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Coaching Soccer For Dummies

Coaching Soccer For DummiesAuthor: National Alliance for Youth Sports
Creator: Greg Bach
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 5 reviews
Sales Rank: 195906

Media: Paperback
Pages: 384
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.9

ISBN: 0471773816
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.334083
EAN: 9780471773818
ASIN: 0471773816

Publication Date: March 6, 2006
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Product Description
Packed with drills and tips for practice and game days

The fun and easy way(r) to kick-start your soccer coaching skills

Volunteering as a youth soccer coach can be a great experience, both for you and your squad. But what if you've never coached before? Don't worry! This friendly guide explains soccer rules, shows you how to approach coaching, and gives you practical pointers on improving your team's soccer skills and encouraging good sportsmanship.

Discover how to

  • Understand soccer rules
  • Develop a coaching philosophy
  • Teach soccer fundamentals
  • Run great practices
  • Lead your team during a game
  • Communicate effectively with parents



Customer Reviews:
5 out of 5 stars Coaching Soccer For Dummies   September 6, 2007
Bridget Tobeck (watseka, il United States)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

This is a great book for anyone thinking of coaching a soccer team..it is full of great information.


4 out of 5 stars First Time Soccer Coach   November 6, 2006
L. Wright (Wirtz, VA United States)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful

My 5 year old signed up for instructional soccer, the local parks and rec. deparment needed coaches, next thing you know I'm a soccer coach. Step one, buy a book that will get me started on the right foot, and that's exactly what this book was. This book provided me with the guidelines for dealing with the parents as well as providing me with a refresher on the ins and outs of soccer. I would recommend this to any coach just starting out. If you have previous knowledge of soccer either playing or coaching this may not be the book for you as it is very basic.


4 out of 5 stars very helpful   March 23, 2009
Gilbert G. Lamont
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

for our first time coaching it was really good. the reason for only 4 stars is that there aren't very many drills/exercises that one can do with the kids.


4 out of 5 stars good book for first time coach   March 1, 2010
Eric Brounstein
So far this book has been very helpful and quick to read for the first time coach of girls soccer (age 6, 7, 8). If you are trying to get to a club soccer level I think there are other books that may be better but this is ideal for the busy person who is new at coaching.


3 out of 5 stars An introduction only   September 24, 2008
toemaas (Seattle, WA)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful

This book has some good pointers and some nice basic information about the rules of soccer, basic skills, etc. The information in the book though is probably not good for teams above U7, or for coaches with some experience coaching. The books concentrates on drills (not games!) that are often not very easily translated into real situations that occur in games. This means that when you put the kids on the field against another team, they are going to be unprepared. If you are a new coach with little to no soccer experience, this is a good place to start. If you are looking for anything more I would look elsewhere.


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