Coaching Soccer

by National Soccer Coaches Association of A and National Soccer Coaches Association of America

Book Overview

Fundamental skills, offensive and defensive strategy, team offense and defense, conditioning and motivational techniques--every conceivable aspect of the game is discussed in this official coaching... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570280940
• ISBN13: 9781570280948
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 427 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.4" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Worth reading and rereading

This is the only comprehensive book that I keep coming back to again and again. A cornerstone for your library.

Fair but appealing as a Toolkit

I found this book good for the specific lessons it contained, not for the layout or cohesiveness. Basically it is a set of articles/chapters published by individuals who coach soccer, so the point of view is useful if not only limited to the USA's point of view (we have never had a extremely successful program w/ the exception of the WWC). Some of the names are more credible than others. The specific sections can give great information about the less appreciated aspects such as nutrition, soccer-specific exercises, goalkeeping, one-on-one challenges, etc.

The Soccer Coaches Bible

This book is without a doubt a must have for serious soccer coaches. It has more than just drills and diagrams. The book contains many different successfull coaches writings. I have been searching for a "complete coaching book" and this is it!

This is a great book.

This is a great book. Article format with just about every conceivable topic covered in some detail. Drills, tactics, philosophy, psychology, team management. Everything. Well worth the price and should be on every intermediate to advanced coach's shelf. My copy is dog-earred!

Very informative text.

The text is very helpful and informative. The illustrations are somewhat confusing. A suggestion would be to include color in the illustrations to differentiate between offense, defense, etc.... In all, possibly the best book I've read on the subject.