The Soccer Coaching Bible (Paperback)

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Product Description

The National Soccer Coaches Association of America assembled an all-star lineup of 30 top coaches to bring you the most complete collection of soccer insight ever put into print. The Soccer Coaching Bible covers every important aspect to coaching the sport, including coaching priorities and principles, program building and enrichment, practice management, technical and tactical instruction, player and team development, and career growth. The contributing coaches include:

C. Cliff McCrath, Anson Dorrance, Steve Sampson, George Perry, Joe Bean, Charlie Slagle, John Rennie, Mike Jacobs, Joe Morrone, Lauren Gregg, Jeff Tipping, Barry Gorman, Ron McEachen, Layton Shoemaker, Jim Lennox, Peter Mellor, Tony Waiters, Jay Hoffman, Peter Gooding, Al Miller, Tracey Leone, Jay Martin, Miller Bugliari, Tim Schum, Chris Petrucelli, Colleen Hacker, Jeff Vennell, Schellas Hyndman, Tony DiCicco, Glenn Myernick,

Each time you open this book you’ll learn something new and useful for your next practice, game, or season. Whether you coach at the club, high school, or college level, The Soccer Coaching Bible is an essential addition to your coaching library.

About the Author

Based in Mission, Kansas, the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) is the largest coaches' organization in the United States. Since its founding in 1941, it has grown to include more than 16,000 members who coach both genders at all levels of the sport. In addition to a national rankings program for colleges and high schools, the NSCAA offers an extensive recognition program that presents more than 10,000 individual awards every year. It fulfills its mission of coaching education through a nationwide program of clinics and weeklong courses, teaching more than 3,000 soccer coaches each year.

National Soccer Coaches Association of America 6700 Squibb Road, Suite 215 Mission, Kansas 66202

Product Details

• Paperback: 328 pages
• Publisher: Human Kinetics; 1 edition (January 9, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 073604227X
• ISBN-13: 978-0736042277
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #52,842 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Keep looking, June 14, 2004

By A Customer

This book is fair. It's great for a coach moving up to club levels. Where they need to know team management motivation, etc. But if your looking for rules, tactics, techniques: It's lacking.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Collection for Coaches, July 28, 2004

By	Coach Jack - See all my reviews

This is a great collection of articles from experienced coaches and trainers - many of them well-known names. Coaches at any level will benefit from the insights offered. Topics cover a wide range from the philosophical (coaching principles and objectives) through adminstrative (club, team adn league management) and nuts and bolts (training for specific outcomes, developing training activities, fitness).

The book finishes with chapters on player motivation and management as well as a look at coaching opportunites.

Overall, it covers as wide a field as you can expect from any one book. On the negative side, those looking for extensive training outlines and menus of training activities will need to supplement this volume with more specific coaching books.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tom Hull - Review as Coach and Owner, July 19, 2006

By	T. Hull "Maureen Hull" (Hull, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Nicely organized book for any soccer coach or aspiring coach. This covers ground that some books tend to miss. We've used this in our youth clinics and drill instruction. I enjoyed it and recommend it to anyone that will be putting time into the development of athletes and/or teams.
We've move onto Football in that season as many people do but there are drills that translate into other sports. This includes Basketball and Baseball as the top-3. Again this is highly recommended and can help with strategy and scoring. Very appropriate.
Tom Hull
Coach
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