Select Soccer Drills - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0880114088 ISBN 13: 9780880114080

Publisher: Leisure Press, 1991

America's best soccer coaches share their favorite drills with you in Select Soccer Drills. Widely known soccer coaches John Reeves and Malcolm Simon have compiled 125 drills from successful male and female coaches--national champions, coaches of the year, national and international leaders. The result is a convenient, easy-to-use guide for every coach, whether you're a novice or a seasoned pro.

Select Soccer Drills gives you a wealth of new ideas to help keep practices productive and players motivated, whether you're supplementing your current drills or building a complete program. The 125 drills cover every aspect of the game, and many include variations that you can use to prepare for different situations or to adapt the difficulty to your players' abilities.

The drills develop not only your players' basic skills, but also their ability to handle real game situations. These drills will help them start to think like soccer players.

Select Soccer Drills is easy for coaches from youth to college leagues to use. Each drill is fully diagrammed and presented in an easy-to-read manner that shows you at a glance

* what skills or movements are emphasized,

* the recommended playing area,

* how many players are needed, and

* what equipment is necessary.

Plus, the book's unique Drill Finder chart makes it fast and easy to find exactly the drills you need to emphasize important skills.

Every coach, teacher, and camp director will want a copy of Select Soccer Drills. It's an invaluable reference that makes it easy for you to plan practices and helps you develop strong, well-rounded players.

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From the Publisher:

"An excellent soccer resource. Good for all levels of coaching. Will help coaches avoid one of the most sinister motivational problems--boredom! A text to enhance both technical and tactical training."

Peter Gooding President, National Soccer Coaches Association of America

"Select Soccer Drills is an excellent compendium of drills supplied by knowledgeable coaches at all levels from throughout the nation. . . . A terrific resource."

Soccer Journal

"Select Soccer Drills will be of value for the expert and beginner and is a must for every coach's library."

Jerry Yeagley Head Soccer Coach, Indiana University

"A wonderful collection of training ideas adaptable to all levels of players and coaches. The description format is clear, as are the stated objectives. It will be a good reference for any level coach."

Michelle C. Morgan Women's Soccer Coach and Professor of Physical Education Amherst College

About the Author:

John Reeves and Malcolm Simon combine more than 50 years of soccer coaching expertise in their newest coach's guide, Select Soccer Drills. Two of America's top coaches, Reeves and Simon are the editors of two previous Leisure Press soccer books, Coaches Collection of Soccer Drills and The Soccer Games Book.

John Reeves has been coaching soccer since 1961 at both the youth and collegiate levels. Currently the director of the Division of Physical Education and Athletics for the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Reeves is a member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and is also past-president of the Intercollegiate Soccer Association of America. He earned his doctoral degree in 1983 from Columbia University.

Malcolm Simon is the director of physical education and athletics at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He has coached soccer, basketball, tennis, and volleyball in college, camp, and YMCA settings since 1954. He coached the 1960 NAIA national champions and the 1961 runners-up. Sixteen of his players have been named All-Americans, and five have gone on to play professional soccer nationally and internationally, including Hernan "Chico" Borja. Simon is a member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

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