Hey Coaches: Share your best links with us. Here are mine: bigsoccer.com [Duh! Blogs, forums, and more] ussoccer.com [coaching license courses C to A and downloads] usyouthsoccer.com [coaching education and downloads] concacaf.com [international news, clips and some streaming] nscaa.com [the best English language coaching organization in the world, magazine, conventions, coaching education] fitforfutbol.com [the physical aspect, soccer specific] articles.elitefts.com/tag/the-thinker/ [achieve of articles on fitness training] somasimple.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4595 [theoretical discussion regarding periodization] mindfully.org/Food/2003/Food-PyramidJan03.htm [nutrition] exrx.com [everything you every wanted to know about exercise and then some] brianmac.co.uk [comprehensive coaching education site] thesportjournal.org [online magazine of United States Sports Academy not a gov't org. I acutally link to an article on use of music thesportjournal.org/article/music-sport-and-exercise-update-research-and-application] youtube.com/watch?v=uYlIViZM6cY&feature [ball mastery exercises are only the beginning of the Coerver coaching method] espn.go.com/watchespn/index [free on line matches] soccercoachfraternity.com/ [I think this is Dakota Soccer's site, coaching blog] equaliserblog.wordpress.com/ [a fan blog about soccer history] scienceofsocceronline.com/ [the homepage. I actually link to specific articles on SSGs--scienceofsocceronline.com/2013/03/small-sided-games-part-i-do-they.html] sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/ espnfc.com [not my favorite favorite but it is linked] And here are some without saved links that I use from memory-- google.com [internet search engines are the greatest tool of the information age] fifa.com [Laws of the Game, Advice to Referees, international news] uefa.com [European international news] ussoccerplayers.com [soccer news from a different viewpoint] youtube.com [search feature at top] si.com [easy to remember short cut to the Sports Illustrated homepage] bbc.com [easy to remember short cut when I want to check bbc football news] ucs.mun.ca/~dgraham/daily_drill.html [Dennis Mueller's 1000 touches handout] ucs.mun.ca/~dgraham/ [some great coaching links towards the bottom]
I play pick up soccer against this guy on Thursdays anyway, lots of videos of kids soccer drills: http://www.saysoccer.org/video_drills.aspx
I've really liked the subscription to Insidesoccer.com that I've had for the past few years. Video library is extensive and high quality.
It has, but much slower and in addition there seems to be an additional premium to be paid for a lot of it. But for my purposes of having to plan 30-40 practices a year (and willing to reuse stuff that works in the past) it has been fine. Let me know what you need.
I used to love making the practice plans. In between practices I would make 40 practice plans each time trying to make one better then the next. I had ever minute of the practice accounted for. The funny thing about it was I never finished a practice plan from beginning to end without changing the plan to accommodate something new I saw in that practice. Since I retired I tried to make a practice plan to accommodate what a poster wanted to do in his practice. I can't get myself to put the time in to make a plan for another coaches practice.
Check out Bruce Brownlee's soccer coaching site. He was a one time friend pretty well respected in some parts of the country in women's soccer. I liked the site, but I would never tell him that
Here is the link: http://www.soccercoachingnotes.com/ There is a great links page there too. As a teaser, here are his thoughts on training "possession" play: "I don't coach possession soccer as an isolated part of the game, and don't suggest that other coaches make it a solitary critical focus either, at least to the exclusion of other attacking topics that lead to scoring goals...." http://www.soccercoachingnotes.com/coaching/tactical/possession-soccer.html
I figured I would bump this. Most of the links are still active. In addition I have some (verified) current links especially useful for recreational coaches. USYSA site registration is free. NC Youth Soccer: http://www.ncsoccer.org/reccoachesresourcescoaches (North Carolina website) http://www.usyouthsoccer.org/online-education/ (on line courses. Registration required, but it is free.) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9996311E0D785048 (USYSA Youtube channel with clips for the Fox Youth Soccer show available.) http://www.usyouthsoccer.org/FUEL/ (USYSA free e-magazine.) http://www.usyouthsoccer.org/players/ (USYSA player's resource page with free "Player's Guide" download pdf http://www.usyouthsoccer.org/coaches/SmallSidedGames/ (downloadable pdfs on SSGs for various ages) http://www.usyouthsoccer.org/CoachResourceCenter/ (PDF articles called up by year) http://www.usyouthsoccer.org/coaches/coaches_document_center/ (This is where you find USYSA documents such as the Skill Schools Manual and Player Development Model for download.) This is the USYSA coaching education page with links and some downloadable sessions plans: http://www.usyouthsoccer.org/coaches/Education/ (Check out the recommended reading list.) When I have more time I will check the OP for bad links. Happy Holidays.
This service is gone as of December 30th. They refunded my subscription. I have a few days to set up my ipad and record the videos I like before they go away next week.
This former pay site is now free on You Tube https://www.youtube.com/c/InsideSoccerChannel Not sure how good it is as a free site. I will explore later, but they claim to have over 800 videos (some good, some not so good historically). Certainly you can find something to help you.
I've posted a few of these in the past but I think these podcasts are the best thing out there: http://www.coachingsoccerweekly.com/