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Complete Book of Drills for Winning Soccer

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This is a great reference book for any soccer coach. This "go-to" wealth of information will be something you refer to even if just for new ideas.

You could spend a fortune on soccer coaching aids and learn nothing to improve your ability to impart your knowledge to your students. This book is the exception. It has everything a thoughtful coach requires. If you are new to coaching, you are probably coaching your 6 year old at the Park District, and so you will have to put this away for when your subjects are old enough to be comfortable with drills. However, if you have any experience at all (playing or coaching,) you will soon (well, maybe not soon, as this book is dense,) find a drill that perfectly repeats an exercise, that once mastered will eliminate some fault that a player or players have been exhibiting on the field. (probably unlearning the bad habits of Park District play.) But be forewarned: it takes knowledge to understand the depth of the lesson. I assisted a head coach once, and presented the drill that was required to start the squad on the learning experience. He thought about it, adopted it a week later, having changed it around, and lost the essential part of the drill. No surprise, he had never played the game, and was primarily a basketball coach. Felt sorry for the kids, though.