Book Library 2

The secret is to develop ideas from set Conditions which force a THEME to be practiced.

When the players master the theme and can execute it successfully using the CONDITION, take the condition out and the players then have to decide for themselves WHEN and WHERE they make their choices of what to do.

This way the players take over the decision making process from the coach (who should be there to guide only), which in the long term makes them 1000% better players for it.

Based On Age Group Sizes Of Games

Soccer shape teaches players how to defend and attack as a team. No matter what formation you choose to play, Team Shape is a vital component to how successful your team will play on the weekend. In this book we will look at various options based on age groups for the size of the games.

Elements of Warm Ups

1. Activities to Raise the Heart Rate - Gradual increase recommended, heat produced in the body warms up the muscles.

2. Game Specific Movements (Awareness session)

Slow pace – half pace – faster pace. Changes in direction, turning and striding out

Passing – Receiving and turning.

If players can't pass and receive the ball in soccer, they will not be successful. The coach of youth players should emphasize technical training while also having a basic understanding of correct technical execution. This can be accomplished using a variety of conditioned games to teach techniques in a way that provides plenty of repetition. This book contains 33 passing and receiving drills that you can implement with your team. Each exercise is explained and important coaching points are emphasized.

This ebook contains 50 of the best, fun and developmental coaching sessions for 6 to 10 year olds providing a solid foundation for you to build your players' skills. There are more than 300 pages of specific practices with diagrams, step by step instructions, objectives, coaching points and progressions. Topics covered include: setting up training sessions and small-sided games, awareness, improving touch, dribbling, shooting, passing and much more. Bring out the best in your soccer players with these fun and developmental sessions.

These sessions have been designed for one soccer season. There may only be time for 30 training sessions for a team during the season (or less in many cases). Hence the coach needs to choose which of the sessions shown are the 30 or so most required out of 50 presented for their particular team needs. In some weeks it may be one particular session is appropriate because the team may have been poor in that area during that week of games. This may mean a session or two being done out of the order they have been prepared here. It is up to the coach to identify this need and choose “when and where” to do a particular session or even repeat it if necessary. This means some other sessions may not be covered at all because of the time factor, there is nothing we can do about this and we must work to the best of our abilities under the constraints of the season and the time we have. This is not ideal in any way but we have to be realistic. For those prepared or able to do more, relevant sessions for them to cover have been prepared. It could include the off season training some teams do to aspire to better performance for when the season begins.

Working OPPOSITES with the movement of strikers using Animation teaching SHORT and SHARP runs

If you can teach players to do this consistently then the player on the ball KNOWS that the player is working TWO RUNS to get free; not just off their FIRST run; but OFF THEIR SECOND RUN. That is where they want the ball delivered. I am teaching my team this now. It is a process that takes patience and time to bed into their minds.

There will be many occasions where we must change the system of play to suit the moment. We want to be able to play several different ways depending on the course of the game. Ultimately, we want to stick to our own game plan as closely as possible; based on what we practice and to keep it simple for us as we dictate to our opponents and impose OUR WAY on them. But game situations can change, and we may have to adjust to suit them. Your personnel may also dictate how you adjust.

Using the 1-3-3-1-3 system of play for this, we show how your players can find free spaces between opponents with inverted runs from outside to in. Including how to create freedom of movement within the team framework.

Teaching players to develop a "one touch mentality" in their game, to train the MIND. To play in "Anticipation" of the ball; both on and off it by Scanning the field constantly to make earlier, faster and more successful decisions in the game. How do we do this? Here are some sessions to use to help develop this ability.

We want to stay with our own game plan as closely as possible; based on what we practice and to keep it simple for us; as we dictate to our opponents; and we impose OUR WAY on them. But there will be many occasions where we must change the system of play and we may have to adjust to suit the opponents. Here are some ideas for you to consider for your team starting with the 13313 and 14231 systems of play.

We produced the eBook "Tactical Thoughts on the Development of the 4 v 4, 7 v 7 and 9 v 9 Game Sizes" covering information on team shape and development. We now add this eBook to provide Curriculums in each game size to support the tactical games eBook.

What this eBook offers you:

• Its all done here for you, paying attention to the ages of the players and the depth of teaching suitable to them.

• As the program moves from 4 v 4 through to 11 v 11 the focus changes from individual teachings at 4 v 4, to small sided situations at 7 v 7, to Phases of play and tactical needs at 9 v 9; through to team tactical development at 11 v 11.

• 11 v 11 focuses on advanced training ideas to teach the “team”.

• This eBook covers up to 14 weeks of training for each game size presented as one session per week.

• All sessions have small sided games scrimmage set ups as close as we can get it to finish to reflect the theme of the session.

When we think of the great strikers in soccer history; players like Messi, Ronaldo, Pele, Maradona etc; the most prominent images convey the moments just before, during, and after a goal is scored. The shooting pose, the striker watching the ball fly past a beaten goalkeeper, the euphoric celebration. But what of the movement, the awareness, the cooperation with teammates, the quick decision making, the guile that led to the goal being scored? Striker play in soccer is an art. It requires an understanding of angles, a sense of timing, an awareness of space, great vision, close ball control and shooting skills, and of course the mysterious "nose for goal". This book explores methods to develop great strikers through specific training routines, including: Shooting and Finishing Exercises Small Sided Games Functional Training and Phase Play Specific Movements and Formations Emphasis on Body Position Awareness Training

Themed Exercises and Small Sided Games

Outstanding games and exercises to prepare players for the situations that arise in the match. Includes exercises for: Possession, Shooting and Finishing, Transition, Heading, Defending and Crossing.

Soccer is a living game. Within a single match, the speed, direction, momentum, personality and flow of the game can change numerous times. But ultimately, the players find themselves in "soccer moments", situations in the match that recur time and time again. This series of training exercises and small sided games allows you to teach your players to deal with these "soccer moments" intensively on the training ground, maximizing their preparation for the real match.

Players Roles and Responsibilities in the 4 - 4 - 2: Defending provides an in depth description of how to train your team to defend using this formation. The 4 - 4 - 2 is the most commonly used formation throughout the world. This book will help you teach your players to defend better individually and as a team. The book begins with sessions that train players to defend individually and then in groups. The sessions build from working with the defensive back four and progress through the midfielders and forwards. Once each group is addressed, sessions are introduced that train the groups to work together and defend as a unit. These practices lead to working in 11 v 11 scenarios to ensure that each player understands their responsibilities within the team. The sessions begin as unopposed exercises to allow you to focus on the key factors necessary for effective defending. As the players gain confidence opponents are added to increase the challenge. Functional training and phase of play exercises put the players in specific game situations so that they can practice their reaction to every circumstance they will face in the game. Many small-sided games are also included to allow the players see those situations in a game environment. This progressive training method will allow the players to take the principles they learn in practice and apply them on game day.

Contents

• Warmups: Teaching a Philosophy of player development using Rondos

• Warmups: A One Touch Mentality Training: For developing the “Thinking Processes” in Players

• Footwork and Co-Ordination ideas

• 4 v 4 Curriculum: 15 weekly sessions

• 7 v 7 Curriculum: 15 weekly sessions

• 9 v 9 Curriculum: 15 weekly sessions

• 11 v 11 Curriculum: 15 weekly sessions

• A simple Introduction: The 5 Phases of play in the 1-3-3-1-3

• A simple Introduction: The 5 Phases of play in the 1-4-2-3-1

• Defensive Rotational Recovery positions in 7 v 7; 9 v 9 and 11 v 11

• Teaching Freedom of Movement for the 1-4-2-3-1 and 1-3-3-1-3 with Attacking and Defensive positioning and covering for each other

This eBook shows how these different size games can be taught and also shows different systems of play that might be useful to you.

The idea I am trying to cultivate is to find a pattern of development that goes from 4 v 4 to 7 v 7 all the way through 9 v 9 to 11 v 11 that educates the players VERY EARLY on how to ultimately play the 11 v 11, a common thread running right through the book.

Run with them as you may and of course come up with your own solutions too as that is what coaching is all about. I have introduced the use of RONDOS to initially aid the development of players for the game situation.

This book contains 30 of Wayne’s favorite coaching clinics for advanced coaches. There are nearly 500 pages of specific practices with diagrams, step by step instructions, objectives, coaching points and progressions. Sessions include awareness training, combination play, shadow defending, team shape, zonal defending and more.

• How to play the 4-2-3-1: Attacking and Defensive Positioning: How to cover weaknesses in the system

• The 5 Phases of development

• Positioning at the back when losing the ball with both wing backs pushed and the resulting adjustment needed

• Quick Pressing in the Attacking Third and when to drop

• Changing shape to counter the opponents who are playing a 4-3-3

• The Movement Off the ball interactions of 2 and 7, and 3 and 11

• Developing Play in the Attacking Third: Free Kicks into feet or in open play

• In and Around the box final positioning

• Getting players in behind the Opponents back four from Deep

• Team Game Preparation ideas we should be aware of; and Key Points we need to understand

• Changing Strategy in the Game Situation

• Distribution from the keeper and Playing out from the back

• How to develop Spatial Awareness

This book has been written with the beginner coach in mind carrying through the levels to ultimately the professional coach. So something for everyone Striker movement is one of the greatest and most difficult ARTS to master The situation is constantly changing and the striker is constantly moving to create space for him or herself but also for teammates.

I have tried to cover individual striker work as well as combined striker work and taken to; for example; a 1 on 1 technical finish with the keeper to building the ideas using more players and moving to small sided game situations, small sided Functions, to more player involved Phases of Play; to 11 v 11s. Included also are special and specific sessions that are not so obvious as striker sessions but are equally important; such as the dropping off and receiving and turning 3 zone session in Zone 14.

I have enjoyed putting this book together, I use effectively all the sessions in the book and I hope you have as much pleasure and success from these ideas as I have with my teams and my current and previous clubs.

This 222 page eBook explores the use of rondos in youth soccer. Rondos are a great way to prepare players for the game situations and especially the fast decision making needed within the game. I have included as a way to work into these game situations many Rondo ideas that I feel are great foundation builders for players learning to combine and play together. I have stayed with simplistic ideas that all levels of players can try and be successful at. It is up to each coach to work out how to make it work for their players.

Though the foundation of the basic rondo stays the same; we explore different ways to present it. It can be made easier or more difficult based on the number of touches players are allowed, for example, so it benefits ALL players who practice with them; also the size of area they play within can be manipulated to change the challenge.

The game is really all about 4 Phases of Play. It can be divided up further into sub phases but the essence of the game are these 4. This eBook is what one of my main training sessions is based on. We actually train very often with this precise game situational model as it totally mirrors what I expect my team to do in the actual games.  In doing so, we practice the same ideas over and over until they become AUTOMATIC when it matters.

I hope you enjoy this eBook. It's a great way to prepare your team for your games.

Identifying and Solving Common Real Game Situation Problems in the Training Environment

This is a different way to look at the game, rather than highlighting what we need to do well, it shows what often goes wrong and how to fix it. These are many situations I have found happen in top level games. How many of these problems do YOU experience with your team?

98 pages outlining 31 different real game issues and how they can be fixed before they happen. Interactive table of contents links to each section.

More than 750 pages of session, drills, theory and more to get you started or take your team to the next level.

This program is perfect for youth coaches wanting practices to start their soccer coaching education and it is also for those more advanced and experienced coaches wanting to train their players as best they can at these wonderful open minded ages for development and education of both the mind and body. Our plan is to help all coaches at whatever level of experience they are at.

This book aims to provide the best educational information possible for all coaches of players from 6 to 10 years old in terms of the Technical, Tactical, Skill, Psychological and Physical attributes players need at these ages and then bring it all together in a team concept. As the age group raises so does the type of training required.