The New Coach's Guide to Coaching Youth Soccer

A Complete Reference for Coaching Young Players Ages 4 through 8

Robert L. Koger

• Publisher: Skyhorse
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN:
  9781632206886
• eBook ISBN:
  9781632209450
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Sport & Exercise Science
• Index: Biological Sciences

Expert advice to make youth soccer more fun for players, parents and coaches. Robert Koger coached youth soccer for over twenty-five years. For the thousands of new coaches taking over teams every year, the advice he offers will make their lives easier and their teams better. Koger covers everything a new coach needs to know: the rules of the game, the layout of the field, the logistics of finding playing space, setting up practices, and even handling pesky problem parents.If you want to understand the offsides rule, clarify what goalkeepers can and can't do inside the penalty box, need advice on conditioning and training players, you'll find it here. Designed specifically to help coaches work with young players ages four through eight, Koger's goal is to make the game fun for kids, parents, and coaches. With fourteen million American children playing in organized leagues, and more new coaches needed every year, this book is essential and helpful reading for anyone who chooses to take up the whistle and manage a team.Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team.Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• 1 Getting Started as a Soccer Coach
• 2 The Soccer Field
• 3 Understanding the Game
• 4 Rules of the Game
• 5 Start and Restart Actions
• 6 Coach, Player, and Parent Equipment
• 7 Referee and Referee Signals
• 8 Starting the Season
• 9 Teaching Soccer
• 10 Developing Your Players
• 11 Practice Setup
• 12 Starting Each Practice (Warm-Up)
• 13 Practice Skills and Drills
• 14 Start-and-Restart Practice
• 15 Offense and Defense Drills
• 16 Game Preparation
• 17 Game Formations
• 18 Nutrition and Water
• 19 Knowing Your Players’ Characteristics
• 20 Handling Parents and Other Situations
• 21 Fun Things to Do
• Glossary
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author