Coaching Youth Football: What Soccer Coaches Can Learn From The Professional Game (Soccer Coaching)

Coaching Youth Football is the highly-anticipated follow-up to the international, best-selling soccer coaching book, Making The Ball Roll, by Ray Power.With the help of dozens of contributors from across the professional, academy, and grassroots games, Ray delves into the art and science of coaching youth football players, using up-to-date studies, methods, and examples. The book covers not only the technical and tactical aspects of training in detail but also looks at the wider aspects of football coaching - including physical, psychological, and social elements - in clear language that will be of value to both expert and less-experienced youth football coaches.Coaching Youth Football covers the breadth of the game with compelling specifics, and with illustrations from across the football world - bringing together research, stories, best-practice, and a lifetime of experiences within the game. Chapters cover: Long-Term Player Development, Team Building, Modern Playing Positions, Age-A