Coaching Resources
The single most important action a youth sports organization can take to enhance its program is to train its volunteer coaches. We ecourage you to use the links below to help you make your coaching experience more valuable and fun.
Pills Drills
www.jaymoore.com/jpill
Jeff Pill is the Director of Coaching for the New Hampshire Soccer Association.
He has his national "A" license and is a National Staff Coach with US Soccer. He is also a FIFA Technical Assistant.
These drills were designed using Soccer Coach, a terrific program made by Sports 'N' Kids .
TopLeague Animated Football Coaching
www.topleague.co.uk
This is an great site for Coaches, Players, and even Parents.
A range of animations are available, for many topics. Some of the areas
covered are Passing Exercises, Small Team Games, Turns 'n Dribbles,
Free Kick Exercises, Football (soccer) History and Shooting Exercises.
Each drill/exercise gives background
information with the animation adding a visual aspect that really
helps to define and follow the instructions.
Joe Soccer by Gregg Thompson
www.joesoccer.com
Gregg Thompson was a member of the 1984 U.S. Olympic Soccer Team
and the U.S. National Team ('84, '85, '86). He has animated drills and games that are clear to follow and he offers a useful coaches
handbook.
Footy4Kids
www.footy4kids.co.uk
Footy4kids has more than 615 pages of drills, articles, practice plans and, of course, the famous footy4kids forums where you will get quick,
friendly advice from experienced youth soccer coaches. We also have sections on tactics, health and safety, how to teach soccer skills and the
basics of youth soccer coaching. You can download 'how-to' manuals and even read football poetry! This site promotes putting kids and fun first.
Goalkeeper Coaching
www.jbgoalkeeping.com
The soccer goalkeeper is one of the most important players on the field. They are the last line of defense and the first line of attack.
To play the position well requires special skills and training. To many coaches, though, soccer goalkeeping techniques and tactics are a mystery.
This is especially true at younger age levels, where often coaches have not played much soccer at all, much less played keeper.
Even experienced field players and coaches may not have much experience with goalkeeping. This site is designed to help soccer coaches coach their goalkeepers.
It outlines and demonstrates basic soccer goalkeeping techniques and tactics, and also touches on the psychology of goalkeeping and provides a primer on goalkeeping
equipment.