Skills & Strategies for Coaching Soccer by Alan Hargreaves

Skills & Strategies for Coaching Soccer by Alan Hargreaves

Provides soccer coaching trends and practices. This book covers various aspects of the job; from philosophy to match management, providing key advice for coaches working with players of all abilities. It includes chapters on tactics, which provide advice on team formation and set-pieces for offensive and defensive situations.

"Skills & Strategies for Coaching Soccer offers insight for coaches at any levelFrom basic drills to advanced practices, it details techniques and philosophies that will help you develop players both on and off the field."

Hope Powell
Head Coach, England Women's National Football Team

Alan Hargreaves MA, Med, DLC, played for Lancashire, Loughborough Colleges, and English Universities. A fully qualified Football Association coach, he directed national residential coaching courses for players up to 18 years of age and codirected the Soccer Academy for Young Players in California. He was head coach for the British Colleges soccer team and coached professional soccer for five years—two years with Stoke City and three years with Crewe Alexandra. He has conducted numerous coaches' and players' courses in England and California and was a consultant in fitness training for soccer and hockey players.

Alan directed the fitness training program for the 1980 and 1984 British men's Olympic field hockey team. He has also worked extensively in universities, soccer coaching clinics, and residential camps, many for the American Youth Soccer Organization.

Now retired, Alan enjoys playing tennis and golf and traveling with his wife, Janet.

Richard Bate, BEd (PhysEd), was the head of the Cardiff City FC Youth Academy and the former director of elite coaching for the English Football Association (FA). He coached at Leeds United FC, Notts County FC, Lincoln City FC, and Hereford United FC. He served as the technical director at Watford FC, and as a technical adviser to FIFA, soccer's world governing body. He was also the technical director of the Malaysian Football Association and the Canadian Soccer Association.

Bate was a UEFA professional license holder, FA staff coach, AFC staff coach, UEFA "A" license holder, and England youth team coach. As an athlete he played for Sheffield Wednesday, York City, and Boston United football clubs and represented the British Colleges while a student.

He directed and conducted several UEFA Professional License courses and more than 40 UEFA "A" license courses and, together with S. Subramaniam, devised and instigated the Coach Education Programme throughout Asia for the Asian Football Confederation. He received the Lifetime Achievement Coaching Award from the English Football Association.

Dick Bate passed away in 2018.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780736080224
ISBN 10	0736080228
Title	Skills & Strategies for Coaching Soccer
Author	Alan Hargreaves
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Human Kinetics Publishers
Year published	2009-09-28
Number of pages	392
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.