Soccer Training Programs

Football training plans for amateur coaches

Soccer Training Programs second edition contains a collection of 96 detailed plans designed for amateur coaches to use.

Success on the football field demands a high degree of fitness, technical skills and tactical ability from players. The challenge for you as a coach is to devise football training programmes which meet these requirements while remaining safe, interesting and fun. Each programme in the book is based on knowledge and techniques developed in professional soccer and other sports which have been adapted to the specific conditions and needs of the amateur game.

In clear and concise chapters Soccer Training Programs also provides:

• an overview of the key aspects of a coach's work, including physical training, skill development, tactics and psychological preparation
• a valuable examination of periodisation for football
• a special section on supplementary indoor football training activities
• an appendix of stretching exercises.