Winning Soccer (Spalding Sports Library) [Paperback]

Jerry Yeagley (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 222 pages
• Publisher: Masters Press (July 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0940279967
• ISBN-13: 978-0940279964
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,680,365 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A sage shares..., December 21, 1999

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A D. Lear (Vermont) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Winning Soccer (Spalding Sports Library) (Paperback)

Though the book goes over various common tactics and techniques (always useful), what I liked most about the book is the is the philosophies of the author. Precepts of good coaching don't change. A quality coach like Yeagley reafirms what I'm trying to do is right when sometimes I'm unsure. Any good coach would want this book as a barometer check.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good for learning the general strategy of soccer., December 19, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Winning Soccer (Spalding Sports Library) (Paperback)

Yeagley is the coach at Indiana University (that just won the 1998 NCAA Championship). In the book, he talks about in a general way you attack and defend as a team. A lot of soccer books focus on drills and diagrams, but this one describes general strategies: attack strategies like staying wide, diagonal runs, blind side runs, and overlapping; and defense strategies like staying compact, pressuring, supporting the pressure, and delay. You get to hear it from the guy who knows.

But what I really like about the book are the intense black and white photos of Indiana games. They're great!