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7 Full-Field Defensive Pressure Drills

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with Schellas Hyndman, NSCAA Director of Coaching Emeritus;
former FC Dallas (MLS) Head Coach;
2010 MLS Coach of the Year;
former Southern Methodist University Head Men's Soccer Coach,
led SMU to three NCAA Division I College Cups;
fourth on the all-time win list of NCAA Division I Soccer Coaches
NSCAA Coach of the Year (1981);
7x NSCAA/Adidas Regional "Coach of the Year,"

Coach Schellas Hyndman, 27-year college coaching veteran and six-time conference coach of the year (WAC, MVC), shares the pressure defensive methods and principles that rank him second in wins among active Division I college soccer coaches. Through seven full-field drills, Coach Hyndman uses markerboard presentation and extensive on-field demonstration to teach the defensive pressure principles that each player and team needs to function as one unit and to aggressively win the ball. Each drill emphasizes and breaks down the strong zones for your defensive unit including attack, midfield, and strong-side pressing. Coach Hyndman will teach you how to attain good, consistent positioning for each player to maximize defensive pressure and move together as a team unit. Each of these drills will help your team take and maintain control of the game by staying aggressive, winning the ball, and getting to the goal. With a 21-1 record in 2001, Coach Hyndman's Mustangs scored 45% of their goals by winning balls in the opponents half of the field and these drills show how to practically achieve this objective using full-field defensive pressure to result in team success. This video, along with the 2 v 2 Pressure Defense Drills video, will help you build a dominant defensive pressure system that every team needs!

42 minutes. 2004.


Small Group Exercises to Train Defenders

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with George Kuntz,
UC Irvine Head Men's Soccer Coach

Teams that defend well ensure that their team is always competitive in a game and can initiate the attack for their team.

George Kuntz shows you how to improve your team's individual skills and group defending tactics using small group training. He begins by walking his athletes through proper body positioning for defending an attacker on the ball. He shows you how to apply pressure without the risk of getting beat and how to dictate your opponent's movement.

This DVD includes four basic small group exercises:

  • Defensive Mechanics & Techniques - This progression will help program your players to keep their knees bent, eyes up, and read the attacker from the waist down. The exercise progresses to tackling and using your body properly to keep the opponent off of the ball.
  • 1v1 Defending Progression - Emphasizes the proper defensive stance and tackling technique. As attackers progress to shooting on a target, the defender's positioning becomes even more crucial.
  • 2v2 Defending Progression - Works on directing the attacker to the supporting defender for help with containment. During this exercise, Kuntz identifies the importance of communication between defenders as it relates to defensive coverage movements.
  • 4v4 Support Exercise - Focuses on defensive vision, shifting, organizing and switching with supporting defenders that mimics the demands of a full size game.

As each exercise increases in difficulty, Kuntz adds objectives to each exercise for the offense and defense in order to increase confidence, effort and enjoyment for the players.

Build better support for your defense with these proven defensive principles and techniques.

47 minutes. 2010.

35 Games and Activities for U6 Soccer Players

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with Ian Bradley,
State Director of Coaching, Iowa Soccer Association (ISA),
USSF A-License, USYS National Youth License,
Region 2 ODP Regional Staff,
and Daryn White,
Iowa Soccer Association (ISA),
USSF A-License, Soccer Australia Licensed Coach,
Australia Schoolboys National Team Captain

Making soccer fun is the most important goal of any U6 soccer coach. On this instructional DVD, developed by the Iowa Soccer Association (ISA), U6 coaches are provided with the learning techniques to create fun and exciting coaching sessions for their young athletes. This instructional DVD includes over 35 age-appropriate training games and activities presented by ISA's Director of Coaching, Ian Bradley. Bradley uses real-life U6 player demonstrations, accompanied by graphical explanations of each activity as well as coaching considerations at appropriate times. With having fun as the key theme, the DVD guides coaches through creative ways to conduct organized, effective and entertaining practices that encourage and challenge your players. The number of activities and games shown on this DVD, and its fundamental approach to learning, make it an essential educational resource for any U6 soccer coach.

60 minutes. 2006.

Core Fundamentals Session for Soccer Goalkeepers

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with Casey Mann, Nebraska State Soccer Association Director of Coaching

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.

24 Fun Activities for Youth Soccer

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with Marcus Wood, Hardin-Simmons University Head Women's Soccer Coach;
2010 NCAA D-III National Champions; 2010 NSCA National Coach of the Year;
ranks third all-time among NCAA women's soccer coaches at all levels in career winning percentage (.868); 8x American Southwest Conference Coach of the Year; 11x American Southwest Conference champions (including 10 in a row); over 230 career wins; NCAA Record 145 game conference unbeaten streak

Make practice more fun for your players while working on their technical abilities! Successful D-III college coach Marcus Wood has put together a compilation of different soccer drills and games that will help improve the skills level of youth soccer players while allowing them to have fun. The games in this video will improve your players' skills on the ball as well as keep them interested in the game.

A must-have for any beginning youth coach, this video uses a combination of chalkboard analysis and live practice footage to give you all the basics to start training your team and leave them anticipating the next practice session. This video contains a sequence of competitive drills and games designed to keep the youth player engaged and having fun. Each drill is shown in a live practice to demonstrate key coaching points and the challenges associated with coaching this age group. The comprehensive video logically progresses from skill-based drills to competitive, problem-solving games that get your young players thinking like a soccer player.

Dribbling Games
Train players to improve their touch on the ball and to get around a defender much more easily. Coach Wood presents a dribbling progression that emphasizes turns and moves to beat defenders. Being able to use both feet with confidence will make it difficult for the defenders to predict which foot you favor. Your players will become better with both their strong and weak foot. Learn how players can make errors when forced to use the "weaker foot."

Coach Wood demonstrates east-to-learn dribbling exercises that will help players control the ball and keep it from getting stolen. See games of Knockout, Team Knockout, Sharks and Minnows, and Freeze Tag that are fun to play and are great for giving your players ideas of different moves they can use to beat the defender in the attack.

Technical Quality
Working alone or with a partner your players can improve technical quality and make better touches to control the ball in a game using various body parts. Juggling is an exciting way to develop this technical ability. Coach Wood gives several creative ways to make the simple drill of juggling more challenging and game-like. This will help players adapt to the various types of aerial or ground balls that might be directed towards them.

Competitive Goal Scoring
Use the skills you learned from the previous sections of the video in the competitive goal-scoring exercises. Begin with 1v1 examples that will help your players discover creative ways to get around the defender. You'll see 3v2 and 2v1 scenarios that will train your players to be creative in overload situations. Playing with teammates will develop the communication needed to be a better soccer player and a better soccer team.

Never run out of ideas for practice again. Whether new to the game or an enthusiastic player and fan, this video from Coach Marcus Wood will show you how to keep practice sessions simple but effective. More importantly, Coach Wood makes the sessions fun, which is the best motivation for soccer players of all skills levels. Develop your athletes into more confident and technical players that will give you the edge in your next game!

148 minutes. 2013.

All Access Florida Soccer Practice

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with Becky Burleigh, University of Florida Head Coach;
1998 NCAA Champions; 1998 NSCAA National Coach of the Year; 4x SEC Coach of the Year; 12x SEC Champions; over 400 career wins, ranks third among all D-I active coaches in winning percentage

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!

Winning Set Pieces

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with Randy Waldrum,
University of Notre Dame Head Women's Soccer Coach;
    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.

Pre-Season Activities and Drills

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with Randy Waldrum,
University of Notre Dame Head Women's Soccer Coach;
    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

    Attacking and defending are imperative for the success of any soccer team. Randy Waldrum is a master at developing, then perfecting, attacking and defending skills in his players. The seven-time NSCAA Regional Coach of the Year shares some pre-season drills designed to improve the four components of a player's game. Coach Waldrum uses practice footage to demonstrate and explain each drill. Waldrum's drills progress from individual footwork drills to competitive 8v8 drills designed to put players in game-like scenarios. Each drill has been a vital part of positioning his teams for success. These drills can be used at every level to improve your team's overall ability and for individuals who want to compete at the highest level. This drill package is an excellent compliment to Waldrum's Attacking and Defending Concepts DVD.

    47 minutes. 2009.


Tactical Flexibility with the 4-2-3-1 System

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with Butch Lauffer,
West Texas A&M University Head Soccer Coach,
Finished 2009 season ranked #11 in NCAA Division II;
USSF "A" license, Grade 1 coaching license (Irish Football Association), Class "A" License (United European Football Assoc.), UEFA pro license (Scottish Football Association);
2008 Trinidad and Tobago Under-17 Women's National Team Assistant Coach

Flexibility is key for any successful soccer team. In back-to-back NCAA Elite 8 appearances, Butch Lauffer has utilized the 4-2-3-1 system which allows his teams tactical flexibility on the offensive and defensive ends of the field. In this DVD, Coach Lauffer demonstrates how this system can be adjusted for stronger defensive or offensive formations, the roles of the players, winning the ball, transition, angles of recovery, pass timing, and attacking. Coach Lauffer also shares several field exercises than can be used to develop the 4-2-3-1 for your team. Using this system will give your team greater flexibility, will help your team break down opponents, and win more games.

78 minutes. 2005.

Complete Conditioning for Soccer

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with Greg Gatz, Director of Strength and Conditioning for Olympic sports at the University of North Carolina

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.

The Notre Dame 4-3-3

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with Randy Waldrum,
University of Notre Dame Head Women's Soccer Coach;
    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.

Game-Like Goal Scoring Drills for Soccer

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with Marcus Wood, Hardin-Simmons University Head Women's Soccer Coach;
2010 NCAA D-III National Champions; 2010 NSCA National Coach of the Year;
ranks third all-time among NCAA women's soccer coaches at all levels in career winning percentage (.868); 8x American Southwest Conference Coach of the Year; 11x American Southwest Conference champions (including 10 in a row); over 230 career wins; NCAA Record 145 game conference unbeaten streak

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.

Technical & Fitness Testing for Soccer Players

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with Anson Dorrance,
University of North Carolina Head Women's Soccer Coach;
22 National Collegiate Championships, 20 ACC Tournament Championships; 7x National Soccer Coach of the Year; most wins in college soccer history, distinguished member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame (2008); U.S. Women's National Team Head Coach (1986-94); head coach of the 1991 World Cup Team that won the gold medal.

In the right setting, coaches can develop a culture that will force players to push each other within a naturally competitive atmosphere. Here's your chance to see how it's done by Hall of Fame Coach Anson Dorrance, who lets you into the Tar Heels' pre-season training camp and shows you how his coaching staff evaluates top-performing team each and every year.

Coach Dorrance begins by explaining the purpose and rationale for evaluating players' skills and abilities. Once all of the tests and exercises are demonstrated, he uses the closing segment to summarize the overall value of employing an evaluation system, which include:

  • Guiding players to stay at a high physical and technical level during the off-season
  • Establishing a set group of tests for physical abilities and technical skills
  • Instilling core values and expectations meant to maximize team performance

Learn how to using a scoring and ranking system to assess your players. Discover a way to share performance data with players that can help them improve their game and enhance the strength of the team overall.

Warm-Ups
You'll get a variety of warm-up exercises that will prepare your players to perform at their highest level when going through the testing and evaluation exercises. These warm-up drills are also great additions to your normal warm-up routines before every practice and game.

Fitness Evaluations
Get a firsthand look at how a top-notch college soccer program runs their fitness testing. In the weight room segment, you'll see the team go through vertical jump and speed testing with short distance sprint timing. In ad outside segment, you'll see an endurance testing exercise that can be fine-tuned to each player's abilities.

Technical Evaluations
The technical portion of this DVD looks at shooting activity and improving the shot speed of players. The power of each player's foot helps Coach Dorrance know which of his players has the ability to take long-range shots outside of the 18-yard box. This information helps players work on their shooting techniques and also helps coaches identify long-distance shooters.

Another part to the technical evaluations are cross-field aerial passes that are based on the distance and accuracy of the kicker, as well as the receiver's ability to settle the ball with their first touch. This will help players improve their techniques and help coaches know what aspects players need to work on in the future.

Understand your player' strengths with these testing and evaluation drills from world-class soccer coach Anson Dorrance! Athletes and coaches alike will be able to learn the areas they need to address at practice.

55 minutes. 2014.

Creating an Attacking Mindset

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featuring Brandon Koons,
Otterbein University Head Woman's Soccer Coach;
2010 NCAA D-III Final Four; 6x OAC Conference Champs; 5x OAC Coach of the Year

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.
Koons walks you step-by-step through the process of building an attacking culture, from warm-ups to drills and ending with small-sided games. You will see a warm up drill to help your players recognize simple runs they can make in a game situation, games that encourage players to beat their opponents 1 v 1 on the dribble, a shooting drill that is fast paced and creates many shooting opportunities for the players and much more.

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.

Maximizing Your Talent for Soccer Success

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with Sean Holmes,
Drake University Head Coach;
2009 Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament,
2009 Ranked #7 in the nation Scoring Offense

How can you create a successful soccer team with players of varying levels of talent, experience and athletic ability?

Sean Holmes gives you an inside look at how to systematically develop your team into a smarter, more effective entity. Coach Holmes delivers a teaching progression that runs from simple to complex that will help maximize your team's potential through individual technique, small group training and full team dynamics.

PROGRAM OUTLINE
Disc 1

  • Warm-up Exercises
  • Technical Passing Exercises
  • Possession Exercises

Disc 2

  • 5 vs. 2 Possession
  • 5 vs. 2 Release to Goal
  • 4 vs. 2 Release from Wing
  • Free Play
  • Game Footage

DISC I

WARM-UP EXERCISES
Sean Holmes presents eight cooperative, competitive and team-building warm-up exercises and progressive variations that maximize touches on the ball.

TECHNICAL PASSING EXERCISES
Holmes works his players through five technical passing exercises that have tactical implications, while encouraging his players to "play the way they face" to help relieve defensive pressure. These passing exercises involve receiving one- and two-touch passes from both the ground and in the air while under pressure. Holmes shows you why and how to implement an up-back-through passing pattern.

POSSESSION EXERCISES
Use Holmes' game-like possession exercises to reinforce concepts from the previous exercises. As the athletes run through each exercise, Holmes passes along coaching tips on how to maximize practice time, emphasize proper fundamentals, develop game fitness, implement tactical concepts and more.

He explains how to develop leadership in experienced athletes and how to utilize those leaders to dictate team expectations and concepts to the inexperienced athletes on the squad. Holmes teaches you how to study the exercises in order to identify each player's style of play, role on the team and skill level.

You will gain an understanding of why and how to employ variations of these exercises to mold your athletes' roles and styles of play to accentuate team concepts. Holmes distinguishes between technical and tactical errors as they occur during the exercises, showing you how to correct each as they occur.

DISC 2

In disc 2, Holmes presents ways of contextualizing possession exercises to the broader game.

Coach Holmes takes to the whiteboard to illustrate offensive exercises prior to each drill being demonstrated on the field. He emphasizes the importance of small technical details, such as spacing, clean touches, body angle when receiving passes and many more that are crucial to success.

Holmes begins practice with small possession games that transition to offensive attack options. He walks you through a variety of ways to build offensive attacks that begin from the defensive line and the wing areas to take advantage of the up-back-through passing pattern that is drilled extensively throughout the video.

The exercises start small and simple in order to build confidence and understanding in the athletes. As the video continues, the exercises become progressively more difficult and game-like. Finally, Holmes puts all of the concepts together into a full scrimmage.

During the exercises, Holmes works with his athletes to maintain possession through simplicity by playing away from defensive pressure, reducing touches on the ball, circulating the ball from one side of the field to the other, extending their vision, reading the game and acting decisively. Holmes ends by analyzing game footage and identifying the principles that were taught in this video as they occur in game settings.

Be prepared for any game situation this season.

219 minutes. 2010.


Attacking Goalkeeping: Drills, Techniques and Tactics

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with Chris Ducar,
University of North Carolina Women's Soccer Goalkeeper Coach,
part of the UNC coaching staff for 10 NCAA Championship titles, national clinician for the U.S. Youth Soccer Association, member of the Olympic Development Program Staff

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.

Playing the 4-2-3-1 System

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with Marcus Wood, Hardin-Simmons University Head Women's Soccer Coach;
2010 NCAA D-III National Champions; 2010 NSCA National Coach of the Year;
ranks third all-time among NCAA women's soccer coaches at all levels in career winning percentage (.868); 8x American Southwest Conference Coach of the Year; 11x American Southwest Conference champions (including 10 in a row); over 230 career wins; NCAA Record 145 game conference unbeaten streak

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
Coach Wood pays special attention to each required skill and shows them in action through game play. All 11 positions are technically and tactically reviewed to help you know when and how to apply the appropriate coaching points. You'll also learn how to use this information to develop player skills that are appropriate for each position, In addition to the wealth of knowledge and detail provided by Wood, all coaching points and techniques are displayed in a format that will allow you to share the information with your players.

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.

Defending Tactics and Exercises

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featuring Brandon Koons,
Otterbein University Head Woman's Soccer Coach;
2010 NCAA D-III Final Four; 6x OAC Conference Champs; 5x OAC Coach of the Year

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.

All Access Virginia Soccer Practice

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University of Virginia Head Men's Soccer Coach,
2009 NCAA National Champions,
Assistant Coach on the 2002 U.S. Men's National Team that competed in the 2002 FIFA World Cup (Korea/Japan),
4x ACC Championships,
200+ career wins

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!

Anson Dorrance: Guide to a Winning Culture

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University of North Carolina Head Women's Soccer Coach;
22 National Collegiate Championships, 20 ACC Tournament Championships; 7x National Soccer Coach of the Year; most wins in college soccer history, distinguished member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame (2008); U.S. Women's National Team Head Coach (1986-94); head coach of the 1991 World Cup Team that won the gold medal.

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.

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