| Soccer Coaching Resources |
Train your coaches
The single most important action a youth sports organization can
take to enhance its program is to train its volunteer coaches. Encourage
your organization to train their coaches.
A Parent Orientation Program and
Criminal Background Checks are also available.
TopLeague Animated Football Coaching
(This is a UK site so this really is a Soccer link)
www.topleague.co.uk
This is an excellent site for Coaches, Players, or even Parents.
A range of animations is available, for many topics. The animations
take a moment to load but it is well worth it. Some of the areas
covered are Passing Exercises, Small Team Games, Turns 'n Dribbles,
Free Kick Exercises, Football (soccer) History and Shooting Exercises.
The drills cater for a wide variety of needs starting from the
very basics such as The
Stop Turn, through easy passing exercises such as Slow
Quick Slow, on to more competent passing drills such as The
Circle Pass and up to more difficult exercises for the more
advanced players such as The
Give 'n Go Boxes, The
M and W Odd and The
Column One Two Full. Each drill/exercise gives background
information with the animation adding a visual aspect that really
helps to define and follow the instructions.
Joe Soccer by Gregg Thompson
www.joesoccer.com
Gregg Thompson was a member of the 1984 U.S. Olympic Soccer Team
and the U.S. National Team ('84, '85, '86). He has animated
drills and games that are clear to follow and a useful coaches
handbook.
Posted 11/2/8/05
Footy4Kids
(Another UK site full of resources for coaches of young kids)
http://www.footy4kids.co.uk
This site promotes putting kids and fun first. There is an abundance
of good articles including sections on coaching
fundamentals, basic
skills training, organizing
practice sessions, first
aid, dealing with
parents, how
children think, and lots more. You can find information on
what
to say to kids at practice and how to coach pre-school
children. There is LOTS of information and reading on this
site so scroll down on home page for listings of some of the available resources. Then for
some fun try out the link to the Penalty
Shoot Out game.
Soccer Association for Youth
www.saysoccer.org
This useful website has many Practice Plans
to browse and also plenty of skills
and drills covering dribbling, passing, shooting and warm-up.
There is an interesting section with an interactive tactical
quiz.
Decatur Sports
www.dprsports.com
Very helpful Web Site with great tools including practice plans,
coaching manuals, and coaching tips. "Practice
tips for Youth Soccer Coaches" has answers to many of
the coaching questions you may have. Great articles
are available on all of the basic skills soccer coaches need.You
will also find inspiring
quotes for getting your team pumped up. There are also helpful
links available for referees.
Updated 4-16-07
Better Soccer More Fun
www.bettersoccermorefun.com
Very complete Web Site that concentrates on a European style called
"Dutch Vision" which covers almost all soccer issues imaginable.
According to the sources given in this page, (which are lectures,
coaching sessions, informal talks, critiques and handouts among
others) this site intends to introduce this European style to
the Americas. I recommend the
children's section of the page.
World of Soccer
www.worldofsoccer.com
Site full of excellent soccer resources. One very convenient feature
of this Web page is the great selection of free youth soccer books
that you can order directly from the Site.
US Youth Soccer Organization
www.usyouthsoccer.org
US Youth Soccer promotes a fun, safe and healthy game for all
kids. They also have lots of resources on their website including
video of 50 of the most basic soccer skills, a download
page full of resources for administrators and a tournament
database.
Updated 11/28/07
Soccer Tournament Directory
www.soccertournament.us
This site features US and Canadian soccer tournaments organized
by year and date. You can find tournaments for a holiday weekend
or an indoor tournament. Added 1/18/05
Coach's Manual
http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~dgraham/manual
The Soccer Manual Web Page is a great place for coaches of all
levels. It offers helpful resources, instructions to teach basic
principles, practical guidelines, practice plans to teach basics,
and more. We recommend the link on How to Coach the Very Young.
Overall, this is a very complete Site that will help you learn
or reinforce the basics of coaching youth soccer. There is also
a downloadable version of the manual in a small size version to
print.
The Coaching Corner
www.thecoachingcorner.com
The site sells uniform but also has basic resources
and coaching tips for baseball
and soccer.
Don't miss the useful Forms
and Plans available in Word, some in PDF and HTML formats.
The Medical Release Form and Parent Letter should be a requirement
for every youth coach.
Added 2/14/07
Anti-Smoking Soccer Coach's Manual
www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sport_initiatives/coaches_manual
This manual has drills to teach players how to be in control
when outnumbered, both in soccer and in life. It promotes a smoke-free
soccer environment.
Goalkeeper Coaching
www.frii.com/~benji/goalkeeping
At last a Web page designed to help coaches train the most mysterious
position of soccer, the goalkeeper! This one is one of the few
Web pages out there that specifically concentrate on this position
from drills, footwork, and tactics to equipment, psychology and
more goalkeeping links.
Soccer Help
www.soccerhelp.com
The soccer dictionary in this Web Site can be a great tool for
the youth soccer coach. With over 350 definitions of terms, concepts
and rules this Web page clarifies many basic concepts of the game.
Soccer Performance
www.soccerperformance.org
Another nicely designed Web Site that offers drills for soccer
training, but the Special Topics section is the most interesting.
Cover topics are drugs, injuries, external factors, match analysis,
and even technology.
Online Drills
www.eteamz.com/soccer/pills/jpill.htm
Web Site with a great variety of links helpful to youth soccer
coaches. Here you can find links to practice session drills, individual
drills, fitness, etc. At the bottom of this page you will find
links which take you to very complete sections where you can read
about characteristics and many other aspects of the age group
you work with, from 6 to 18 years old.
Support the Kids Sports Network
If you find these links pages helpful and would like to support
the work of the Kids Sports Network, please consider making a
tax-deductible donation by using the
Local Independent Charities online system. If you prefer to
write a check or would like more information about donating to
KSN, visit our donate
page.
See a list of soccer books
& videos in our library.
To suggest other sites or report broken links, please
|