the attention of six- to twelve-year-old players. Great Soccer Drills can be used in conjunction with the bestselling Coaching Youth Soccer: A Baffled Parent's Guide or as an excellent stand-alone resource for spicing up any practice.
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Comprehensive, not just drills July 9, 2003
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
As a great follow-on to the original "Baffled Parent" beginner book from Bobby Clark, this one is much more than just practice games. It contains the type of wisdom you will hear in the USSF "D" and NCSAA Regional Diploma courses, so that the novice coach has more to go on than simply doing some game because it's in the book. It should help him/her to structure practices that make the players think, keep them active, and work towards a theme. It goes beyond telling them not to do the three "L"s (laps, lines, lectures) and gives them some tools so they know what they should do instead. I'm buying 150 of them for the coaches in our rec program. Also recommend the McAvoy and Luxbacher books.
A huge help October 25, 2005
Joseph S Marquette (Chagrin Falls, OH USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
If you've never played soccer but want to coach your son or daughter's team - buy this book. About the only place it comes up short is in teaching the really little ones (Kindergarten / 1st Grade...but it still helps) but all in all it's been an invaluable tool for me. I've used it for 5 years now and have lent it to several people. A very good buy.
Great drills with no lines August 3, 2006
Jamie (Danville, CA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book has great drills involving the entire team so the kids don't have to stand in line waiting for their turn, getting antsy and goofing off. I'm coaching U12 boys and while I thought the first section of drills was a bit basic the rest were awesome. And looking back, the basic drills are good for warm-ups and fun, short little exercises. There's an index in the back that shows you which drills help with which skills. I highly recommend this book. I'm looking forward to putting the drills in action.
Great stuff! February 5, 2003
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
Don't let the title fool you. This is a great book for coaches who want to have fun at their practices and games that teach skills. Use the games at the beginning of practice and the kids will have fun, pay attention and improve.
Great Soccer Drills: The Baffled Parent's Guide August 18, 2006
Marie A. Curtis (West Valley City, UT USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I found this book to be very useful. I am a 1st time soccer coach this year and I love the fact that this book went step by step and that it divided things out according to age. I had my 1st practice last night and it was a huge success. Thank you!
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