Download or read book Soccer Awareness written by Wayne Harrison and published by Reedswain Inc.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Play the Barcelona Way! This follow up to Harrison's hugely popular Recognizing the Moment to Play is 400+ pages of unique insight into training players to think and make decisions quickly both on and off the ball. Chock full of exercises with clear illustrations, coaching points and progressions, this is a very "usable" coaching book. Also includes Wayne's revolutionary Continuums of Development Model of player assessment, which will help you identify your players' strengths and weaknesses and target problem areas in your training sessions.
Download or read book Soccer Awareness One Touch Training written by Wayne Harrison and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-06-22 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 103 page eBook explores one touch training and movement off the ball and includes 90 pages of drills that you can do with your team. Table of contents is below.One Touch Training: Teaches the player WHEN to play one touch; and when NOT to play one touch. We are teaching players to have a ONE TOUCH MENTALITY. A One touch mentality teaches players to recognize the best options; and therefore make the best DECISIONS; BEFORE and in ADVANCE of receiving the ball. Movement OFF the ball: This mentality conditions the mind of players OFF the ball to position and move to help the player who is receiving the ball. This means we want players to always; at every moment; THINK: "I only have One touch"; therefore this will force players to always do what I call the "LOOK and THINK" before they receive the ball to see several options and pick out their best option, which may actually be to DRIBBLE!!When you use these training sessions consistently you will see the development of that relationship between having a ONE TOUCH mentality and Movement OFF the ball.So in a nutshell:LOOK (before receiving the ball);MOVE (find space off the ball based on positioning of teammates and opponents):THINK (what is my best option?):EXECUTE (the Decision; or the SKILL Factor).
Download or read book Soccer Awareness Age Group Specific Awareness Developmental Training written by Wayne Harrison and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-31 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this 94 page Book, we are taking the Soccer Awareness thinking process to the next level by identifying what is relevant at each age group. That said, you the coach, will decide perhaps a 9 year old team can cope with the 11 year old sessions and perhaps a 12 year old lower level team will need to use younger age group session plans. We hope you enjoy these sessions and as always our Soccer Awareness training material is simple to understand, user friendly and we try to offer a great attention to detail. Table of Contents 6 TO 9 YEARS OLD AWARENESS DEVELOPMENT TRAINING Clinic 1: Objective: Improving Basic Dribbling And Awareness With Lots Of Touches In Possession Of The Ball Clinic 2: Awareness Concept Introduction On The Ball With Few Touches; Using A One And Two Touch Maximum (Example) Clinic 3: Objective: Encouraging Dribbling And Turning Through Quick Transition Play Clinic 4: Objective: A Fun Awareness Possession Game For Improving Peripheral Vision 10 TO 11 YEARS OLD AWARENESS DEVELOPMENT TRAINING Clinic 5: Objective: Testing Players Awareness Clinic 6: Objective: Teaching Awareness In Three's Or Fours Developing Movements Off The Ball To Receive Clinic 7: Objective: Improving Awareness Of Spacing And Movement "Off" The Ball Clinic 8: Objective: Development Of Awareness And Of Movement "Off" The Ball 12 TO 13 YEARS OLD AWARENESS DEVELOPMENT TRAINING Clinic 9: Specific Peripheral Vision Coaching Sessions Clinic 10: Receiving, Turning And Angled Passing Developing Awareness On And Off The Ball Clinic 11: Objective: Switching Play As A Team Clinic 12: Objective: Improving One And Two Touch Play Using The Awareness Three Team Game Focusing On Quick Thinking, Quick And Early Foot Positioning; Support And Finishing Clinic 13: Objective: Pressurizing Game Working On Attacking Transitions Clinic 14: Objective: Developing The Players Ability To Switch The Play, Be Aware Of Teammates And Opponents Positioning; Before Receiving; And Then Changing The Point Of Attack Clinic 15: Using A Non - Competitive Numbers "Game" With Teams Passing In Sequence To Improve Awareness On And Off The Ball (Part One) Clinic 16: Using A Non - Competitive Numbers "Game" With Teams Passing In Sequence To Improve Awareness On And Off The Ball (Part Two) Clinic 17: Objective: A Transition Clinic Developing The Players Ability To Recognize The Immediate Changes From Defense To Attack And Attack To Defense And To Act On It Quickly Clinic 18: Changing The Point Of Attack Through The Directional Four Goal Switching Play Game 14 TO 18 YEARS OLD AWARENESS DEVELOPMENT TRAINING Clinic 19: Objective: Quick Transition Directional Play Target Game Developing Movement Off The Ball Clinic 20: Objective: Teaching Movement "Off The Ball" Through The Transition Directional Target Game Clinic 21: Directional Awareness Training (Part One) Clinic 22: Directional Awareness Training Game Situation (Part Two) Clinic 23: Objective: Development Of A Finishing Game Using Two Goals Increasing The Amount Of Decisions Able To Be Made Clinic 24: The Three Team Awareness One Touch Game
Download or read book Developing Game Intelligence in Soccer written by and published by Reedswain Inc.. This book was released on with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no greater power on the soccer field than the game intelligence of the players. With a great variety of attractive and effective simplified games, specially designed to simulate the most important game situations that may occur on the pitch, Horst Wein shows how to stimulate most of the aspects which are involved in game intelligence in young soccer players as well as professionals. Remember, Playing soccer without thinking is like shooting without aiming.
Download or read book Mental Aspects of Youth Soccer written by Don M. Tow and published by . This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you transform a youth soccer team from a collection of individual players into a synergistic team playing together like a well-trained orchestra? In his book, Mental Aspects of Youth Soccer: A Primer for Players, Parents, and Coaches, Don Tow discusses how to integrate mental skills with physical skills in playing soccer. He explains these mental concepts with easy-to-understand, illustrated applications for the different situations that a player faces in a soccer game. Learning and executing these mental skills can result in a total output that is greater than the sum of its parts, and enable teams with inferior individual physical skills to beat teams with superior individual physical skills. Understanding these mental skills can increase significantly the players' enjoyment of the game and is also valuable to parents and coaches.
Download or read book Developing Players with Rondos Using the Soccer Awareness Philosophy written by Wayne Harrison and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-11 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In part 2 of this series, Wayne Harrison's 122 page book continues to explore the use of rondos in youth soccer. Rondos are a great way to prepare players for the game situations and especially the fast decision making needed within the game. I have included as a way to work into these game situations many Rondo ideas that I feel are great foundation builders for players learning to combine and play together. I have stayed with simplistic ideas that all levels of players can try and be successful at. It is up to each coach to work out how to make it work for their players. Though the foundation of the basic rondo stays the same; we explore different ways to present it. It can be made easier or more difficult based on the number of touches players are allowed, for example, so it benefits ALL players who practice with them; also the size of area they play within can be manipulated to change the challenge. Contents: 1) Introduction to Playing 4 v 4 using rondos 2) Quick transition 2 v 2 Rondos with Players staying in their own zones: An Introduction to 4 v 4 Rondos 3) Quick transition 2 v 2 Rondos 4) Quick transition 2 v 2 Rondos: An Introduction to 4 v 4 Rondos now transitioning between zones 5) Quick transition 4 v 4 Rondos (Defending) 6) Quick transition 4 v 4 Rondos (Attacking) 7) Quick transition 6 v 6 Rondos (Attacking) 8) Quick transition 6 v 6 Rondos (Defending) 9) Quick transition 3 v 3 Rondos with Players staying in their own zones. Teach this for using a back three 10) Quick transition 3 v 3 Rondos with Players moving throughout the zones. Teach this for using a back three 11) A Game Situational Soccer Awareness Rondo 12) A Rondo Overloading players in the Zone 14 13) Soccer Awareness Rondo: Switching Play using long passes 14) Circle Awareness Rondo: Warm Up: Keep away 2 touches 15) Circle Awareness Rondo: Warm Up: Keep away 1 touch 16) Circle Rondos: Keep away game working on possession, passing and support; combination plays and rotations of players Circle keep away: Two Teams 1 v 1, 2 v 2, and 3 v 3 17) Circle keep away: Two teams add a neutral player 3 v 3 + 1 18) In Conclusion
Download or read book Essential Soccer Skills written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-02-21 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential Soccer Skills progresses from beginner basics to advanced techniques, featuring illustrated sequences on how to learn and master key skills, and tips on how to improve your overall form. Essential Soccer Skills covers everything from the basics and rules of the game to the types of players--goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, attackers--to skills and team tactics like stepovers, heading, and volleying. Essential Soccer Skills is the go-to guide for anyone interested in learning more about soccer and becoming a better player.
Download or read book Momentum in Soccer written by Alistair Higham and published by Coachwise 1st4sport. This book was released on 2005 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book teaches players and coaches how to understand momentum, affect it, control it and use it to their advantage by exploring match patterns, tactics and player and coach psychology.
Download or read book Strength Training for Soccer written by NSCA -National Strength & Conditioning Association and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2022-06-23 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tailoring strength and conditioning programs for soccer requires a deep understanding of the demands of the game. Preparing players to accelerate, decelerate, change direction, and turn and jump can be a challenge. Developed with the expertise of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), Strength Training for Soccer explains the value of resistance training for soccer players. The book—backed by practical experience, evidence-based training methodologies, and research—provides a general overarching biomechanical analysis of soccer and specific analysis of the physical demands of each position: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, and forwards. Using these analyses, you can design an effective training program that translates to performance on the field. The book also offers the following: 10 detailed protocols to test soccer players’ strength, power, speed, agility, and high-intensity aerobic endurance capacity 6 total body resistance exercises with 4 variations 11 lower body exercises with 23 variations 18 upper body exercises with 44 variations 22 anatomical core exercises with 32 variations 27 sample programs for off-season, preseason, in-season, and postseason resistance training Each resistance training exercise consists of a series of photos and a detailed list of primary muscles trained, beginning position and movement phases, breathing guidelines, modifications and variations, and coaching tips. You’ll also learn proper exercise technique and gain a deeper understanding of what muscles are involved in each exercise so you can develop a complete and targeted resistance training program. Backed by the NSCA and the knowledge and experience of individuals who have years of experience as strength and conditioning professionals for soccer, Strength Training for Soccer is the authoritative resource for creating soccer-specific resistance training programs to help your athletes optimize their strength and successfully transfer that strength and power to the soccer field. Earn continuing education credits/units! A continuing education course and exam that uses this book is also available. It may be purchased separately or as part of a package that includes all the course materials and exam.
Download or read book What Drives Winning written by and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Soccer Dreams written by Clare Hodgson Meeker and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soccer Dreams weaves together a fictional tale about a boy from Kenya who moves to Seattle and helps his soccer coach build a winning team, with real-life strategy and teamwork tips from the current MLS Seattle Sounders FC. The book includes profiles and full-color photographs of the Sounders FC players, along with black-and-white illustrations of the story.
Download or read book Coaching Strikers written by Wayne Harrison and published by Reedswain Inc.. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When we think of the great strikers in soccer history; players like Messi, Ronaldo, Pele, Maradona etc; the most prominent images convey the moments just before, during, and after a goal is scored. The shooting pose, the striker watching the ball fly past a beaten goalkeeper, the euphoric celebration. But what of the movement, the awareness, the cooperation with teammates, the quick decision making, the guile that led to the goal being scored? Striker play in soccer is an art. It requires an understanding of angles, a sense of timing, an awareness of space, great vision, close ball control and shooting skills, and of course the mysterious "nose for goal". This book explores methods to develop great strikers through specific training routines, including: Shooting and Finishing Exercises Small Sided Games Functional Training and Phase Play Specific Movements and Formations Emphasis on Body Position Awareness Training
Download or read book Developing Players with Rondos Using the Soccer Awareness Philosophy written by Wayne Harrison and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-11 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 120 page Book is part 1 of Wayne Harrison exploring the use of rondos in youth soccer. Rondos are a great way to prepare players for the game situations and especially the fast decision making needed within the game. He has included as a way to work into these game situations many Rondo ideas that he feels are great foundation builders for players learning to combine and play together. He has stayed with simplistic ideas that all levels of players can try and be successful at. It is up to each coach to work out how to make it work for their players. Though the foundation of the basic rondo stays the same; we explore different ways to present it. It can be made easier or more difficult based on the number of touches players are allowed, for example, so it benefits ALL players who practice with them; also the size of area they play within can be manipulated to change the challenge. Contents 1) Soccer Awareness 4 v 0 Rondo and unlimited touches 2) Soccer Awareness 4 v 1 Rondo (Unlimited touches) 3) Soccer Awareness 5 v 2 Rondos using (1 and 2 touches) 4) 3 v 1 Soccer Awareness Rondos using Two touches 5) Soccer Awareness Sliding Rondos using one and two touches (or more if needed) 6) No player movement off the ball 7) Soccer Awareness Sliding Rondos every player moving off the ball 8) Passing Rondos always to the central player in a diamond shape for 5 players 9) Different colored pinnies to teach the "look and think" Use cones as the starting points 10) Square passing Rondo 11) Things to consider for brain centered awareness training 12) Barcelona Rondo: Angled Passing and moving in 4s 13) Barcelona Rondo: Angled Passing and moving in 6s 14) Awareness Training Rondos emphasizing quick decision making (The Skill Factor) and Peripheral vision through brain centered development (many developments within this) 15) Soccer Awareness Double Rondos for 8 players 16) Adding Cones to force players to move into open passing lanes 17) Passing Double Diamond Introduction Rondos for 8 players 18) Soccer Awareness Double Rondos with 10 players
Download or read book Consumer Behaviour in Sport and Events written by Daniel Funk and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-10-23 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consumer Behaviour in Sport and Events emphasises the role of consumer behaviour in sport marketing. Given the social, economic, and environmental benefits of sport events, the challenge for marketers is to understand the complexity of sport and event participation. Through a heightened understanding of consumer behaviour, marketers are able to develop communication strategies to enhance the experience, while identifying key elements of the consumer’s decision-making process. This book provides students and industry professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to meet the current marketing challenges facing professionals working in the sport and event industries. This comprehensive text covers a wide range of determinants that influence both active recreation and passive spectator participation, and offers the reader: A detailed understanding of the personal, psychological and environmental factors that influence sport and event related consumer behaviour A basis for the development of marketing actions useful in sport and related business, community and government sectors A comprehensive understanding of how individuals associate themselves with sport and event products and services A quick and simple segmentation tool to guide discussion of marketing actions and strategies for four stages of involvement with sport and events A comprehensive events checklist to help understand marketing actions related to the development, promotion and delivery of a sport event. Sport and event consumer behaviour is a rapidly growing area of interest and this book is considered a valuable resource for those involved in the sport and events industries from students to marketers to academics.
Download or read book Detail written by Gary Curneen and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detail offers a unique insight into the many levels of depth and perspective that currently exist for coaches of the beautiful game. With almost 2 million listens to the Modern Soccer Coach Podcast, Gary has spent four years talking to some of the biggest and brightest names in the sport. At the same time, he's been working at the professional level and pursuing his own coaching journey. This book takes the life of a coach and goes deeper to question certain facets and separate theory from practice. From development to results and family to career advice, this book has everything for a coach who wants to explore coaching much deeper than sessions and games. In a tough profession, Gary delivers coaches with perspective that can help them navigate through the tough times and enjoy the good times.
Download or read book David Beckham s Soccer Skills written by David Beckham and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2007-02-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you dreamed about scoring from the halfway line, bending a free kick past a wall of defenders, assisting in the perfect goal, or leading your team to the biggest soccer tournament in the world? David Beckham has fulfilled his ambition to give something back to soccer and to his fans across the globe. Thanks to The David Beckham Academy, aspiring young soccer players now have the opportunity to realize their dreams. This unique book features Beckham sharing his knowledge of the game, his skills developed from playing for the best clubs in the world, his experiences as England's captain, and his life in Madrid-all captured as never before. Book jacket.
Download or read book Freestyle Soccer Tricks written by Sean D'Arcy and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The professional soccer freestyler offers tips, exercises, and drills designed to improve coordination and ball control and provides instructions for performing various types of juggling tricks.
