For volunteer coaches, the easiest and quickest of these resources
is the online variety, so we have provided a short list of sites
that might help you. The following links are just a few of the
dedicated coaching links and resources that are out there.
Please feel free to forward the name, web address and comments
describing the contents of other Soccer Coaching sites that you
feel may be of help to our coaches to
| Articles, Advice, Coaching Manuals &
Drills, Drills, Drills |
| Ontario
Soccer Association - Coaching Program |
The Ontario Soccer Association’s (OSA)
Coaching Program page provides access to the Community Coach
development plan, technical clinic schedule and online access
to the Grassroots Coaching and Mini Soccer Guide and Rules
booklets. |
| Canadian
Soccer Association – Coaching Centre |
For those looking for ideas on setting up a practice session,
the Canada Soccer, Coaching Centre web site provides detailed
season long practice plans for the 6 - 7, 8 - 9 & 10 -12
year old age groups. The practices are built around fundamental
themes including dribbling, passing and shooting. s that can
be downloaded and printed. |
| National
Coaches Association of America - Coaching Tips |
The official site of the National Soccer Coaches Association
of America. It contains a regularly updated list of articles.
While there are limited drills, the discussion about skill
development are very insightful and easy to read. |
| The
FA Soccerstar Challenge |
The FA Soccer Star Challenge is a British soccer coaching,
learning and assessment program, for boys and girls aged 6-16
years. The program consists of practices and games that enable
children to learn essential soccer techniques, together with
six simple reliable tests. |
| Bruce
Brownlee Coaching |
The soccer coaching notes at BruceBrownlee.com offer ideas
about coaching soccer, especially the role of the youth soccer
coach, with articles on tactical training, technical training,
coaching girl's soccer, team management, game day preparation,
and dealing with soccer match hazards. The site also provides
links to more than 20 Soccer Coaching Websites. |
| Decatur
Sports |
The articles, drills, exercises and tips listed on this
site are part of the most comprehensive soccer coaching library
on the internet. |
| footy4kids |
A British based site that includes lots of articles and
games and drills. You'll also find links to other soccer coaching
resources that other people have created. |
| Jeff
Pill’s Drills |
Jeff Pill is currently the Women's National Staff coach
for US Soccer, serving Region 1. This site is an excellent
resource for coaches. The drills are broken down into skill
areas including defending, goalkeeping and basic skills. |
| Kwik
Goal |
The Coaching page on this Soccer Equipment suppliers web
site provides access to Coaching and Training Tips and Drills
from a variety of different sources including Fine Soccer
and World Class Coaching. |
| Joe
Soccer |
This site contains a collection of youth games broken down
into skill categories. Each drill has a cool animation indicating
how the game is to be played. The drills are contributed by
former U.S. national team player Gregg Thompson. |
| Soccer
Help |
A collection of 62 soccer drills and practice games that
are fun, maximize activity, minimize lines, are easy to set
up and teach players to play soccer. |
| Soccer
Help |
SoccerHelp and SoccerHelp Premium ($29.95 per year) are
for anyone who coaches Recreational soccer (youth and adult
teams), for coaches of select/travel soccer teams up to about
age 16, and for parents and players. Soccer Help has more
than 200 free online pages of about coaching and playing soccer. |
| Jeff
Benjamin’s Goalkeeper Coaching |
Since its launch in 2000, jbgoalkeeping.com has become recognized
world-wide for providing useful, understandable and comprehensive
information for goalkeepers and their coaches. |
| Kids
Sports Network |
Provides links to a number of different soccer coaching
resources from around the world. |
| Soccer
Performance |
This site aims to improve performance in soccer at every
level & is designed for anyone who plays or coaches or
is simply interested in the worlds N° 1 sport. A wide-range
of new soccer articles, drills & game analyses are added
on a regular basis. |
| Soccer
Coach – L |
An online or downloadable manual that covers all aspects
of coaching including basic principles, practice plans and
game day guidelines. The site also dedicates a whole section
to coaching young children (6 and below including helpful
information on dealing with the uniform tendency of such players
to make a large swarm around the ball during games. |
| Soccer
Clinics |
SoccerClinics.com a pay site with an annual membership fee
of $65 US is one of the most comprehensive coaching resources
available with over 4,000 pages of text, graphics and superb
animation covering every aspect for coaching soccer. |
| Laws & Rules of
the Game |
| FIFA
Laws of the Game |
Official Laws of the Game from FIFA |
| Laws
of the Game Q & A |
Official supplement to FIFA Laws of the Game |
| Interactive
Offside Rule |
Interactive guide to the Offside Rule (Rule 11) from FIFA |
| Coaches
- Laws of the Game FAQs |
Collective effort by a group of soccer coaches to answer
frequently asked questions about the Laws of the Game |
| OSA
Mini Soccer Rules |
Official Mini Soccer Rules from the OSA. |
