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New Soccer DVDs Featuring Brandon Koons!

By nate.landas - Last updated: Friday, November 18, 2011

New to our online selection are three Soccer DVDs featuring Brandon Koons.  He coaches his team to the 2010 NCAA D-III Final Four and has been OAC Coach of the Year five times.  The titles of the Soccer DVDs are:

Creating an Attacking Mindset 

  • Train players to penetrate through and over defensive lines
  • Encourage players to take on defenders in 1v1 situations
  • Help players identify situations that can exploit the opposing defense
  • Give players confidence to attack and finish

Attacking and Defending Set Pieces 

  • Teach your players to aggressively attack an opponent’s goal kick
  • Learn to anticipate where the opponent is going to try and play a ball
  • See a simple way to attack and defend on throw in’s
  • Learn different ways to attack on corner kicks
  • Get different tactics to use when taking free kicks

Defending Tactics and Exercises 

  • Understand basic principles of defending in easy to understand terms
  • Train players on the roles of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd defenders
  • Understand importance of communication and your team’s “line of confrontation”
  • Train players on the importance of compactness and shifting

Purchase the three DVDs together and save $10!

Brandon Koons’ Attacking and Defending 3-Pack




12 New Books to Help Soccer Coaches!

By mike.oconnell - Last updated: Friday, February 18, 2011

12 new soccer books! The following books have been identified as the best soccer books available by our customers and soccer advisors. Check them out today!

Coaching the Dutch 4 – 3 – 3

Dutch Drills for Total Team Training

Players Roles and Responsibilities in the 4 – 4 – 2: Defending

Players Roles and Responsibilities in the 4 – 4 – 2: Attacking

Formation Based Soccer Training

101 Team Building Activities: Ideas Every Coach Can Use To Enhance Teamwork, Communication and Trust

4-4-2 vs 4-3-3

Focused for Soccer (second edition)

Modern Soccer Coaching – Tactical

Modern Soccer Coaching – Technical

Coaching the Complete Goalkeeper

Skills & Strategies for Coaching Soccer (second edition)




2 New Soccer DVDs: Finishing Drills & Transition Offense!

By mike.oconnell - Last updated: Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Featured in two new Soccer DVDs are Head Men’s Soccer Coach at the University of California – Santa Barbara Tim Vom Steeg and Head Men’s Soccer Coach at the University of North Carolina Elmar Bolowich! These two coaches offer coaching points you won’t want to miss!

Finishing Drills for Soccer with Tim Von Steeg

  • Develop tighter shooting accuracy
  • Learn “no pressure” exercises that will develop sound shooting fundamentals
  • Train your players to make more rebound goals

Transition Offense Session: Fast Break vs. Build Up with Elmar Bolowich

  • Get a complete transition session you can immediately plug in to your program
  • Learn when to fast break and when to build-up
  • Use fast-paced games to develop speed and passing accuracy in your players

Tim Vom Steeg is a 2x NSCAA National Coach of the Year (2004 & 2006) and a 2x Big West Conference Coach of the Year.  He is also the all time winningest coach in Big West history and was inducted in the California Community College Coaches Hall of Fame in 2008.

Elmar Bolowich has guided the Tar Heels to the 2001 NCAA championship and was a national finalist in 2008 and 2009.  In 2010, the Tar Heels were a semifinalist in the NCAA tournament.




New on DVD: 30 Minute Soccer Clinics!

By mike.oconnell - Last updated: Thursday, January 27, 2011

New soccer DVDs to improve your team! Implementing the topics covered in these four DVDs will help your team reach new heights!

30 Minute Soccer Clinic – Speed and Agility

30 Minute Soccer Clinic – High Pressure Team Defending

30 Minute Soccer Clinic – Creating Space

30 Minute Soccer Clinic – Goalkeeping

30 minute soccer clinic DVDs provide quality instruction demonstrated in a condensed training session approximately 30 minutes. However, the drills and exercises in this DVD can be conducted as a complete training session or utilized in your training sessions regularly throughout the season!




Waldrum Guides Notre Dame to NCAA College Cup Title!

By nate.landas - Last updated: Sunday, December 5, 2010

Randy Waldrum, the University of Notre Dame Women’s Head Soccer Coach, guided the Irish to the 2010 NCAA national championship!  The Irish defeated Stanford1-0 on Sunday for their third NCAA Women’s College Cup championship.  This was Notre Dame’s first championship since 2004 and finished with a 21-2-2 overall record.




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