Being a successful coach means helping different types of players understand the basic skills and concepts involved in playing the game. Coaching Methods for Soccer provides a brief overview of the communication tools and methods required to teach various techniques and tactics in soccer.

Knowing the X's and O's is only part of the battle. Understanding all the coaching points and mechanics involved with the skills and techniques of soccer is not enough to articulate and transmit that knowledge. You need to know how to expose players to your expertise. Different players and circumstances require different teaching methods. Some players respond better to seeing the technique or concept in action while others learn by hearing about it.

Coach Stone highlights four basic methods to better reach your players and become a more effective and efficient coach. With each method, you get five different communication tools. Each method also features practice footage that clearly illustrates the communication tool, showing you the benefits and how to implement it.

Players cannot meet your expectations if they do not understand them. The best way for your athletes to understand them is to practice; to work on the problems they are having. Simply providing solutions to the problems is not enough; players need to see, feel, hear, and practice these in environments where you are directing and managing the learning process. Several methods can be used to better teach and reach your players. When coaches can clearly, effectively and efficiently articulate their expectations and knowledge, their players are more likely to implement ideas, techniques and skills that lead to greater results and understanding.

Coaches are teachers, artists and scientists. The field is their classroom, canvass and laboratory. As a coach, you cannot be a one-trick pony. This presentation offers ways for you to become a more effective communicator, demonstrator and educator on the field.

47 minutes. 2015.

RD-04730B: with Corbin Stone, Pleasant Valley (IA) High School Head Boys Soccer Coach;
former Drake University Head Women's Soccer Coach;
3x Missouri Valley Conference Women's Soccer Coach of the Year, 4x Missouri Valley Conference Champions; Iowa Youth Soccer Association Coach of the Year (1999)

In the modern game of soccer, teams are using more flexible, adaptive defenses. As a result, teams must be able to attack in a variety of ways and understand the concepts involved in countering, transitioning quickly, circulating and building play, combining and making the final pass to score goals.

Teams must understand specific ways to create and score goals. In this presentation, Corbin Stone covers:

• width and depth in attack
• countering on the break
• circulating the ball and building
• setting and adjusting the pace of the game
• attacking and combining in the final third
• movement off the ball in attack
• improvising in attack

Many presentations on attacking soccer focus on only one aspect of play, such as the counter attack. Coach Stone uses five different activities to focus on several different principles of play.

There's no need to purchase separate videos on how to counter, how to combine in final third, how and when to slow pace of game down. This presentation is an all-in-one package that will help your players attack more efficiently and effectively.

91 minutes. 2015.

Using a blend of practice footage and video analysis, Corbin Stone breaks down the specific physical mechanics of shooting, crossing, and heading (both offensive and defensive). His instruction gives clear, effective tools and coaching points for developing your team's finishing in the offensive third and heading all over the field.

Coach Stone begins with practice footage of his youth team. Then, moving on to an analysis of practice footage of older players that highlight the techniques being emphasized, the presentation provides detailed instruction on the technical components in three areas:

Shooting:
Players who cannot shoot or finish cannot score goals. Coach Stone breaks down the key mechanical components of shooting for accuracy and from a distance. He emphasizes several key coaching points for developing strong, accurate player shots including knee position, "plant-foot" location, "foot strike" surface and position on landing.

Crossing:
Serving the ball from wide positions is a difficult but important skill if teams want to attack with width. Coach Stone provides clear, detailed technical instruction on how to deliver a variety of crosses into the penalty area and across the goal. Highlighting the importance of body position and attacking the end line, Coach Stone and his players demonstrate both "do's" and "don'ts" for services into the area.

Heading:
Players who do not know how to head the ball properly risk injury. Coach Stone gives detailed instruction on correct body positioning and target surfaces for defensive and offensive heading. You'll get key facets of body and foot positioning to deliver effective headers in both offensive and defensive situations.

Coach Stone's instruction will help you and your players target specific mechanical components of your finishing and heading to improve your play all over the field.

47 minutes. 2015.

To achieve success and play faster, players must know how to receive and pass the ball accurately, effectively and efficiently under pressure. Using technical execution in isolation, Corbin Stone shares coaching points and highlights the mechanics involved in performing various passing and receiving techniques. He breaks down how to properly pass the ball over a short distance and long distance, the proper technique to strike a ball with the inside and outside portion of your feet, and how to make a ball you've just received go in the direction you want.

Coach Stone begins with live practice footage of his youth team. Then, moving through an analysis of practice footage of older players and finally on to his own real-time, slow-motion demonstrations of the techniques being emphasized, he provides thorough, detailed instruction in six areas:

Inside Foot Passing
Coach Stone breaks down the proper way to approach a ball and how to keep it on the ground. He also discusses how to open up your ankle and knee, which are important to keeping the ball on the ground and striking through the middle of the ball.

Outside Foot Passing
In this progression from the inside foot, Coach Stone shares passing drills using the outside portion of the foot, which can create deception during a game. He shows how to bend the ball around a defender or into a player's run. Again, the approach to the ball is important. A straight on approach makes it harder for the defender to tell which foot you will use to pass.

Passing Over Distance on the Ground
The passing drill teaches players how to keep the ball on the ground over a certain distance. To be able to keep the ball on the ground is important for the receiving player. The technique used is to approach the ball at an angle or straight on.

Passing Over Distance in the Air
In the air it's important to swing from the hip and get your foot underneath the ball to make it airborne. Follow through and point of contact is also important, as this segment demonstrates.

Receiving the Ball on the Ground
This receiving drill is done using the inside part of your foot and opening your body. It's also effective for making the first touch away from a defender to set up the next pass or dribble.

Receiving the Ball out of the Air
In this partners' drill, one player serves and the other player works on the technique. After the ball has been served, the receiver takes it out of the air with their chest or foot. The two techniques used in this drill are the inside part of the foot and outside part of the foot to touch away from pressure.

Using clear, effective language and a blend of practice footage, video analysis, and real-time, slow motion demonstration, Coach Stone gives you and your players a wealth of resources for improving two essential components of the modern game.

64 minutes. 2015.

Dominate possession with precision passing and good decision making!

The widely popular Tiki Taka style of play, made popular by both Barcelona and the Spanish National Team, can dismantle teams when implemented properly. Although many coaches would embrace the chance to dominate with this style, the only way to get to that point is through effective technical skill and a thoughtful tactical approach. Alan Kirkup teaches you how to bring Tiki Taka alive with your team.

Coach Kirkup starts with a breakdown of the essential points of Tiki Taka and what is needed in order to get your team to play the system. A key for this system is recognizing when and where you have a numbers advantage and moving the ball to those areas. Another key is teaching your players to gain rest while in possession as opponents are working to win back the ball.

He alternates through a progression of chalkboard analysis and practice sessions to further provide coaching points. Included is a lengthy match analysis to help you identify specific situations in which this system can be used.

Now is the time to teach your players to play a possession game based on passing and receiving, not kick and chase.

42 minutes. 2013.

The widely popular and successful Tiki Taka style of play, made popular by both Barcelona and the Spanish National Team, can dismantle opposing defenses when implemented properly.

In this DVD, Alan Kirkup shares and demonstrates attacking drills that will help prepare your team for a dynamic possession game and force your opponent to chase you throughout the match. Using alternating practice footage with detailed drill introductions, this DVD outlines multiple drills that will prepare your team to play Tiki Taka soccer.

Coach Kirkup presents a steady sequence of practice drills and small-sided games designed to foster the quick touches and precise passes that will maximize your team's time on the ball and earn the most scoring opportunities.

The drills work from small, individual exercises to full team exercises that develop individual responsibilities first, and how those roles will help the team. Each practice segment includes a detailed introduction by Kirkup in which he clearly explains the purpose of the exercise and what types of technical or tactical training it will give your players. His coaching points cover:

• Using proper weight and technique to get accurate passes off under pressure
• Finishing scoring chances with one-touch shots
• Creating numbers up situations in the final third whenever possible
• Implementing tried and true techniques in order to penetrate the defense

He ends the video ends with a dynamic half-field scoring game that will get your team into a scoring mindset.

As much as you try to prepare your players for every situation, they will always find themselves in situations that they have never seen before. By using Coach Kirkup's drills, you will train them different available options that expands your players soccer IQ and will help them have more success in their games.

167 minutes (2 DVDs). 2013.

Learn to breakdown modern, compact defenses! Brandon Koons shares his key fundamentals of creating an aggressive, attacking soccer team.

As modern defenses become more sophisticated and difficult to breakdown, it is essential to employ effective attacking methods in order to stay ahead of the competition. Coach Koons explains the key principles of creating a successful attack and then demonstrates how to coach them with your team.

Using a combination of lecture, diagrams, competition and practice footage, Koons outlines how to coach these key attacking principles to the advanced soccer player. You will see how to:

• Create opportunities to break the line of defense by dribbling, passing and shooting.
• Make runs to break apart the defense - stretch, check and threaten.
• Train players functionally to attack defenses.
• Encourage your players to take risks through dribbling and passing to beat defenders.
• Make runs ahead of the ball to create offensive opportunities.

In addition to the drills and games, this DVD features many clear and concise coaching points that you can instantly put into your coaching toolbox and apply to any attacking situation.

53 minutes. 2011.

Increase strength to dribble through traffic. Pack more power into shots on goal. Improve quickness and agility to find open passing lanes and evade opponents. Complete Conditioning for Soccer shows you how to achieve all of these performance goals and more.

Soccer players are faster and stronger than ever before. In this special book and DVD package, renowned soccer strength and conditioning coach Greg Gatz provides a comprehensive training approach that builds players' physical abilities as well as the soccer-specific skills required for dribbling, tackling, passing, heading, shooting, and goalkeeping.

Complete with assessment tests for determining a players' fitness status and specific programs that improve balance, quickness, agility, speed, and strength, this book will help you dominate your position. The DVD puts the training into action by demonstrating key tests, exercises, and drills from the book.

With nutritional guidelines as well as seasonal workouts, Complete Conditioning for Soccer provides a multidimensional training approach that will show you how to get the most from your time in the gym and on the pitch.

Book/DVD combo (208 pages/64 minutes). 2008.

2010 NCAA Champions;
2004 National Champs;
• 3X NCAA College Cup runners-up;
• Seven time Conference Coach of the Year;
• Seven time NSCAA Regional Coach of the Year;
• Coached three National Players of the Year

  Randy Waldrum, the highly-respected soccer tactician, has an attractive, attacking brand of soccer that has put him in an elite class of soccer coaches. In this DVD, he outlines his philosophy on set pieces. Set plays and situations are a vital key to the overall success of a soccer team. Using clips from his team and international play, he uses video to support his teaching in four areas: corner kicks, free kicks, the throw-in and penalty kicks. Each area is loaded with information on strategy, as well as key coaching points. In 2004, Waldrum coached the Irish to the National championship. That year his team scored 57 goals in 18 games - nearly 25% of those goals came from set pieces These plays can be adapted to be used at all levels.

  51 minutes. 2006.

2010 NSCA National Coach of the Year Marcus Wood delivers 10 fast-paced, game-like practice drills to improve your team's ability to score goals. These exercises will increase your players' speed of play and help them better understand their positioning and their role on the field in attacking situations.

These drills provide training for:

• Transition - Teach your players to attack with a numbers advantage.
• Crossing and Finishing - Train players to make quality runs and to frame the goal to improve your scoring chances.
• Individual Attacking - Encourage your strikers to take on their defender and finish with a quick shot on goal.
• Pattern Play - Choreograph options and patterns that occur as the ball leaves your keeper's hands.

Coach Wood lays out the dimensions of the playing space for each activity, provides key coaching points for running them and delivers insight into how a coach can tailor them to complement their particular playing style.

These activities not only provide many goal scoring opportunities, but they can also be used to train your goalkeeper. Since the drills are oriented to goal scoring they will place your keepers in situations that they will need to excel at during a game.

These drills will allow your athletes to "play soccer" and to more easily transfer what they learn in practice into a game. Order now and discover creative exercises to challenge your players and energize your attack!

72 minutes. 2012.

Casey Mann demonstrates a fundamental session for goalkeepers that can be adapted to any age or skill level.

From warm-up, to diving, to covering angles and more, this session will sharpen the skills your keepers need the most.

The warm-up concentrates on footwork, catching and diving. Through basic one and two touch drills, Mann focuses on planting and making good, clean contact with the feet. His drills train good habits for setting and preparing for the shot, attacking the ball and developing the catch.

His basic diving drill develops good technique for finding, driving, exploding to the ball and planting it into the ground. He combines these techniques with shots right at the goalkeeper to get the keepers comfortable seeing the ball off the foot and into the save. This fast-paced drill trains keepers to maintain good fundamental habits even when they're tired.

See drills that develop decision making, covering angles, regrouping, timing, handling rebounds and more.

Throughout the DVD, Mann passes along coaching tips to advance the drills and make them more game-like. He shows how to gradually increase the speed of your drills to work on your goalie's explosiveness while focusing on technique.

This effective session addresses such intangibles as intensity, competitiveness, decision making, fitness and more.

Give your goalies the tools they need to bring out their best and to keep the ball out of the net!

45 minutes. 2011.

2010 NCAA Champions;
2004 National Champs;
• 3X NCAA College Cup runners-up;
• Seven time Conference Coach of the Year;
• Seven time NSCAA Regional Coach of the Year;
• Coached three National Players of the Year

  Randy Waldrum has coached Notre Dame to the 2004 national championship and three trips to the NCAA College Cup semifinals with the 4-3-3. In this DVD, he outlines his 4-3-3 concept of play. Coach Waldrum makes a case for playing the 4-3-3 with the help of game footage. By slowing down clips, each position is described and analyzed. He shows different situations such as 3 v 2, which illustrates advantages that can be created in this alignment. Defensive emphasis is described by looking at important characteristics of the center and outside backs. Waldrum feels that a good holding player is invaluable to the team. This player must be great at distributing the ball and be comfortable taking the ball against pressure, change the point of attack and hitting the 30-40 yard bomb. Next is an overview of forward personalities - offensively and defensively. General attacking concepts are presented again using game footage. Coach Waldrum's presentation is a comprehensive look at the 4-3-3. This style can help your team because it capitalizes on varying personalities and keeps your team unpredictable.

  41 minutes. 2006.

Using proven coaching methods to teach effective tactics is important. Using those tactics to win is even better. This All-Access video showcases the University of Florida Women's training sessions. Each disc features a complete practice session and includes player-coach discussions on how to improve individual and team performance.

Disc 1:
Key coaching points presented in this session include:

• Walking players through their offensive and defensive roles and responsibilities on goal kicks
• Identifying where to hold the line of defense on free kicks
• Recognizing key situations that will help your team play out of trouble
• Coaching small-sided tactics to improve team technical speed
• Understanding timing and positioning of attackers when making scoring runs
• Increasing the number of scoring opportunities that start from flank play

In this practice session, the coaching staff demonstrates effective ways to defend against your opponent's goal kicks and shows how to initiate the attack from your own team's goal kicks. Also included are teaching points on attacking and defending free kicks near the goal as well as tips on handling common situations that your players encounter during special situations.

Disc 2:
Key coaching points presented in this session include:

• Implementing small-sided, competitive drills and games to increase individual technique and team competitiveness
• Using quick passes to take advantage of numbers-up situations
• Training players to think quickly and play through tight spaces
• Reinforcing tactical objectives with players

The emphasis in this practice session is possession in the 4-1-4-1 formation. By building from small-sided games up to full-field training scrimmages, you learn how these coaching points apply to the 11v11 training scrimmage. You'll also see a limited space possession game that encourages quick touches and even quicker decision-making. The practice session progresses to a numbers-up, 7v3 possession game that reinforces the short pass possession game.

Disc 3:
Key coaching points presented in this session include:

• Coaching small-sided tactics to improve team technical speed
• Using purposeful repetition to gain technical skill and improve fitness
• Understanding timing and positioning of attackers when making scoring runs
• Reinforcing tactical objectives
• Increasing the number of scoring opportunities that start from flank play

This practice session focuses on scoring and creating scoring chances. The coaching staff takes the team from technical skill building to full-team tactics as they train to increase scoring opportunities. The session starts with an efficient passing drill that improves first touch and speed of play. A session on individual and competitive heading follows. These skills are then rolled into a scoring game that incorporates technical skill drills into winning team tactics.

Disc 4:
Key coaching points presented in this session include:

• Coaching individual techniques and tactics to create space
• Using shadow play and training dummies to learn effective passing patterns
• Training players to look for their next target as they receive the ball
• Reinforcing tactical objectives

In the final disc in the "All-Access Florida Soccer Practice Series," the Gators' focus on possession and building up the attack through quick passing and even quicker decision-making. Coach Burleigh breaks down the game into small, manageable segments to prepare the team for fast, technical play. Two games are then used to keep technical play at a premium while encouraging the team to develop good tactical choices. See how the Gators' coaching staff uses these techniques in possession and attacking games. The 5v5 possession game develops the speed and accuracy required of a top NCAA program. The 9v6 game puts pressure on defenders while attackers learn to use space and visual cues to penetrate to the goal.

Help your team get a winning edge by covering important game-day details during your training sessions.

291 minutes (4 DVDs). 2014.

All Access videos are designed to allow viewers from all over the world to see how successful coaches run their practices in a "live" practice setting. All Access videos allow viewers to see the practices un-edited and in real-time. You will see how top coaches run their drills, interact with their team and staff, how they motivate their team, the cue words they use, the atmosphere of the practice and how practices are structured from day to day. Many coaches visit successful colleges and high schools to watch practice. But if you live out of state or out of the country, visiting another coach's practice can be costly. That's why we created the All Access Practice Series of videos -- to bring the practices to you!

The 4-2-3-1 formation has become wildly popular after the powerhouse Spanish and German National Teams used it to dominate their competition throughout the 2010 World Cup. Alan Kirkup expertly combines lecture, diagramming, practice and competition footage to help you successfully implement the 4-2-3-1 system.

Once you learn the tactical nature of the 4-2-3-1, Coach Kirkup will show you the process of coaching the formation starting with position-by-position technical development, building up to small-sided games, and ultimately full-field competition. Key coaching points include:

• building the attack through the back of the defense
• creating 2 v 1 situations on the attack
• making play unpredictable in the attacking third of the pitch
• creating an understanding of the 4-2-3-1 by coaching it in a progressive method

In addition to all the excellent coaching tips provided for you, this DVD concludes with a special segment designed to show you how to use the 4-2-3-1 to take advantage of special situations. Learn how to best use the 4-2-3-1 to win when defending a 1-0 lead or having to score when down a goal with ten minutes left.

Knowing how a system works is one thing, but coaching it to your players in a way they can understand is another. Coach Kirkup provides you with all the essential tools you will need to use this system to its fullest potential.

83 minutes. 2012.

Possession based soccer relies on the quality and technical ability of the players. Teams that control the ball also control the attack.

Alan Kirkup shares drills that will challenge your players' technical ability and precision in a low pressure defensive environment. Players are taught techniques to maintain possession, effective attacking runs, and attacking combination play ending with shots on goal.

You'll see drills that allow players to practice various attacking strategies including individual feints, player combinations, dummies, straight runs / diagonal passes, and diagonal runs / straight passes. These drills will provide your players with ideas they can implement during match conditions. The focus on technique will provide your players ample opportunity to learn essential skills and develop the confidence to use them.

Both players and coaches will get new ideas by watching this video. Players will learn the importance of receiving on the back foot and using the spin out move to shield the ball. Coaches will learn many new drills their players will benefit from and enjoy.

Successful implementation of these techniques will help your team get past their opponents and score more goals.

42 minutes. 2012.

Maintaining possession of the ball requires technique, good decision making, and a solid physical foundation. Alan Kirkup uses continuous activity drills that contain elements of both conditioning and maintaining possession while under pressure.

Coach Kirkup's practice, recorded in a live practice setting, progresses from individual work to team work. The first part of practice concentrates on the players improving their touch, and you will get to see many productive ways that the team can do this in an efficient manner. From a simple one touch drill done with a partner that can improve a player's touch on the ball to a passing drill that involves the entire team, these drills stress the importance of passing and moving and it also gives them options of varying the sequence of passes

The practice progresses to several small sided games that demand a great touch on the ball, precision passing, and great communication between the players, which are vital to having success on the field. These small sided games have a great carryover to game like situations because they demand the players work together and have great communication.

The practice concludes with a very fast paced 4 v 4 competitive drill that provides for many touches on the ball and shots on goal. Players are increasingly challenged as Coach Kirkup creates limitations within the drills and adjusts the rules of the game.

Your players will enjoy the dynamic drills presented by Coach Kirkup. The continuous nature of the drills allows players plenty of touches and opportunities for imaginative play while helping to improve their match fitness level.

46 minutes. 2012.

Challenge your players' skills and conditioning with these exercises from University of Florida assistant coach Alan Kirkup.

Coach Kirkup is a believer in developing technically sound players. He uses continuous activity drills to keep players engaged while improving their conditioning. In this on-field soccer DVD, Coach Kirkup shows you the types of dynamic training drills and games that can make the difference on game day.

The time demands on today's players make it critical for you to make the most of your training sessions. Kirkup shows you how to integrate multiple drills and games into your practices that will maximize your players' physical and technical abilities. Kirkup clearly demonstrates how to start, build and complete an efficient practice that will push your players to their limits. The drills he presents are simple to set up and can be enjoyed by players at all levels, yet they are so dynamic and challenging that your players won't even know they are improving their conditioning! Key coaching points include:

• adjusting exercises and training games in order to isolate the right or left foot
• varying the objectives of exercises and games to train for specific technical needs
• encouraging players to constantly move in order to keep fitness levels high
• forcing players to move quickly in preparation for game conditions
• using training time to maximize both physical and technical skills

After demonstrating vigorous and creative drills, Coach Kirkup concludes the DVD with a fast paced, dynamic scoring game that keeps every player involved. Using a small field and short time intervals, you too can use this game to motivate your players to stretch beyond their current technical and physical abilities.

With the proper use of Kirkup's drills and games, your players may not want to leave the training pitch!

57 minutes. 2012.

Your team's ability to play fast creates positive numbers when you attack. By coaching with an emphasis on getting numbers forward, Doug Elder has led his team to success after success as they gain advantage at the point of transition.

Coach Elder shares a set of fast-paced drills that he uses to coach his players to always be moving and thinking at full speed. This develops the mindset required to create "numbers up" situations to gain advantage on the soccer field. Coach Elder's drills achieve two goals: Increasing the size of the grid works the counter attack and also enhances fitness levels. Starting with basic concepts and building to functional game play, you'll learn how to train players to consistently build numerical advantages as soon as they gain ball control. Here are just a few of the drills included in this exciting presentation:

• 1v1 to goal - Executed at game speed, this drill develops an attacking mindset when transitioning from defense to offense or vice versa.
• 2v1 - This is a fast-paced drill that presents game-like situations where an attacker could make a pass.
• Transition drill - Players work on possession while playing fast to develop a great touch, communication, and transitioning fast from offense to defense.
• 5v5 game - Players must play the ball forward to their striker before they can score, forcing them to look forward and attack the defense.

Before moving to an on-field demonstration, Coach Elder uses animated graphics to stress his coaching points. He also shows how to vary drills to get the desired results. His drills are progressive, easy to transition between and enjoyable for players execute. A secondary benefit of Coach Elder's drills is the conditioning element. The fast-paced transition requires players to stay connected to the play to give 100 percent lest they let their teammates down.

This is a great presentation for coaches who want to see their players practicing at full speed while executing simple drills.

79 minutes. 2015.

Develop the key techniques and tactics needed to support a reliable system of play.

Defensively, it allows you to stay organized and compact. Offensively, it allows you to keep numbers around the ball and maintain possession.

Because it provides defensive stability while still allowing your team to attack aggressively, the 4-2-3-1 is widely used throughout the word. Top-level clubs like Barcelona rely on this system to consistently dominate their opposition .

Using bulleted coaching points, game footage, tactical chalkboard study and in-depth analysis, Coach Wood breaks down each vital component of successful soccer play using the 1-4-2-3-1 system. Key coaching points include:

• training players to recognize the proper visual cues defensively and offensively
• showing players how to choose the best type of run on the attack
• developing player skills appropriate for each position

The 1-4-2-3-1 system may sound complex, but with Coach Wood's tips and tactics you and your players will be able to play in this formation with confidence.

73 minutes. 2013.

Create a personal practice environment that promotes experimentation, creativity and encourages players to develop their individual style!

The 2,000 Touches Series provides creative ways for young players to practice on their own, with a teammate, or with a parent. The videos will inspire players who simply need guidance on what to practice.

The exercises in this video series were specially chosen because they require minimal extra equipment, if any. You will see variations of the exercises that allow parents and friends to help - even if they've never kicked a ball. Demonstrators in the series include boys and girls ranging from 8 to U18.

As you improve, you can do the exercises quicker, longer or under more pressure to challenge yourself and increase your skill level.

Dribbling
This series of exercises is specially designed to get players plenty of touches on the ball in a short time period. Players will be challenged by drills that allow them to practice a variety of feints and turns.

You will see step-over moves, Cruyff Turns, lunges, and cuts and you will be encouraged to add your own style and flair. Learn a progression of dribbling drills that encourage lots of tight, controlled touches with all surfaces of the foot. Sharpen your skills using Coach Koon's simple grid layout or his obstacle course.

Goal Keeping
Discover simple drills that will help you develop the quick hands and soft catches you need to keep the ball out of the net. As you go deeper into the video, you will uncover more challenging drills for catches and dives that promote side to side movement and quick footwork. Finally, you will see exercises you can use to improve both footwork and ball settling from a variety of services coming off a wall.

Because of the constant ball contact these drills provide, they can also be used for conditioning. Simply increase the distances and players will benefit not only from lots of touches but also from the aerobic conditioning.

After viewing the 2,000 Touches Series, players will have everything they need to go outside and get meaningful touches on the ball. And parents of young players will be able to create challenging exercises to help guide their young players toward improvement.

96 minutes. 2012.

Create a personal practice environment that promotes experimentation, creativity and encourages players to develop their individual style!

The 2,000 Touches Series provides creative ways for young players to practice on their own, with a teammate, or with a parent. The videos will inspire players who simply need guidance on what to practice.

The exercises in this video series were specially chosen because they require minimal extra equipment, if any. You will see variations of the exercises that allow parents and friends to help - even if they've never kicked a ball. Demonstrators in the series include boys and girls ranging from 8 to U18.

As you improve, you can do the exercises quicker, longer or under more pressure to challenge yourself and increase your skill level.

Juggling
This series of exercises begins with simple juggling drills. The drills increase in difficulty by altering the height and patterns. Players are challenged to perform lifts - especially the lifts they have yet to perfect - in addition to catching the ball on the foot, back, and head.

Receiving
Learn simple and effective two-touch receiving drills. These exercises will challenge your thigh control, head control, and chest control techniques. Throughout these exercises Coach Koons provides expert coaching tips and adds movement and conditions to the exercises for more advanced players.

After viewing the 2,000 Touches Series, players will have everything they need to go outside and get meaningful touches on the ball. And parents will be able to create challenging exercises to help guide their young players toward improvement.

79 minutes. 2012.

Help the soccer player in your family train and improve - even if you have limited soccer ability or knowledge. Create a personal practice environment that promotes experimentation, creativity and encourages players to develop their individual style!

The 2,000 Touches Series provides creative ways for young players to practice on their own, with a teammate, or with a parent. The videos will inspire players who simply need guidance on what to practice.

The exercises in this video series were specially chosen because they require minimal extra equipment, if any. You will see variations of the exercises that allow parents and friends to help - even if they've never kicked a ball. Demonstrators in the series include boys and girls ranging from 8 to U18.

As you improve, you can do the exercises quicker, longer or under more pressure to challenge yourself and increase your skill level.

Passing
This series of exercises will provide you with a lot of touches on the ball. Beginning with simple two-touch passing technique, you will receive expert coaching tips and exercises that start simple and progress into first touch set ups, utilizing different foot surfaces, altering distances, reading the timing of a player's run, and playing the ball to the receiver's proper foot.

Shooting
The shooting exercises in this video focus on developing body mechanics so that players can develop the technique needed for properly striking a ball without the benefit of a goal. Included is a unique juggling drill that reinforces the proper place to strike the ball on your foot.

This is a great DVD for a parent or anyone who is unfamiliar with soccer to start learning ways they can help players improve. Coach Koons provides ideas on how someone who is unfamiliar with soccer can help a player improve.

After viewing the 2,000 Touches Series, players will have everything they need to go outside and get meaningful touches on the ball. And parents of young players will be able to create challenging exercises to help guide their young players toward improvement.

85 minutes. 2012.

Chris Ducar invites you into training sessions with the goalkeepers of the North Carolina women's soccer program. Watch and learn from coach whose program is one of the country's best, year in and year out!

Effective Drills and Technical Skills
The instruction begins with warm-up activities that encourage proper position and focus. Coach Ducar then explains the concept of attacking goal keeping and also provides various drills that emphasize ball control, positioning, diving, defending breakaways, back passes, crosses, decision making and save techniques. Coach Ducar's instruction is accompanied by demonstrations from UNC goalkeepers. Give your keepers the tools necessary to stop breakaway shots as well as long-range shots that can be a rebound goal if not properly handled.

Ducar believes that keepers should work on making saves without gloves. These exercises provided in this DVD will teach your goalies how to get a better feel for the ball and how to improve their hand placement for solid, consistent saves.

Many of the drills in this DVD are done in progression, which allows keepers to build their skills one step at a time. Some of the drills are presented with multiple camera angles, giving a complete picture of the techniques used.

Practice Games
Add more fun and energy to your practices with competitive exercises that promote hard work and build confidence in making saves. These games help keepers achieve the best angle possible to close down on space and prevent the attacker from scoring. Help your athletes become better at reacting to ground passes, crosses and shots in the game segments. Your keepers will learn how to react to plays they might face in game situations.

Game Film
Coach Ducar wraps things up with film footage that highlights exercises used in live game situations! You'll gain a better understanding of how these drills are used and why it's important that goalkeepers practice these specific techniques daily.

Give your keepers the confidence they need to make great saves and provide excellent distribution to their teammates. Increase your chances of more clean shots with this exceptional goalkeeper training DVD.

107 minutes. 2014.

Give up fewer goals this season using these proven defensive tactics and exercises.

Brandon Koons demonstrates fundamental tactics for successful team defending. Coach Koons begins with an easy to understand discussion of the basic defending principals - pressure, cover, depth and balance. He then reviews the roles of the first, second and third defenders, the importance of a team's line of confrontation, and includes a discussion on team shape.

Using live demonstrations, Koons shows exercises that will help your defenders understand their roles and responsibilities. The exercises begin simply and are built upon slowly by adding conditions and players. During these exercises players learn the importance of communication, compactness, side-to-side movement and overall team shape. This video is of benefit to both players trying to understand defensive responsibilities and coaches trying to train their players.

Coach Koons' philosophy of "building from the back" by training players in defending fundamentals has proven quite successful over the years. This DVD will help you understand a defender's role and responsibility and provides training exercises to help improve your team's defending shape.

66 minutes. 2011.

Become a better teacher of the game with 90-plus minutes of insight from 22-time NCAA Champion Anson Dorrance. Listen in as Coach Dorrance shares the ins and outs of creating and maintaining a championship culture!

Being a successful coach comes from being a good student of the game. Dorrance shares what he has learned from other great teams and coaches, and what he has done to incorporate proven principles of play that can lead to game-day success, season after season.

Elements of a Championship Team
Coach Dorrance emphasizes the key characteristics of his players and coaching staff. You will gain an understanding of the competitive culture at North Carolina and the importance of it for enhancing the athleticism of his players. Learn about the "Competitive Cauldron," which Coach Dorrance adds to his daily practices to boost player skill and motivation, and to help players understand their strengths and weaknesses.

Discover how connecting with players and developing character and a positive attitude can create a championship culture. Team chemistry is another key trait for improving your program that Dorrance discusses in this DVD.

Coach Dorrance also shares the essential characteristics he looks for in a player's soccer and athletic ability. These same characteristics can be applied to any team and help coaches choose players that will be a good fit for their program.

Practice Planning, Systems, and the Season
The University of North Carolina women's coaching staff collects data daily, which underscores the importance of tracking players and using that information to determine roles and positions.

Coach Dorrance explains the benefits of the two systems he uses, the 3-4-3 and 4-2-3-1, and also discusses how these systems complement each other. He also presents the flat-back defensive system.

Take advantage of the experience and insight Coach Dorrance provides on what makes his teams so successful. His instruction will give you a great understanding of what you, your players, and coaching staff can do to create a championship culture!

91 minutes. 2014.

Goalkeeper coach Vern Gingerich shares an inside look at a goalkeeper training session with the University of Notre Dame men's soccer program. Beginning with a dynamic warm-up for goalies, Gingerich offers great ways to get keepers ready to react and handle the ball.

Goalkeeping Basics
Teach your keepers how to get in position to stop any shot. Your goalkeepers will be able to make strong saves, especially when they get their body behind the ball.

Quick Reactions
The key to giving up fewer goals is to be ready at any moment for the shot. Coach Gingerich demonstrates reaction drills that build the goalie's mobility and gets them used to sprinting for a ball. These drills also develop a sense of how to make saves while looking past or through a wall of defenders.

Pull Backs
When the attackers are making a run down the field, especially from the wings, they will try to take the ball to the end line and make a pass across the box to a forward or central midfielder for a shot. This segment trains goalies become better at cutting off passes and angles on any shot taken. Keepers also learn not to cheat out too much anticipating a cross. The need to cover the near post in case of a shot from the wing is also emphasized.

Goalkeepers of all skill levels can benefit from this thorough training session. Watch your keepers become more confident in their actions and better able to make more saves. The clean sheets will add up.

58 minutes. 2014.

No training partner? No worries!

If you're serious about developing your soccer technique, professional soccer player Kendall Fletcher is here to help. Fletcher clearly and expertly demonstrates and explains the essential steps needed to master a multitude of technical skills that you can practice on your own time - at your own pace.

Included in this DVD is a wide range of exercises designed to develop a specific set of foot skills that will have the ball obeying your every command.

This video outlines basic skills that are invaluable to any player's toolbox or coach's practice session. Each skill is broken down into individual steps and is demonstrated slowly at first, and then at full speed.

Fletcher also includes a breakdown at the end of each series of drills, so players will know exactly how to replicate the moves and coaches can demonstrate them with clarity.

Her coaching points focus on:

• Practicing correct form when executing Coerver, Cruyff and other standard moves
• Changing directions and speed while maintaining control of the ball
• Developing accurate placement when passing and shooting
• Using the figure eight pattern to practice changing speed and direction

When it's time to play, players need to be ready for the demands of the game. Start preparing for your season today!

70 minutes. 2013.

Freestyle soccer combines sport with art. It's a way for athletes to be creative and have fun while perfecting their soccer skills. Professional Soccer Freestyler, Indi Cowie, reveals over 20 of her favorite freestyle soccer moves that you can practice and perfect.

Indi teaches and demonstrates a variety of freestyle soccer moves including stalls, catches, and juggles. These moves speed up your foot skills in a fun, challenging environment.

With Indi's in-depth explanation and progressions, you will learn the key techniques, breakdowns and tricks you need to successfully perform each move.

As a coach, you can use these concepts to keep your players engaged in practice and eager to work with the ball. Freestyle soccer dramatically improves a player's first touch. Regular soccer "juggling" and keepy-up improves control of the ball in only 2-dimensions. Freestyle soccer provides 3-dimensional ball movement and improves a player's ability to control the ball quickly from any area around their body and with any surface.

Freestyle soccer also significantly improves a player's confidence with a ball and develops a creative mind set. It also encourages players to spend time working with a ball on their own - ALL YOU NEED IS A BALL!

Have fun and push your boundaries as a soccer player while being creative and developing your first touch on the ball. See what new freestyle soccer moves you can learn and perform using this world class presentation!

58 minutes. 2015.

George Gelnovatch delivers an inside look at his training, drills, and philosophies and provides a look into the purpose and fundamentals of video breakdown.

Coach Gelnovatch takes you through key areas that his team has used to build success:

• A warm-up routine that combines stretching and conditioning with technical training. Use conditioning exercises to build game stamina and develop technique.
• Technical and tactical moving and passing drills to help with ball technique and field awareness. Enhance your players' ability to look for passing lanes, keep the ball moving and play through a central man. Develop shorter, quicker passes that will open up the playing field and allow your players to break down the opponent and get into scoring situations.
• Small sided games using 6 v 6 strategies. Enhance your players' ability to spread the field, seek out open passing lanes and communicate more effectively. By improving these abilities, players will think quickly and logically, in turn making them more effective and less reactive in game situations.
• Using video analysis with the individual player and the team. See two film sessions. A team film session focused on key defensive strategies defensive restarts and team pressure. And an individual player film session where Gelnovatch breaks down the player's decision-making, weaknesses and strengths that can help him improve at his particular position.

This All Access soccer instruction will show you the inner workings of a Division I program and some of the techniques and tactics used by the Virginia coaching staff. Through work ethic, team concepts, discipline and leadership Gelnovatch shows how he has used these ideas to create one of the most dominating college soccer programs in the nation.

This DVD will help any coach with easy to understand and easy to implement ideas and concepts to improve their coaching and their teams!

143 minutes. 2010.

All Access videos are designed to allow viewers from all over the world to see how successful coaches run their practices in a "live" practice setting. All Access videos allow viewers to see the practices un-edited and in real-time. You will see how top coaches run their drills, interact with their team and staff, how they motivate their team, the cue words they use, the atmosphere of the practice and how practices are structured from day to day. Many coaches visit successful colleges and high schools to watch practice. But if you live out of state or out of the country, visiting another coach's practice can be costly. That's why we created the All Access Practice Series of videos -- to bring the practices to you!