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- Soccer :
How to Play the Game : The...
Dan Herbst, Bobby Howe (Editor)
Contains detailed information on necessary skills, from basics like dribbling the ball and
throw-ins to advanced skills like sliding tackles and goalkeeping. Each is presented
separately, with photographs and drawings of a player executing the skill, advice on how
to perform it and when to use it, and most common mistakes. Over 100 practice games, coded
for different player ages and levels of instruction, are also outlined to help players
develop their technique. Published under the auspices of the United States Soccer
Federation and recommended by the MYSA.
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- For the
Good of the Game
- Robert Evans, Edward Bellion / Paperback / Published 2001
The authors demonstrate a broad and thorough understanding of the laws and spirit of the
game through their writing. Diagrams in the book illustrate field positioning for the
referee to consider so they can avoid mistakes and make proper decisions. Practical
examples help the referee understand how to better manage players at any level, and
ultimately how to best serve the game. Every referee should add "For the Good
of the Game" to their reference library.
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- Skills
and Strategies for Coaching Soccer
- Alan Hargreaves / Paperback / Published 1991
One of the best overall books on youth soccer coaching that I have found so far. There are
a lot of useful tips on technique, and a very good section on defense.
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- Soccer
Drills for Individual and Team Play
- James P. McGettigan / Paperback / Published 1989
Promoting lasting good habits and reactions in players, the 264 drills included create
game-like situations in practice, resulting in direct interaction among small groups of
players in the area of the ball.
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- Soccer
Practice Games/120 Games for Technique, Training, and Tactics
- Joe Luxbacher / Paperback / Published 1994
- These 120 quick-paced games are excellent for coaches who want to
teach specific soccer skills and tactics or who need drill ideas
for the practices, as well as for players who want to work on skills on their own. All
games are fully illustrated and detailed for organizing and
playing.
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Blowing
the Whistle: A Referee's View of Soccer
Dirk Baay, et al
Dirk Baay, a native of The Netherlands, is a retired college professor who for 35 years
has refereed soccer at all levels, from youth to college and top amateurs in the U.S. and
elsewhere. He has written this book for a broad audience of referees, players, and
spectators alike, aided by the witty cartoons of his fellow referee in Colorado, Flint
Whitlock. The author is a regular contributor to Referee magazine.
Score!
Soccer Tactics & Techniques for a Better Offense
Wiel Coerver
Coerver brings his teaching methods, made famous from his very popular video training
series, to this book using photographs to illustrate techniques.
Soccer
Fundamentals for Players and Coaches (paperback)
Wiel Coerver
Coerver brings his teaching methods, made famous from his very popular video training
series, to this book using photographs to illustrate techniques.
Select
Soccer Drills
John A. Reeves, J. Malcolm Simon
The
Coaches Collection of Soccer Drills
John A. Reeves
For the more skilled player, these books are two guilds published two years apart to help
coaches instruct and provide them with some new ideas for drills.
Soccer
Drills and Games Techniques Strategies and Physical Preparation
Gunnter Lammich
Going beyond simple drills, Lammich provides advise and help for coaching at the upper
youth ages that includes preparing physically and recognizing game situations.
Soccer :
Steps to Success (Steps to Success Activity Series)
Joe Luxbacher, Joseph A. Luxbacher
A book from the Luxbacher's that works on team building and player development
The
Soccer Goalkeeper
Joseph A. Luxbacher, Gene Klein
Focuses on developing a keeper from drills and positioning to teaching them to be a team
leader.
Coaching
Soccer Successfully (Coaching Successfully Series)
Roy Rees, Cor Van Der Meer
Suggested for new coaches and as a reference guide for experienced coaches to check
themselves against
Youth
Soccer Drills : 77 Drills for Beginning to Intermediate Players
James Garland
Another good reference book to use when planning practices
High-Performance
Soccer : Techniques & Tactics for Advanced Play
Paul Caligiuri, Dan Herbst
U.S. National veteran Caligiuri provides instruction for coaches and players looking to
move to more advanced levels
The New
Toughness Training for Sports : Mental, Emotional, and Physical Conditioning from One of
the World's Premier Sports Psychologists
James E. Loehr
Though not soccer specific, its concepts can be applied across many sports for both
individuals and teams.
- Attacking
(Soccer School)
- Richard Dungworth / Paperback / Published 1998
Ball
Control (Soccer School Series)
- Gill Harvey, et al / Paperback / Published 1996
The Crazy
Soccer Game (Crazy Games)
- James Henry (Illustrator) / Calendar / Published 1996
Dead Ball
Skills (Soccer School Series)
- Richard Dungworth / Library Binding / Published 1997
Defending (Soccer School Series) - Gill Harvey / Library Binding / Published 1997
Kids' Book of Soccer : Skills, Strategies, and the Rules of the Game
- Brooks Clark / Paperback / Published 1997
Never Say
Quit
- Bill Wallace / Paperback / Published 1994
Passing
and Shooting (Soccer School Series)
- Clive Gifford / Library Binding / Published 1997
S.O.R.
Losers - Avi / Paperback / Published 1995
S.O.R.
Losers
- Avi / Hardcover / Published 1984
Score! :
Soccer Tactics & Techniques for a Better Offense
- Wiel Coerver / Paperback / Published 1995
Scream,
Team! (Graveyard School No. 12)
- Tom B. Stone, Tom R. Stone / Paperback / Published 1996
Soccer
School : Bind-Up (Soccer School Series)
- Gill Harvey, Richard Dungworth / Paperback / Published 1997
Soccer
Scoop
- Matt Christopher / Hardcover / Published 1998
Soccer
Scoop (Matt Christopher Sports Classics Series)
- Matt Christopher / Paperback / Published 1998
Soccer
Skills (Hotshots Series)
- Alistair Smith (Editor), et al / Paperback / Published 1995
Soccer
Star (Choose Your Own Adventure, No 146)
- Edward Packard, Tom LA Padula (Illustrator) / Mass Market Paperback / Published 1994
Soccer,
Play Like a Pro (Be the Best!)
- Anthony Ventura / Paperback / Published 1991
Tactics
(Soccer School)
- Clive Gifford / Paperback / Published 1998
Tangerine
(Young Adult)
- Edward Bloor / Hardcover / Published 1997
Top Wing
- Matt Christopher / Paperback / Published 1995
The
Usborne Soccer School
- Gill Harvey, et al / Library Binding / Published 1997
Zombies
Don't Play Soccer Vol 15
- Debbie Dadey / Paperback / Published 1995
The Case
of the Soccer Camp Mystery (Clue Jr , No 13)
- Hinter C. Parker, et al / Paperback / Published 1998
The
Composite Guide to Soccer (The Composite Guide to Series)
- Library Binding / Published 1998
Foul Play
(Soccer Stars , No 1) Vol 1
- Emily Costello / Paperback / Published 1998
On the
Sidelines (Soccer Stars , No 2) Vol 2
- Emily Costello / Paperback / Published 1998
Soccer
- Ivor Baddiel / Hardcover / Published 1998
Soccer
- Deni Bown / Paperback / Published 1998
Soccer :
An Intimate History of the World's Most Popular Game (The Watts History of Sports)
- Mark Stewart / School Library Binding / Published 1998
Superstars
of Men's Soccer (Male Sports Stars Series)
- Tim Ungs, Timothy Urigs / Library Binding / Published 1998
Tactics, Library ed. (Soccer School) - Clive Gifford / Hardcover / Published 1998
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