The Art of Football Soccer Coaching With over 150 football/soccer coaching sessions for the aspiring coach – plus further information on “How to Coach” Including many Goalkeeping sessions to help support your Goalkeepers. This book provides many coaching sessions and ideas for any football/soccer coaches. When I started coaching I realised there was very little out there to support coaches with sessions, I felt my experience and time put into coaching football may be useful to others. I spent months and months and months gathering the content for this book and developed the content over many many years. You may find some useful information, you may be an experienced coach or a parent wishing to get into coaching – I am confident there will be plenty in this book to support you or there will be some ideas to make you think differently about how you coach, why you coach, when do you coach, who to coach etc… etc.. etc… However, my main aim was to provide many sessions/ideas which I have provided in this book. With over 150 x sessions and further information to support coaches. I am confident this book will definitely benefit coaches around the world and could also support parents to understand what the coach is thinking or trying to achieve. It is football specific however, many of these coaching points, tips, techniques, styles can be used and applied to any sport. Coaching is an art and if you get it right the rewards for you, your players, your team mates, your club can be fantastic. When writing this book I tried to think holistically to provide more of a broad spectrum of information, when you coach, there is a lot going on !!! This book contains coaching sessions including: Warm up & Arrival Activities Goal Keeping Sessions Tactical Sessions Shooting Sessions Defending Sessions Control/Touch Sessions Passing Sessions Dribbling Sessions These sessions are perfect for any coach looking for additional support and practices. Especially newcomers to football coaching. REMEMBER - A good coach spends time researching, planning, doing & reviewing/evaluating. Barry provides further specific coaching knowledge through his other book. “Goalkeeping Football/Soccer Coaching Sessions” (with specific GK sessions & technical detail) “80 Football/Soccer Sessions for aspiring football coaches” Enjoy

“Goal Keeping Football Soccer Coaching Sessions” This book provides Goal Keeping Specific Football Soccer sessions and detailed information for the aspiring Goal Keeper Football Soccer coach. The more advanced & experienced GK coaches will also find the sessions and technical detail useful. Goal keeping is an art, with unique and specialised practice necessary. Goal keeping practice is often undertaken in isolation, utilising unopposed and opposed situations with the purpose of developing technique. Repetitive work on hand and foot speed, catching, throwing, kicking, passing is a must to improve technique and hone muscle memory, agility and hand-eye co-ordination. Often practice must be performed at high tempo to replicate match day scenarios as Isolated practice alone will not help goalkeeper’s develop decision making and game understanding necessary to perform at the highest level. The role of the Goal Keeper must be developed in the context of the team. Regular practice should take place with the outfield players in order to co-ordinate attacking and defending understanding. This book provides Goal Keeping sessions, these include the following: Set Position & Start Position Basic Handling Techniques Support & Communication 1 v 1’s Techniques of Diving, Smothering & Blocking Tactical games Communication/Information providing Counter Attacking Defending Topics Distribution Shot Stopping & Reaction Saves Shot Stopping Long Shots This book also provides further information regarding 1 v 1’s Support from the GK Coaching tips Technical detail for all basic Goal Keeping techniques. If you are a coach looking for outfield coaching session’s please look for my other books: “80 Football/Soccer Sessions for aspiring football Coaches” “The Art of Football Soccer Coaching” (with over 150 + coaching sessions) plus detailed information on “How to Coach” As you become a more experienced coach you will consider changing the size of your sessions, modify the setup, however these sessions are perfect for any coach looking for additional support and practices. Enjoy the book, there is plenty of technical detail provided in each session.

This book provides Over 80 x Football/Soccer sessions & practices for the aspiring Football/Soccer coach. The more advanced & experienced Football/Soccer coaches will also find the sessions and technical detail valuable. The book contains Football/Soccer coaching sessions including: Warm up & Arrival Activities Goal Keeping Sessions Tactical Sessions Shooting Sessions Defending Sessions Control/Touch Sessions Passing Sessions Dribbling Sessions These sessions are perfect for any coach looking for additional support and practices. Especially newcomers to football coaching. Barry provides further specific coaching knowledge through his other books. “Goalkeeping Football/Soccer Coaching Sessions” (with specific GK sessions & technical detail) “The Art of Football Soccer Coaching” (with over 150 + coaching sessions and plenty of coaching information)

Filled with valuable coaching tips and outstanding training exercises, this book lays the groundwork for successful team and player development. Topics include: Warm Up, Running Technique, Speed Training, Pre-Season Training, Shooting, Goalkeeping, The Thinking Player, Defending, Set Plays and Team Spirit. Also includes sample practice sessions.

This edited collection brings together the latest research into the range of sports known as football. With contributions by a large number of the leading international researchers in the field, the book aims to bridge the gap between theory and practice in football, and to raise the awareness of the value of a scientific approach to the various football codes. The book contains nearly seventy papers, examining aspects ranging from match analysis and medical aspects of football to metabolism and nutrition, psychology and behaviour, and management and organization. Containing a wealth of research data, and a huge range of examples of how science can be applied; this book represents an invaluable reference for coaches, trainers, managers, medical staff, and all those involved in supporting performers in the many football codes.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 - ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE YEAR WATERSTONES BEST BOOKS OF 2022 – SPORT 'This book is a work of art about football's works of art... Loved it.' - Kevin Day, broadcaster 'A beautiful showcase of such a distinctive part of the game's culture... impossible not to get lost in the book' – Miguel Delaney, The Independent 'Gorgeous to behold... Unmissable' – Danny Kelly, TalkSPORT radio presenter 'I absolutely love this book' – Jules Breach, football presenter On high-rise buildings, street corners and stadium walls in countries around the world, eye-catching murals pay tribute to footballing greats. From Messi and Ronaldo to Rapinoe and Cruyff, these striking displays are remarkable testaments to the awe and affection fans feel for these football legends and cult heroes. Join renowned football writer and broadcaster Andy Brassell as he explores this fascinating phenomenon. Offering a fresh, highly visual perspective on the global game, Football Murals is the first book to celebrate these towering works of art. Beckenbauer and Cruyff, Rooney and Ronaldinho, Totti and Salah, Zlatan and Zidane – being honoured with a mural cements a player's place in a club's heritage and links them to the heart of the community. This richly illustrated book showcases the most impressive examples, explores their inspirational qualities and examines what they say about these icons and their sport. Written and curated by respected football writer Andy Brassell, this ground-breaking book features more than 100 murals from around the world, capturing the scale, grandeur and wit of this powerful and popular art form. Through a series of short essays and extended captions, Andy shares the players' stories, discusses the cultural politics and explains just why these men and women have been immortalised in mural form. Covering such diverse topics as Home Town Glory, Football Fame and The Cult of the Coach, Football Murals addresses the issues important to fans worldwide. It spans Marcus Rashford's inspirational mural in a Manchester suburb, the George Best tribute on the East Belfast estate where he was born, the 15-foot depiction of Megan Rapinoe in St Paul, Minnesota, and the Naples 'shrine' to Diego Maradona. 'I can't tell you how nice it is for players to see their face on a mural.' – Jermaine Jenas, The One Show

The NSCAA continues their successful book series “The Best of Soccer Journal” with this new highly anticipated entry in the instructional soccer book field. The book explores the Craft and Art of Coaching. The best coaches in the US describe how they get it done on the field. In addition, this book explores the ‘Last Frontier’ – the mental side of the game. Successful players and coaches must train the mind as well as the body to succeed and master the game!