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Teaching Soccer Fundamentals | 
 enlarge | Author: Nelson Mcavoy
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 204323
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 172
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6.4 x 0.5
ISBN: 0880118555
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.334077
EAN: 9780880118552
ASIN: 0880118555
Publication Date: August 1998
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Condition: BOOK IS BRAND NEW BUT HAS SMALL FOLD ON FRONT COVER. FAST SHIPPING!!!!E1N
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Book Description
As a soccer coach, you need to know how to teach basic skills and run solid practices. Teaching Soccer Fundamentals explains how to maximize young athletes' learning of essential techniques and tactics through fun and efficient practice sessions. Including helpful photographs and illustrations as well as instructions that are easy to understand and apply, this book shares more than 30 years of soccer coaching experience. Author Nelson McAvoy offers tips for maintaining kids' short attention span and methods for boosting participation, including short-sided games. Teaching Soccer Fundamentals will make next season a more rewarding experience for you and your players.
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 I hope no one actually tries this! October 15, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is full of practical and useful information. It is obvious that McAvoy has a lot of valuable experience. However, his style of writing injected a lot of his own personality into the work, which I found to be distracting. I got tired of hearing about Izavbell, and her name so unusual as to detract from what McAvoy is trying to convey. And I was a bit taken aback when McAvoy advises the reader already in chapter 1 that he or she should 'try to hit someone in the face unexpectedly with your fist' to prove a point about instincts. I hope no one actually tries this! But if you are looking for a decent book about soccer and not a great work of literature, this one is for you. McAvoy shares a lot of great drills and games to keep any team occupied for a full season!
Excellent book for new and experienced coaches! August 2, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have no sports background but have been coaching U8 soccer for several seasons. I moved up to U9 boys and have been looking for a book to explain more about the fundamentals of soccer and provide drills to teach them. This book emphasizes teaching soccer fundamentals including the push pass, instep kick, moves, and tactics. It also gives you drills that emphasize each skill in gradual progression. In 2 practices, my guys could do a decent instep kick!
 Teach the game March 17, 2002
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
Regardless of whether you know the game, if you want to learn more about how to teach the game, this is the book for you. I grew up playing, but starting coaching was a struggle to get the kids to understand -- until I bought this book 2 years ago. I still recommend it, and I still use it. This shows you what skills to start with and how to progress as the kids catch on. With the philosophies and games in this book you can keep the attention of your team for many many practices.
An excellent book for the thoughtful youth soccer coach June 11, 2001
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
Nelson McAvoy is a former rocket scientist who coaches youth soccer. He has thought and learned a lot about HOW kids learn to play soccer, and in this book he tells you about it clearly, entertainingly, and compellingly.I don't have his experience in coaching kids in the 9-11 year-old range, but I still found the book invaluable, because now I know what I can and can't expect to accomplish with younger kids. I also understand how important it is to be a teacher, and how it can hurt the kids' development if you just "let them play" without introducing the right skills when they are ready to acquire them. Any coach who reads this book and doesn't become that kind of teacher for kids in that critical 9-11 year age group must not have been paying attention! This one is a keeper.
Can't wait to get out there and use this! August 5, 2000
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
Nelson McAvoy briefly coached my sister, and was one of the best even back in the '70s. Every word in this book resonates with the experiences of what works and what doesn't. You'll learn just how much learning to mix in with the right amount of fun, and the book is chock full of drills that will train the players to act like a soccer player without thinking about it. I just know when I get out there on the field armed with this book that the kids are going to enjoy it enough to sign up next year, and are going to learn the game without realizing it because they're having a blast.
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