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Coaching Soccer Successfully - 2nd Edition (Coaching Successfully Series)

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I coach a youth team (12-18 yrs old). This book gives me a good overview and understanding of what is required in coaching. Two keys to successful coaching: passion and knowledge. A good, motivating coach is one who manages to help his team to overachieve. A negative, critical coach will see his team underachieve. The author's love and respect for his players has transformed my approach to coaching. I have learned that people don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care.

Secondly, this book provides reasonable information on defensive and offensive tactics. I have been playing soccer for over 15 years in various leagues. But it was not until I read this book that I understood the game so much more. I also helps me to appreciate soccer. The defensive habits: covering goalside, inside and support are actually the foundation for attack as well. If you can get your team to play well with the basic defending habits, they will be able to grasp attacking formation and habits as well.

This book is a must read for all beginner and intermediate coach. It gives a great overview of soccer coaching. But you will probably need other resources for more help on more technical help: set pieces, different formation (4-4-2), (4-3-3). This book talks extensively on 3-5-2 formation, which is a direct and very flexible formation actually.

Thanks to Roy Rees for this book! Bravo!

This book is good.

I accidentally bought two copies. I brought one to practice and showed it to a couple coaches whose teams were practicing nearby to see if they'd be interested in buying it from me. They leafed through it, and in seconds were engaged in a friendly but quite serious argument about who would get to buy it from me.

This book is really good.

It has made a huge difference in how I approach coaching. It is at once personable and professional. The scope is very broad, covering technical skills, tactical considerations, and some strategic discussion. Each topic is presented clearly and in startling depth. Every coach or player will learn a lot about the game here.

What is particularly unique and useful about this book is that it discusses in detail how to approach a season -- how to prepare before the season starts, how to engage a team from the first, what sort of considerations are important at what times, how to approach the off season. It focuses not only on the game, but the role of a coach as an influence on a young life.

This book is really, really good!!

Roy Rees and Cor Van Der Meer have written the best book I've read thus far on the subject of coaching soccer. I've had the book for about 3 years, but I continue to use it as a resource in setting practice objectives, selecting defensive and offensive alignments, developing match strategy, and as an overall guide to improving my soccer program. With the inclusion of real life soccer experiences, both good and bad, I feel as though I've got a personal friend in these author's. They cover it all: how to build a soccer program; managing parents; managing players/disipline; conditioning; teaching skills; teaching tactics; match preparation (including scouting); and, outlining required player attributes for all positions. I assure you, this is money well spent, especially for intermediate level coaches.

There are a number of good soccer books on the market but it they are either too broad or too limited to one subject. Teaching Soccer Successfully contains all information that any coach should know - from motivational techniques to pre and post game analysis - in an easy to understand manner. The authors have also managed to iclude a number of interesting examples from their own experience that many coaches can relate to. The book can be read in one sitting which is a complement to their writing and soccer knowledge as the information that the authors present, even the very technical stuff, is never boring. I coach 13 year old boys soccer and have found a fountain of usefull tips, drills and motivational techniques that I have used and "tested" on my players. A must for any soccer coach

Excellent Read. I am a U11 and U8 coach and this book is writen for High School and College coaching, however, it brings great insight (speeking as a player) that other books do not talk about. Excellent Read!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In the past three years of coaching soccer I have read about two dozen books on the topic. This is the best I have found. This book covers some of the topics that I have searched in vain for such as preparing for matches and evaluating players. I recommend it highly.

This is a must for coaches of all levels. It is well organized, easy reading with many great personal insights. The author is very thorough and has the chapters orginized. It is easy to follow and easy to go back and find topics for reference later. I highly reccomend this for anyone who is serious about coaching.

A well presented and easy to read guide to coaching. The drills are easy to understand and progress from basic to advanced. A valuable resource for coaches of any level.