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| Kids Soccer Practices | Youth Soccer Practices | Competitive Soccer Practices | Goalkeeping Soccer Practices | | Indoor Soccer Practices | 300 Soccer Drills | Soccer Systems of Play | Soccer Blog|  Our StoryWhen I started to coach soccer I did a couple of important things. I went to coaching schools to get international certification and I purchased all the soccer coaching materials I could find: books, video tapes (CDs came later), and so on. I went and watched other teams practice, around the world. To prepare for my own team's practices, I looked at all the info I had, drew up the drills and brought a bunch of papers to the field. That became messy and I decided to neatly write each practice plan on a single piece of paper. Then, during my 20 years of coaching at all levels (kids mini soccer to university and adult amateur), fellow coaches kept asking me what the piece of paper was on my clipboard. When I showed them the complete practice plan, the response was: "Wow, I wish we could buy something like this". And that is how the idea for Print & Go Soccer Drills and Practice Plans came about. I then put together a professional soccer coaching team with a combined coaching experience of over 100 years to develop the best player and team development program anywhere! The result: Effective and entertaining soccer practice plans. We've done this for you and ensured that our practices work by testing them with real teams. Then there were more questions: What about a season plan? What about the team focus? Fitness training: yes or no? During practice or separate sessions? Scrimmages? Speed and mental training? Where are the specific soccer drills for that? How about flexibility and stretching exercises? Any difference between age groups? You will find these questions answered comprehensively only in our soccer coaching books. We also developed a tool for you to develop hundreds of additional practices. You decide on a focus for the season and a theme for the practice and combine the drills to make it happen. If you want to run a practice involving more passing, use exercises with passing themes. Or sequence warm-up-technical-technical-tactical-scrimmage. And finally, how would we get these materials to coaches who needed the right away? The answer: Downloadable books (e-books) that you can access from anywhere in the world at any time. The printed material is supplemented by pictures of soccer specific stretches and soccer moves and by the soccer tips published on our web site Soccer Drills and Soccer Practice Plans The Soccer Practice PlansOur practice books have more than 70 pages packed with pure soccer practice info - no paper wasted. Examples of soccer drills found in the books:
To view book details, click: Kids Soccer For your soccer coaching library, we offer a selection of the best worldwide: We also offer free materials: Our Soccer Coaching PhilosophyPractices need to flow and keep players moving with a ball at all times. Players must be challenged with the drills and be able to feel a satisfaction from progressing throughout the session. Drills must be interesting and vary across skills, tactics, strategies, mental and physical fitness and team building. As coach, you need to minimize your involvement - easy demonstration of the drill and then only interrupt when necessary. Let the players figure things out! Check a soccer drill technical soccer drill Our practice plans are designed so that you can set up all drills in advance and then work through the practice sequence without wasting time moving cones around. Try a free practice plan soccer practice plan Practices and drills must tie in to the team's developmental and strategic goals for the season. We offer a variety of practice sequences depending on the priorities you pick for your team ! All our sessions are designed to be conducted on a half field, but most can be expanded to full field if space is available. About our Soccer Systems of Play BookThe ConceptOnce we got going with the practice books, our coaches started asking us questions like: " I have never coached full field; how do I set up my team?" or "My players have these kind of skills, where do I best place them? What system would be best suited for us?" We wondered why coaches were coming to us with these questions, so we did some checking amongst available publications and resources. What we discovered were either very in-depth materials dealing extensively with issues like zonal defending. Or there were very superficial treatments of positional play, not really useful for anybody. We decided to create a single source of information that covered all modern soccer systems of play. We also wanted to give the coach critical information such as team and coaching requirements, adapting tactics based on reading game situations, and player - to - position matching. We show you the most current systems of play for full field soccer (11v11), and small-sided soccer (indoor 6v6 and outdoor 8v8). Each formation and its variations are reviewed on a single page. The second page shows the starting line-up, typical defensive, transitional and attacking situations. The practices and drills in our Print & Go Practice Books available at Soccer Drills and Soccer Practice Plans are designed to support any system. Our PhilosophyChoosing a system of play and game strategy is one the most important and first decision a coach must make for the team. Two major approaches exist:
Both philosophies are valid. What is important is to recognize the particular situation and choose the best approach. For example, with a short pre-season and little or no recruiting, philosophy # 2 is likely more successful. A longer pre-season and a recruiting program favour philosophy # 1. Soccer Systems Book DesignEach system has an introduction page that provides an overview of the system, which could be historical, philosophical, psychological or strategic. It describes the team requirements to play the particular system, players' skill needs, physical fitness and mental preparation demands. We provide coaching requirements to set expectations and how to develop the team. We discuss game strategy, strengths and vulnerabilities and how to respond to opponents in key situations. The second page of each system has four diagrams with accompanying instructions. The first diagram shows the starting line-ups and describes responsibilities of each player. The second, third and fourth diagrams show positional plays for defending, midfield, transitioning and attacking. Player movement and tactics are indicated. Please enjoy our soccer practice plans and all of the fun and free materials on our web site. Tom Sauder, President Soccer Tips Systems of play, strategy and tactics: Soccer Systems of Play What's New? We have added a soccer tryout package a free bonus download with our combo packs. This package provides you with player forms, with soccer player evaluation tools and with three carefully designed tryout sessions. A must have for every soccer coach. Our latest coaching book, soccer goalkeeper drills and practice plans has just been published. It contains complete soccer goalie practice sessions. Click on the goalkeeping book image at the top of the page for details. We have completed our new booklet, "Winning Strategies for the Underdog." It is available as a free bonus with the purchase of any of our books. It will make your soccer coaching experience even more successful. Useful Links Site Map Blog Soccer Coaching Manuals Soccer Drills Soccer Fitness Training Soccer Coaching Articles Soccer Tips Soccer Links Soccer Skills Soccer Moves Soccer Stretches Soccer Coaching Home Soccer Drills Excellence Expert Soccer Coach Small Youth Soccer NZ Silicone Wristbands NZ Printed Lanyards NZ Luggage Tags |
