Coaching Resources
Throughout the years, the NSCAA has built an impressive archive of soccer coaching tips, articles, videos, DVDs, and practice plans. You'll find many of them here.
Videos and DVDs
The NSCAA and Soccer Learning Systems have developed a series of educational videos for coaches. These DVDs feature members of the NSCAA's Coaching Academy staff providing instruction on a broad range of topics. Click here to see the full list of available videos, or select the one you want to view below:
- Tactical Development
- Attacking Soccer in the Women's Game
- Soccer Tactics: On the Attack
- Soccer Tactics: Defending to Win
- Tactical Training, featuring Aly Wagner
- Coaching in the Game Methodology
- Coaches Guide to Coaching 5-7 Year Old Players
- Coaches Guide to Coaching 8-12 Year Old Players
- Methods for Teaching Attacking Soccer
Coaching Fundamentals
The NSCAA has created this series of informational pages to give volunteer coaches a grasp of the fundamentals of soccer coaching, from a review of the Laws of the Game to the an explanation of the 5 v 5 teaching model.
- Section 1: Laws of the Game
- Section 2: Managing a Coaching Session
- Section 3: Dribbling
- Section 4: Basic Skills - Receiving, Passing and Shooting
- Section 5: Basic Skills - Heading and Tackling
- Section 6: Introduction to Soccer Tactics
- Section 7: A Dynamic Teaching Model - 5 v 5
This course is the first aspect of a planned series of online educational initiatives, designed to supplement the current roster of coaching education courses the NSCAA produces each year.
Soccer Journal
Soccer Journal is the Official Publication of the NSCAA and is one of the few publications in the world produced exclusively for soccer coaches. Each issue contains technical and tactical articles, news and updates on important events, thoughts from opinion leaders in the sport and features on the interesting people and issues of the game. Read archived Soccer Journal Articles.
Books
The NSCAA offers many books to help improve your coaching and positively impact your players. Find out what books we sell.
Drills
The NSCAA has posted a small number of soccer drills and exercises that may be used to train players in both techniques and tactics. Be sure to check back often as this area continues to grow.