Course Detail
Surviving Your First Soccer Season
Course and Module Content
Module 1
How Soccer is Different from other North American Sports
Sections:
1 – What IS This Game? [History, Culture, Globalism]
2 – Let’s Build a Field [Field Lines / Areas]
3 – Positions, Formations and Numbers
4 – Term Time Space Invaders [Terms Coaches Use]
5 – Somebody Please Explain Offsides! [Essential Rules]
Module 2
Call Me Coach
Sections:
1 – Give Us Back Our Game! [Coaching Philosophies]
2 – Off to Designing Practices Class I: S=E+A [Practice Environment]
3 - Off to Designing Practices Class II - Qu’est-Ce Que Tu Fais? [Practice Activities]
4- The Golden Rule of Specificity [How Players Learn]
Module 3
Designing Fun and Effective Practices
Sections:
1 – The Manchester United 4 v 4 Scheme [Benefits of Small-Sided Games]
2 – Soccer Burger [Adding Variation / Conditions]
3 – Combining the 4 Corners [Training Transfer]
4 – Games Galore [Six Effective Small-Sided Games]
MODULE 4
Game Day
Sections:
1 – The Game Environment [Positive, Negative and Hyper Competition]
2 – The Night Before [Nutrition, Planning and Rest]
3 – Game Day [Managing Expectations and Warm-up]
4 – Effective Communication [Tips and Positivity]
with every purchase / enrollment
Small-Sided Games Collection
Each enrollment comes with tried and tested small-sided games for all ages to use in your soccer practices. Creative, fun, easy-to-understand and easy to implement.