Bach / Heller Coaching Junior Football Teams For Dummies

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-119-99738-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 388 Seiten, E-Book

Packed with drills and tips for training and game days
The fun and easy way to master the art of football coaching
Volunteering as a youth football coach can be a great experience,both for you and your squad. But what if you've never coachedbefore, or want to improve? Don't worry! This friendly guideexplains football rules, shows you how to approach coaching, andgives you practical pointers on improving team skills andencouraging good sportsmanship.
* Understand football rules
* Develop a coaching philosophy
* Teach football fundamentals
* Run great training sessions
* Lead your team during a game
* Communicate effectively with parents

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bach, Greg

Heller, James

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.
Part I: Getting Started Coaching Football.
Chapter 1: Coaching Children in Football.
Chapter 2: Getting Organised.
Chapter 3: Knowing the Football Basics.
Part II: Building Your Coaching Skills.
Chapter 4: Meet the Parents.
Chapter 5: Evaluating Your Team.
Chapter 6: Running a Great Training Session.
Chapter 7: Match Day.
Chapter 8: Refining Your Coaching Strategies.
Part III: Beginning and Intermediate Football.
Chapter 9: Mastering the Fundamentals.
Chapter 10: Fundamental Drills for a New Team.
Chapter 11: Coaching Basic Attacking.
Chapter 12: Coaching Basic Defending.
Part IV: Advanced Football Strategies.
Chapter 13: Taking It Up a Notch: Drills.
Chapter 14: Upgrading Attacking Tactics and Skills.
Chapter 15: Advanced Defending and Formations.
Chapter 16: Coaching Set Pieces.
Chapter 17: Implementing Advanced Exercises.
Part V: The Finer Details.
Chapter 18: Keeping Kids Injury Free and Healthy.
Chapter 19: Challenges Every Coach Faces.
Chapter 20: Getting More Competitive.
Part VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 21: Ten Ways to Make the Season Memorable.
Chapter 22: Ten Fun Ways to End on a High Note.
Chapter 23: Ten Recommended Resources and Organisations.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

The National Alliance For Youth Sports has beenAmerica's leading advocate for positive and safe sports forchildren for the past 25 years. It serves volunteer coaches,parents with children involved in organized sports, game officials,youth sports administrators, league directors, and the youngsterswho participate in organised sport. The Alliance's programmesare used in more than 3,000 communities across the USA by parks andrecreation departments, Boys & Girls Clubs, Police AthleticLeagues, YMCAs/YWCAs, and various independent youth service groups,as well as on military installations worldwide. For moreinformation on the Alliance's programmes visit www.nays.org.
Greg Bach is the communications director for the NationalAlliance For Youth Sports, a position he has held since 1993.Before joining NAYS, he worked as the sports editor of the HuronDaily Tribune in Bad Axe, Michigan, where he captured numerouswriting awards from the Associated Press, Michigan PressAssociation, and the Hearst Corporation. He has a journalism degreefrom Michigan State University, which he earned in 1989. He'san avid sport fan and has coached a variety of youth sports.
James Heller has been involved in football on and off forover 35 years. As a player, he played from youth-team level throughinto senior football. He has also helped to coach and managefootball teams at several different age levels. In his timeassociated with 'the beautiful game' he has seen juniorfootball coaching in the UK improve from a situation where 20children ran around a muddy park aimlessly chasing the ball,watched by two cold goalkeepers, to one where the focus is onmini-soccer, skills improvement, and 'one child, oneball' training sessions.