The Baffled Parent's Guide to Coaching 6-and-Under Soccer (INTERNATIONAL MARINE-RMP) - Softcover

Williams, David; Graham, Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071456287 ISBN 13: 9780071456289

Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 2005

Synopsis

[ The Baffled Parent's Guide to Coaching 6-And-Under Soccer By ( Author ) Aug-2005 Paperback

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From the Back Cover:

"Scott and David have done a fantastic job getting into the psyche of these very young players. What I really love is their emphasis on FUN, and that kids learn by DOING. This book will make a great extra assistant as you prepare for your season."--Bobby Clark, Head Soccer Coach, University of Notre Dame; author of the best-selling Coaching Youth Soccer: The Baffled Parent's Guide

Coach. You're the new coach of your child's soccer team, and you're not sure how to teach your players the fundamentals of soccer while also ensuring they have fun. Don't panic--Coaching 6-and-Under Soccer is here to help.

Coaching 6-and-Under Soccer offers straightforward advice, tips, and techniques, including reward-based games and drills; your first six practices in an easy-to-photocopy format; and how to teach soccer basics to 4-, 5-, and 6-year-olds in ways that are fun for you and your players. This complete tool kit for a new coach includes:

• The twelve easy-to-run drills that work best with young soccer players
• How to keep your young players happy and active while they learn
• How to make parents your best assistants and supporters
• How to keep the focus where it belongs--not on winning or losing, but on having fun
• How to have a terrific time coaching young players

"Coaching 6-and-Under Soccer shows you how to teach your young players the right way--through lively games that encourage kids to use their creativity and self-expression when playing."--Brandi Chastain, Olympic and World Cup Soccer Champion; author of It's Not About the Bra: Play Hard, Play Fair, and Put the Fun Back into Competitive Sports

"I have no doubt that young players will come to love the game of soccer if their coaches follow the simple, straightforward advice in this book."--Anson Dorrance, Head Women's Soccer Coach, University of North Carolina; author of The Vision of a Champion: Advice and Inspiration from the World's Most Successful Women's Soccer Coach

"I highly recommend this terrific book to coaches who want to instill good sportsmanship and the love of the game in their young players while building a solid foundation in basic soccer skills and teamwork."--Jeremy Gunn, Head Men's Soccer Coach, Fort Lewis College

David Williams is a lifelong soccer player, a dedicated coach, and an avid student of the game. He currently heads the 4- and 5-year-old division of the summer soccer camps sponsored by Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. Scott Graham is an author, journalist, and coach to young soccer players.

Synopsis:

This is the only book to provide straightforward advice, tips, and techniques to the thousands of new parent/volunteer coaches who each year are charged with introducing the sport of soccer to preschoolers and kindergartners in school, club, and parks - and - recreation programs across the country. Of the dozens of books aimed at youth soccer coaches - including our own "Coaching Youth Soccer: A Baffled Parent's Guide", which is the market leader - not one is written specifically for those who need help most. This will be the first book for newly annointed coaches of 4 to 6-year-old players, who require a very different coaching approach. Parents, having discovered that soccer suits itself well to 4 and 5 year-olds, are increasingly enrolling their children in soccer programs as preschoolers, yet every book on coaching youth soccer is aimed at kids six years old and older.These older kids, with a year or two of school under their belts, are ready for the competition-themed drills and light-punishment-oriented discipline the books espouse, but the younger players are not.

When coaching defense, if you kick the ball away from a 4- or 5-year-old player who is dribbling the ball, that player may very well collapse to the ground in tears. And the losing team in a ball-handling relay race may be inconsolable. These tots simply aren't ready for the competitive aspects of game play that captivate older children and adults alike. Rather, they just want to have fun.

About this edition

• Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0071456287
• ISBN 13: 9780071456289
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176