The Soccer Handbook for Players, Coaches and Parents by Luongo, Albert M. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Listing of Drawings, Photographs and Form

Drawings Photographs

Introduction 1. Getting Started

What Is Soccer About? Leadership Coach Development Poor Quality Play Important Areas of Control Substitute Players Can Parents Increase Their Child’s Playing Time? Aggression and Roughness Conditioning and Injuries Equipment Clothing

2. Skill Level

Advice for the Beginning Coach Suggested Guidelines for Practices Better Play and Team Work League Control Parents’ Participation Expected or Average Skill Levels by Age

UNDER 10 UNDER 12 UNDER 14 UNDER 16 UNDER 19

Habits of Players with Style Not Skill

3. Basic Skills for Field Players

Dribbling Basic Trapping Heading Shielding

RECEIVING THE BALL DRIBBLING TURNING ON THE TOUCH LINE A FINAL NOTE ON SHIELDING

Defending Body Traps Instep Kicks Push Passes The Chest Traps Throw-Ins

4. Elements of the Game

Players

GOALKEEPER CENTER DEFENSE PERSON SWEEPER BACK DEFENSIVE WINGERS CENTER HALFBACKS WING HALFBACKS RIGHT AND LEFT FORWARD WINGERS CENTER FORWARDS

Soccer Formations

W-M FORMATION 4-3-3 FORMATION 3-3-4 FORMATION 4-4-2 FORMATION 3-2-5 FORMATION

General Attacking and Defending Defensive Strategy

THE GOALKEEPER’S ROLE ATTACK SOCCER VS. DEFENSIVE SOCCER BALL CONTROL

Plays

KICKOFF WALL PASS DEFENSIVE PLAY ON THROW-INS CROSSES FOR SHOTS ON GOAL CORNER KICKS GOAL KICKS SHOT ON GOAL FOLLOW-UP FAKES TRAPPING IN FRONT OF THE GOAL BREAK-AWAYS SETTING UP WALLS DRAWING OFF PLAYERS SCORING PENALTY KICKS

Referees

THE THREE- AND TWO-PERSON SYSTEMS PREPARATION FOR GAMES THE OFFSIDE LAW COACHES’ EVALUATION OF REFEREES

5. Goalkeeping

Goalie’s Stance Catching in the Air Positioning Punching Tipping Catching Low Balls and Direct Balls Lunging Punting Goal Kicking Propelling the Ball by Hand

THE UNDERHANDED THROW THE OVERHAND THROW THE OVERHANDED TWO-HANDED THROW

Defending Against Two Players on a Breakaway

6. Drills

Homework

TRAPPING AND KICKING VOLLEYING DRIBBLING PRACTICING WITH THE BALL REBOUND BOARD

At Practice

KEEPING THE PLAYERS’ ATTENTION TRAPPING DRILLS DRIBBLING SHOULDER CHARGING DRIBBLING FEINT ONCE-ON TRAP AND SHOOTING OTHER SCORING DRILLS CROSSING DRILLS WALL PASSING SHIELDING DEFENSIVE DRILL TWO AGAINST THE GOALKEEPER DRILL THROW-IN DRILLS SUBSTITUTION OF ADVANCED TECHNIQUES INTO DRILLS WASTE-OF-TIME DRILLS

7. Advanced Techniques for Field Players

Kicks

OUTSIDE-OF-THE-FOOT KICK MORE ABOUT THE ANGLED INSTEP KICK DUCK-BILL INSTEP KICK UNDER-THE-BODY INSTEP KICK FRONT-VOLLEY AND HALF-VOLLEY KICKS SIDE-VOLLEY KICK SCISSORS KICK BLIND-CROSS KICK BACK-HEEL KICK INSTEP-STRIDE SHOT TOE-POKE CHIP KICK

Traps

MORE ABOUT THE INSIDE-OF-THE-FOOT TRAP UNDER-THE-FOOT TRAP HEAD TRAPS SIDE-OF-THE-THIGH TRAP TOP-OF-THE-THIGH TRAP CALF TRAP OUTSIDE-OF-THE-FOOT TRAP DROPPING-BALL TRAP PSEUDO TRAP

Tackles

STANDING-BLOCK TACKLE SLIDING TACKLE SLIDING-BLOCK TACKLE SHOULDER-CHARGE TACKLE TWO-PERSON TACKLE

Index of Terms

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