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Coaches Manual - Coaching Soccer Succesfully
Coaches Manual - Coaching Soccer Succesfully
Psychological Aspects
Coaches 4-9
Players 10
Parents 11
Coaching Tools
Positions 14
Cognitive Abilities
Ages 5, 6, 7 15
Ages 8, 9 15
Ages 10, 11, 12 16
Ages 13, 14, 15 16
Ages 16, 17, 18 17
Lesson Plan Template 18
Field Diagrams 19-20
Drills 21-27
Coach Scott Haywood has been teaching the “beautiful game” for over 25 years. Scott’s playing career spans nearly
30 years playing college and Olympic Development Program soccer, as well as try-out stints with professional
franchises in the North American Soccer League (NASL) and Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) before landing
with Quicksilver Football Club for 7 years. Scott’s coaching experience ranges from 5 year olds up to Division I
college programs. He has his A License from the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) and the Advanced
National Diploma from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). He obtained his Brazilian
Coaching License from the Brazilian Soccer Federation and is the only American born soccer coach to earn the FA
International License from the English Football Association. Scott is a licensed coaching instructor with the USSF
and the NSCAA and is also highly recommended by the Soccer Association for Youth (SAY). He is the founder and
director of Back of the Net Soccer Academy.
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Psychological Aspects
· Players
· Coaches
· Parents
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Types of Coaches
Autocratic Dictatorial
My way or the highway Benevolent dictator
Coach gets input
Coach makes final decision
Democratic Laissez-Faire
Coach gets input Do as you please
Decisions made by consensus Play “World Cup” and scrimmage
all the time
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A good coach is someone who goes to work early, misses meals, gives away weekends and
plays havoc with family schedules so he or she can help out a group of youngsters.
A good coach is someone who stays a half-hour after practice and more to make sure every one
of the players has a safe ride home.
A good coach is someone who rarely has a mom or dad say “Hey, thanks”, but receives a lot of
advice on game day.
A good coach is someone who teaches young people that winning is not everything, but still lies
awake at night staring at the ceiling wondering what he or she might have done differently to
have turned a loss into a win.
A good coach is someone who can help a child learn to take mistakes in stride.
A good coach is someone who sometimes helps a child develop ability and confidence that did
not exist before.
A good coach is someone a youngster will remember a long time after the last game has ended
and the season is over.
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Attitude
Emotions Performance
Club Information
Management Computer/Vidoe
Media
Coach
Facility
Field
Assistant Condition
Coaches Weather
Equipment
Relatives
The following four reasons make up the most often used reasons by sports psychologists for this
happening.
The parents are living out their childhood through their children. This often gives a
skewed perception of their child’s ability.
The amount of money invested in their child’s athletic endeavors in some cases is
considerable. Club fees, tournament dues and travel expenses add up and give these
parents a sense of entitlement.
The relentless critique of coaches at the college and professional level by the media.
Parents read and hear these critiques and somehow magically become coaching experts.
To help coaches be as proactive as possible with these potential problems each coach needs to
take their team through these following exercises:
Help create a “Parent’s Mission Statement”. Sit down at this meeting and ask them the
question “What kind of a team do we all want to be a part of?”
Coaching Tools
Position
Cognitive Abilities
Lesson Plan
Organizational Forms
Drills
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Goalkeeper:
Physical Attributes: Quick, agile, fearless, strong, and a little nutty
Soccer Attributes: Shot stopping, catch and hold, good ball distribution (punt or throw)
Sweeper:
Physical Attributes: Quick, strong, good foot, knowledge of the game (vision)
Soccer Attributes: Tackling, good in the air (heading, etc.) long-range distribution and
shooting, good ball control technique
Outside Fullbacks:
Physical Attributes: Quick, good stamina, strong
Soccer Attributes: Tackling, good foot for accurate distribution of ball good 1 vs.1
defensive technique
Outside Midfielders:
Physical Attributes: Good speed and endurance (lots of it)
Soccer Attributes: Good 1 vs.1 offensive technique, good foot for crosses, great passing
technique, good outside shooting ability, good speed dribbling technique
Center Midfielders:
Physical Attributes: Savvy (smart), alert, strong (able to shield ball), good stamina and
endurance
Soccer Attributes: Good soccer vision, great ball control techniques, great passing
technique and distribution ability, combination plays
Forwards:
Physical Attributes: Strong (ward off defenders), ability to accelerate quickly, a little selfish to
take defenders on 1 vs. 1
Soccer Attributes: Good air plays (headers), good/accurate shooting, good ball control
technique.
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Ages 5, 6 and 7
At this age attention span is limited. Girls at this age tend to be more advanced athletically. Fun
is the name of the game. Practices and especially games should be small-sided to force a lot of
touches by all the players.
Techniques: Dribbling, using different body parts (except hands) to stop the ball,
understanding personal space concepts, striking the ball and the love of
playing the game.
Ages 8 and 9
At this age kids start to understand personal space and the fact that they and the other players are
developing ball skills in dribbling, passing and striking the ball. They have a hard time seeing the
gray area in life. Everything is black and white – the ball is out of bounds or not, did the other
player hand the ball or not, was that a foul or not. Boys are aggressive and love to slide tackle as
well as play rough. Girls start to be more social during the games and practices. Players should
not be stereotyped into playing one position.
This is the optimum age for the development of individual soccer skills. This is the age where
those skills developed will be used for the rest of their soccer playing days.
Players should not be stereotyped into permanent field positions at this age.
Techniques: Passing, shooting, ball control basics of the game, left and right footwork,
1 vs 1.
Practice: Technique 15% Skills 20% Team Play 25% Free Play 35%
Fitness 5%
Techniques: Crossing, heading, shooting, ball control, 1 vs 1 defending, left and right
foot usage, goalkeeping techniques.
Drills: Tactics are very important to be taught at this age. Small-sided games
should center around tactics as well as skills to be learned.
Fitness: Intensive but short. Can be worked into soccer drills. Warm-up is very
important.
Practice: Technique 10% Skills 20% Team Play 30% Free Play 25%
Fitness 15%
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Techniques: Continue skill development plus adding the subtle finesse skill; bending
passes, chip passes, banana kicks, skilled at left and right foot usage.
Practice: Technique 10% Skills 20% Team Play 30% Free Play 20%
Fitness 20%
Average distance covered per game by soccer players, and the mode of movement (miles)
Source: Performance Conditioning for Soccer V.I #1. Tudor Bompa, Ph. D.
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Lesson Plan
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