If, like me, you’re being asked what you would like for Christmas on an almost daily basis, then you could do a lot worse than to request a couple of soccer coaching books to fill your stocking with.
And because in the last five years I’ve spent nearly #1000 on soccer coaching books, DVDs and software [...]

Unfortunately, in the UK football is a winter sport and therefore coaches inevitably face some abject weather at some point in the season.
Around Manchester we’ve had heavy rain almost every day for the last three weeks so I’ve had to think about how I, and other soccer coaches faced with similar issues (of postponed games, [...]

You’ll see it in almost every grassroots coaching session.
Many coaches discuss every topic, every week, by using it.
But it sucks!
I’m talking about the ’scrimmage’ or the all-in large scale match that opens or ends the vast majority of soccer coaching sessions at all levels of grassroots football. I used it mindlessly in the past and [...]

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Science and Schedule – All Made Incredibly Easy
As our season has just ended it is time to reveal the outcome of a fascinating year-long experiment with a methodology called ‘Echo Coaching’. And the results are so positive that I’m sure you will want to apply this system to your own sessions next year.
I’ve just finished [...]

Paul Cooper is the co-founder of Give Us Back Our Game and an expert soccer coach. In this in-depth interview with Better Football he discusses the importance of playing Small Sided Games in football coaching sessions and talks about the motivations for junior soccer players.
One of the key aspects which Paul makes the case for [...]

I’ve just released an updated version of “Small Sided Games: Attack!”; a 40 page book including 8 brand-new Small Sided Games templates plus modifications and progressions for each.
Every topic also includes the key coaching points for techniques and tactics that you can coach through the game – meaning if needed you can take the [...]

Find Your Football Coaching Focus
A few years ago I took over the coaching duties of an Under-12s team in turmoil. Though nobody told me at the time, I was to be the fourth manager in two seasons. And the best three players had just left. Many coaches I have spoken to since then have described [...]