Coaching Soccer: The Official Coaching Book of the Dutch Soccer Association [Paperback]

Bert van Lingen (Author), Bert van Lingen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1997

This book is used throughout Holland as the foundation for coaching soccer.
Chapters include: What is Coaching?, Reading the Game, The Dutch Concept, Teaching Techniques, What is 4v4?, Why 7v7?, Goalkeeper Training
The emphasis throughout is on the creation of optimal learning situations.

Product Details

• Paperback: 219 pages
• Publisher: Reedswain; 1 edition (August 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1890946044
• ISBN-13: 978-1890946043
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #59,634 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #3 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Coaching > Soccer
  • #25 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Soccer

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must reading for all but the most experienced coaches., February 4, 1999

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This review is from: Coaching Soccer: The Official Coaching Book of the Dutch Soccer Association (Paperback)

This book teaches you how to read the game for on and off the ball movement of your players, and provides small sided games to improve deficiencies you have diagnosed.Who else but the Dutch would be serious enough to have a chapter titled "Didactics and Methodology in Youth Soccer Training?"Do not look to this book for skills coaching, however.Useful for coaching U-10 and up.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Almost Every Page is Mark, June 16, 2008

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K. Headley "Coachplyref" (Birmingham, AL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Coaching Soccer: The Official Coaching Book of the Dutch Soccer Association (Paperback)

As a Director of Recreational Soccer and a competitive coach, this is one of my top books in my library of over 30 books. Bert starts by defining age groups and age characteristics and how kids learn. Then in Chapter 3 gets into Learning How To Play and Chapter 4 Coaching Young Players. Bert gives great insight into coaches and kids and breaks it down by age groups. A lot of yellow marking and side notes by me on these pages! Chapter 5 is Reading the Game, with excellent bullet points. The book takes off in chapter 6 when Bert gets into the Dutch Approach section. The talks age group shows sessions, talks concepts and philosophy and then makes sure we understand "soccer moments" and "soccer problems". The team in possession and oponents in possession sections is excellent. He tells us about TIC (technique in soccer) and then goes into the 4v4 and the 7v7 training. I highly recommend this book to coaches that understand "The game is the best teacher"

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pleasantly Surprised, July 24, 2007

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Richard J. Morgan "Football Dad" (Maitland, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Coaching Soccer: The Official Coaching Book of the Dutch Soccer Association (Paperback)

From an Australian point of view, we have many people telling us how we need to improve our junior coaching techniques. I have spent many months and a considerable amount of money looking for a resource like this.
It seems to meet the guidelines of everything the commentators and experts in our country recommend is taught to our children and the Dutch have had obvious success.