Coaching Soccer For Dummies [Paperback]

National Alliance for Youth Sports (Author), Greg Bach (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 6, 2006

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

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

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

About the Author

The National Alliance For Youth Sports provides a wide range of programs for coaches, administrators, officials, parents, and young athletes.

Greg Bach is the Director of Communications for the Alliance.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (March 6, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471773816
• ISBN-13: 978-0471773818
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #104,529 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #11 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Coaching > Soccer
  • #17 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Coaching > Children's Sports

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars First Time Soccer Coach, November 5, 2006

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L. Wright "Dobermen" (Wirtz, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Coaching Soccer For Dummies (Paperback)

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.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An introduction only, September 24, 2008

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toemaas "toemaas" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Coaching Soccer For Dummies (Paperback)

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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars very helpful, March 23, 2009

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Gilbert G. Lamont "G Lamont" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Coaching Soccer For Dummies (Paperback)

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.