Skills & Strategies for Coaching Soccer

by Alan Hargreaves, Richard Bate

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 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 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 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 Winning the Ball is an abridged version of the comprehensive book Skills & Strategies for Coaching Soccer, Second Edition (Human Kinetics, 2010).

Genres: Sports, Soccer

395 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Kari Preston · Rating 2 out of 5]

it's great if you're coaching boys soccer. I, however, am coaching a team of ten-year-old girls and this book is geared more toward high school boys and older.

[Samantha Simmons · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super helpful for soccer coaches!

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

This may be the best soccer coaching book I've ever read -- and I've read a lot of them.