Complete soccer coaching guide

50 Soccer Drills, Exercises and Tips for Better Coaching

As coaches, we know that there are many things that contribute to a
young soccer player’s success. Our job becomes one of identifying where
individual players ( as well as our team) are at in terms of their developmental
abilities and then choosing the right activities to help them improve their skills.
When I say “good activities” I mean ones that are fundamentally sound, keep the
kids moving, develop good habits, and make them think about the game as a
whole. This book provides you with 180 activities designed to work on warmingup, dribbling, passing, receiving, communicating, spacing, supporting,
possessing, passing, conditioning, heading, goal keeping, finishing, defending,
offending, and many other techniques and tactics.
I feel these activities are suitable because they’ve been tried and tested
by many soccer coaches and teams. You’ll notice that this is a collection of
material gathered from my experience as a coach, my summer soccer camp
experiences, talking with other coaches, and from coaches who subscribe to my
soccer newsletter available at finesoccer.com.
In addition to specific drills, there are many activities designed to be used
as scrimmages at the end of practice. I highly recommend spending some time
during or towards the end of your practice to play games that include the skills
your players were working on. The kids will have more fun and you will be
surprised at how the carry over from practicing these skills in a small or adapted
version of the game improves the players overall real soccer game performance.
I hope you find these activities helpful, fun, and effective in achieving your
desire to have the best team you can have. As you begin to try them, I would
enjoy hearing your feedback regarding which ones you found most helpful as
well as the ones the kids liked to do the most