Small-sided games are recognised throughout grassroots and professional coaching as one of the best methods to coach soccer skills and tactics. There are so many benefits to using them.
– More player participation
– More touches of the ball
– More passes attempted
– More 1v1s attempted
– More goals scored
– More goalkeeper participation
– No referee needed
– No results recorded
– Players take responsibility
– Different games mean different problems to solve and skills to use
64 Small Sided Soccer Games is Soccer Coach Weekly’s best-selling manual, used by thousands of soccer coaches around the world.
Joe Bloggs –
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Lewis Evans and Nick Gwyther –
Myself and my assistant have found this book superb, we currently coach under 7s and the simplicity of the diagrams and the list of instructions has made understanding and performing the drills easy and fun with the boys.
Andrew Homent –
I have found the sessions incredibly helpful with my coaching. They are simple to set up and easy to follow for both players and coaches. The simplicity of the sessions allows you to get more out of them.
Stephen Brown –
I would just like to say that I found the manual to be invaluable when it comes to planning my coaching sessions. All the small-sided games are expertly illustrated, making them easy to understand and put into practice on a training night
Dave Edwards –
Great book! When ideas run thin, there is always an idea within the book to help. Also when I’m not available the book helps parents who step in to take a session.
Rick Gennario –
I found the manual very helpful and covering a range of skill levels to fit my players. Since I coach in a rec league, I found the games that were less complicated more useful. In any event, the emphasis on small field, fewer players, helped keep all players active during each exercise. I found this to be most beneficial.
Kevin Barrow –
I have found the sessions incredibly helpful with my coaching. They are simple to set up and easy to follow for both players and coaches. The simplicity of the sessions allows you to get more out of them.
They act as a great tool for individual skills, techniques, and as a fitness tool and can easily be adapted for your players into functions and phases which I’ve found very good for coaching 11 v 11 football.