Download or read book Soccer Offense for Winning written by Derek Smethurst and published by Reedswain Inc.. This book was released on 2000-11 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former Chelsea & NASL scoring machine Derek Smethurst gives his best advice & drills for creating & finishing goal opportunities. Attacking from the back, the midfield & up front are all covered with drills designed to teach proper positioning & which technique to use when. Each drill has a diagram, description & coaching points. The drills in this book will show your team the way to goals!
Download or read book Score written by Wiel Coerver and published by Sterling. This book was released on 1995 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now any player can be the goal-scoring star of a soccer game -with the help of Wiel Coerver, a former top professional player and winning manager. Watch kids on the soccer field illustrate all the skills needed for good offensive play. Find out how to get a feel for the ball, control it while moving, and practice basic foot and body movements, passing, dribbling, kicking-and of course shooting. Coaches especially will love the fun skill-building games for various numbers of players. 192 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 x 11 3/4.
Download or read book It Pays to Win on Offense written by James Jordan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-05-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named to US Youth Soccer's Recommended Reading List in September, 2015, and updated with ALL-NEW GRAPHICS AND DIAGRAMS, "It Pays to Win on Offense" is a book for soccer coaches who are looking for the most effective way to engage all of their players all of the time in order to teach them attacking soccer concepts. The book provides an all-encompassing Game-based Soccer framework for instilling a relentless, attacking mindset in players. By combining educational theory and making everything a competition, coaches can maximize their practice time and teach that attacking concepts are not just limited to certain players or limited to specific positions on the field. Let's be honest, there are a lot of soccer coaching books out there. Why would you choose to read this one? For parents of soccer players, "It Pays to Win on Offense" gives you insight into what might motivate your own child at soccer practice. While this is really a coaches' book, you may find it interesting to learn about offensive principles of play and the guided discovery questions allow you to ask good questions about the defensive side of the game. For players, "It Pays to Win on Offense" allows you to see where your coach might be coming from when he or she is teaching you defensive concepts. Each coach will have their own style of delivery, but most if not all of the general concepts in this book will hold true. Also, if your learning style is more book-oriented, you will be able to gain deeper understanding of defense and defending on your own time, so you will be more comfortable in practices and games having already been exposed to the ideas. For inexperienced coaches, "It Pays to Win on Offense" provides you with a very detailed, easy-to-understand set of games that can be applied to ANY setting. This is primarily why the book is organized by the number of big goals you have available. ALL of the games and activities contained in this book have been field-tested and they work! Game-based Soccer gives you a framework for practices that will transfer to match days. Because GBS is, by definition, game-oriented, it allows you to observe your players more without feeling that you have to jump in and "be a coach" - this is the number one mistake I see inexperienced coaches make (spending too much time talking with the players standing around getting bored). For coaches who have some experience, "It Pays to Win on Offense" allows you to stay fresh and keep your players energized, especially true when you have been coaching the same group of players for an extended period of time. This framework may be useful, as it challenges some schools of soccer thought with which you may be more familiar. The package of activities, questions, and progressions can be used wholesale or picked apart, depending on your comfort/interest level. For experienced coaches, "It Pays to Win on Offense" provides you with some new perspectives and games with which to "tweak" your own coaching philosophy and practice implementation. Some experienced coaches have told me that they use some of the games here, as they hadn't come across them before. Others have said that they really like the guided discovery questions because it gives them a new approach to try with their players. Others still have told me that they started with one game in the book and then it morphed/evolved into a different one. This is what experienced coaches do; they take something new and apply it to their own setting to get what they need from their players. All in all, I think anyone who has an interest in soccer, specifically the offensive side of the game, can get something from this book. I hope you enjoy "It Pays to Win on Offense," and I welcome dialogue about Game-based Soccer.
Download or read book Soccer Tactics written by Massimo Lucchesi and published by Reedswain Inc.. This book was released on 2000-06 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive overview of the terms, principles & strategies of modern soccer & the roles of all players in both the defensive & offensive phases.In his discussion of offense, the author addresses the role of the player with the ball & his various options as well as the players without the ball & their necessary supporting movements. Defensively, the role of the player defending the man in possession is analyzed as well as the organization of the defenders not marking the ball. The concepts of depth, penetration & encompassing movements on offense & forcing, covering & marking on defense are explained & clearly diagrammed. This is a valuable coaching reference for both new & experienced coaches. :
Download or read book Attacking Soccer written by Peter Schreiner and published by Meyer & Meyer Verlag. This book was released on 2013 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soccer fans around the world adore the offensive style of play based on fast passing combinations, spectacular dribblings, and the art of beautifully shot goals. The question regarding this style of game is how to coach your team to embrace fast attacking soccer. How do you shape your training to cover all the technical and tactical basics? Peter ......
Download or read book Attacking Soccer written by Joe Luxbacher and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 1999 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Put your opponents on their heels and the ball in goal! Use the strategies, plays, skills, and drills of Attacking Soccer to develop a high-powered offensive team that will take your club, high school, or college league by storm. The expert contributing coaches cover the following: - Playing out of the thirds - Possession soccer - Changing points of attack - Quick counterattacks and transitions - Flank attacks - Offensive patterns of play - Restart plays - Individual skill development Editor Joe Luxbacher, head coach at the University of Pittsburgh, has assembled many of the game's top offensive-minded coaches including Dave Sarachan of D.C. United, Jay Hoffman of the U.S. Women's National Team, former Tampa Bay Mutiny coach John Kowalski, and college coaches Dean Foti of Syracuse, Sam Koch of Massachusetts, and Dave Masur of St. John's. Each coach explains and illustrates a specific aspect of developing an attacking offense, helping you develop and implement the tactics, skills, and drills that are needed to maximize scoring opportunities.
Download or read book Create a World Class Soccer Defense written by Chest Dugger and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to learn how to improving your defensive game? Or looking for ways to solidify your team's defense? This book is your answer. As was said by a great soccer manager, 'Offense wins games; defense wins titles'. This is the case with every level of the professional and amateur game in all countries across the globe. Although there is a correlation between scoring the most goals and winning leagues, it does not seem to be quite as strong as having a watertight defense. So, we might conclude that while scoring goals thrills the crowd and helps a team to win, to be a champion it is even more important that the defense is as strong as it can possibly be. We hope that we have made our case. Defense is key to a team's success. But there is another important reason for this coaching book on a team's defensive unit. We can coach attacking play; set moves, individual skills and so forth can all help a team to create and score chances. However, goals often result from a touch of magic. The thirty-yard screaming shot; the piece of dribbling brilliance, the through pass hit with precision and vision. These are hard attributes to train. Or they can result from an error by the opposition. A mishit clearance, a goal keeping mistake, a positional defect or communication lapse. Consistent training and coaching can make a bigger impact with defense than can be with offensive players. Movement that becomes second nature, knowledge, technique, experience and positional awareness - allied to teamwork and communication - these are the elements that come together to produce a defense hard to breach. They are all factors which the coach can improve with their team through drills, team and individual coaching. It is true, if not often said, that attackers thrill the crowd while defenders win matches, at whatever level we play the game, from professional to Under ten teams playing on a Sunday morning. And it is there, with the match winning defense, that a coach earns his salt.
Download or read book Create a World Class Soccer Defense written by Chest Dugger and published by Abiprod Pty Limited. This book was released on 2019-10-13 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to learn how to improving your defensive game? Or looking for ways to solidify your team's defense? This book is your answer. As was said by a great soccer manager, 'Offense wins games; defense wins titles'. This is the case with every level of the professional and amateur game in all countries across the globe. Although there is a correlation between scoring the most goals and winning leagues, it does not seem to be quite as strong as having a watertight defense. So, we might conclude that while scoring goals thrills the crowd and helps a team to win, to be a champion it is even more important that the defense is as strong as it can possibly be. We hope that we have made our case. Defense is key to a team's success. But there is another important reason for this coaching book on a team's defensive unit. We can coach attacking play; set moves, individual skills and so forth can all help a team to create and score chances. However, goals often result from a touch of magic. The thirty-yard screaming shot; the piece of dribbling brilliance, the through pass hit with precision and vision. These are hard attributes to train. Or they can result from an error by the opposition. A mishit clearance, a goal keeping mistake, a positional defect or communication lapse. Consistent training and coaching can make a bigger impact with defense than can be with offensive players. Movement that becomes second nature, knowledge, technique, experience and positional awareness - allied to teamwork and communication - these are the elements that come together to produce a defense hard to breach. They are all factors which the coach can improve with their team through drills, team and individual coaching. It is true, if not often said, that attackers thrill the crowd while defenders win matches, at whatever level we play the game, from professional to Under ten teams playing on a Sunday morning. And it is there, with the match winning defense, that a coach earns his salt.
Download or read book Soccer Defense written by Alan Hargreaves and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2009-09-28 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In soccer, a good defender is someone who can outthink the opponent, win the ball, and combine physical and mental skills with courage and determination. In the mini e-book Soccer Defense: Winning the Ball, coaches and players will find detailed descriptions, full-color photos, and diagrammed drills for developing the skills of first and second defenders. First defenders will learn how to close down on an attacker and jockey, win the ball by good positioning and interception, stop the attacker from turning with the ball, force the attacker one way, and recover when beaten. Second defenders will learn to cover and support the first defender by not moving too soon or too late and to set the offside trap. This mini e-book also covers the three basic tackles: block tackle, side block tackle, and sliding tackle. The photos show correct and incorrect positioning for each tackle, and the diagrammed drills for each tackle include equipment, organization, instructions, and coaching points and progressions. The defensive drills in Soccer Defense: Winning the Ball cover all levels of the game so that beginning, intermediate, and advanced players can all learn to take their defensive skills to the highest level. The mini e-book Soccer Defense: Winning the Ball is an abridged version of the comprehensive book Skills & Strategies for Coaching Soccer, Second Edition (Human Kinetics, 2010).
Download or read book Soccer iQ Presents High Pressure written by Dan Blank and published by SoccerPoet LLC. This book was released on 2017-04-10 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this installment of the Soccer iQ series, college soccer coach and best-selling author, Dan Blank, educates coaches and players on the most effective ways to implement a high-pressure style of team defending. Nearly 80% of goals scored are the result of three or fewer passes, and more than half of all goals scored begin when a team wins possession of the ball in its attacking half of the field. The numbers clearly indicate a statistical advantage to winning the ball in the opponent’s end of the field, and that’s exactly what high pressure is designed to do. High pressure is perhaps the most misunderstood term in soccer’s vocabulary. There are countless coaches who want their teams to play high pressure, but many of them aren’t always quite so sure about what that means. They tend to translate ‘high pressure’ into ‘run around like you stole something until we score.’ They only extract the urgency of which the term implies without much understanding of the nuance that makes high pressure a formidable system of team defense. Those coaches understand that high pressure requires a high work rate, but they don’t understand the tactical savvy that can maximize the output of that work. As a result, their teams feature only the madness but not the method behind successful high pressure. High Pressure provides an easy-to-follow blueprint for coaches and players so they know not only what to do, but why they are doing it. In this book, Dan Blank clarifies the differences between high and low pressure and explains the big picture of high pressure defending. You will learn the roles of each position, the importance of restraining lines, and how to set up pressure funnels to win the ball in the attacking half. Coach Blank also details the telltale cues that signal a team to step up or back off its pressure, and much, much more. High pressure defending requires more than just hard work. It requires organization, communication and an indefatigable team spirit. This book will show you how to create and implement these elements to get a maximum return on your team’s effort.
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 Great Soccer written by Suzanne Cope and published by Children's Press(CT). This book was released on 2001 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the basic skills necessary to play good offense for a soccer team.
Download or read book Soccer Offense written by Chest Dugger and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-03-28 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to improve your individual or soccer team's offensive game? This book is your answer. Soccer is the most popular team sport in the world. It incites passion in players, pundits and supporters and leads to enormous loyalties to followers. It is the simplest of games, but one upon which tactical skills can be layered as we might find in the closest of chess matches. But the aspect of soccer that lifts the crowds to their feet, gets them cheering and, usually, offers the greatest thrills to players and supporters alike is when a team attacks. The superb piece of individual skill, the piercing pass that splits a defence like a bread knife breaking a closely bound loaf, the shot, or header that screams into the net. That is what is at the heart of soccer. And the game is definitely changing to see offensive philosophies overtake more defensive formations as the principals by which top teams orchestrate their play. From the great Arsenal sides of the late 1990s and early 2000s, under the tutelage of Arsene Wenger, through the development of tikka-taka play of the noughties' Barcelona team, through the high pressing, strong attacking style of the likes of Pep Guardiola, who of course started with the Spanish giants, and Jurgen Klopp, the best club sides have built their success on offensive play, trusting themselves to outscore the opposition in any given game. And that has all been to the benefit of the fan, who see more goals - the tactical 0-0 or hope for a goal from a set piece to barely enliven a boring, safe soccer display are largely now removed to the closet of soccer's history. This book will look at offensive plays. It will offer insight to coaches, players and supporters, young and old, and provide drills and analysis that can both help us to better understand the game and produce higher quality in attacking moves ourselves, or with our teams. We hope that you find it interesting, and informative. And that it makes your team, your coaching or your own offensive play more effective. Here's What's Included In This Book: Importance of Offensive Soccer How to Transition into Offense Set Plays Offensive Tactics - Creating Space as a Team Scroll up and download now.
Download or read book Soccer written by Brian Wingate and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2007-01-15 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the history, rules, and strategy of soccer.
Download or read book Soccer Systems and Strategies written by Jens Bangsbo and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2000 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Build a successful team around the strengths of your players! In Soccer Systems and Strategies, two coaches of the Danish national team provide a practical guide to implementing the world's top styles of play into your game plan. They present soccer's four primary systems of play--defined by the number of players at each position and their alignment on the field--and then break down the different strategies, tactics, and styles of play that can be used within these systems. First, learn the basics of the four primary systems of play: the 4-3-3, the 4-4-2, the 3-5-2, and the 3-4-3. Second, choose a style of play that can be used within some or all of these systems. These include different attacking styles, various defensive styles, and styles that are characteristic of international soccer powers, including the Latin, British, Norwegian, South American, and African styles of play. After you determine the optimal system and style for your team, you learn how to counter opponents' tactics and how to teach your system, style, and tactics through practice instruction and drills. Detailed diagrams and plans of action for implementing the systems are included, along with insights on how to make adjustments during the game. Top coaches throughout the world have proven that adapting your system to match your players' strengths and your opponents' weaknesses is the key to developing teams that are competitive year in and year out. With Soccer Systems and Strategies, you have all the information you need to implement the ideal system for your team.
Download or read book Knack Coaching Youth Soccer written by D. W. Crisfield and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2009-08-04 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each spring and fall, hundreds of thousands of kids across North America join local recreation department soccer teams—and thousands of unprepared adults are drafted as coaches. Similarly, every summer, camp counselors are expected to play soccer with children from age five to fifteen. Knack Coaching Youth Soccer applies the unique quick-reference, visually organized Knack format to present a season's worth of plans, exercises, strategies, and tips to help coaches avoid embarrassment, have fun, and leave kids with the happiest experience possible. It addresses the different levels of coaching, both by age and by league. And it expertly covers soccer mechanics, strategy, and coaching philosophy, and provides extensive examples of drills and games for practices. Its 450 full-color photos plus charts and diagrams are complemented by easy-to-follow instructions and plenty of ideas for creating a winning team. • 450 full-color photos • Charts and diagrams • Kindergarten to middle school • Covers soccer both for boys and for girls
Download or read book Soccer Strategies Defensive and Attacking Tactics written by Robyn Jones, Tom Tranter and published by Reedswain Inc.. This book was released on with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aimed primarily at intermediate and advanced coaches, this book examines the principle formations used in modern soccer and the need to fully understand them all if one is to adapt to game situations using counter-active tactics. The authors discuss such offensive topics as support, width, penetration, mobility and improvisation. Defensively, they provide insight into depth, delay, concentration, team balance, cover and restraint. Chapters include: Three Man Defense, Four Man Defense, One Forward System, Two Forward System, Three Forward System Well organized and clearly written, this is an outstanding coaching book.