The Soccer Coach's Toolkit

Here, soccer coaches will find a wealth of coaching activities to improve, stimulate, and provide enjoyment for players of all ages and abilities. Drawing on more than 20 years of soccer coaching and PE teaching experience, the author has provided only those activities he has successfully used time and again to engage and inspire his players.

Each activity is graded from beginner to advanced, and they foster fresh ideas to coach the main techniques and tactics of soccer. The more than 250 coaching activities are also accompanied by an easy-to-understand description and diagram; the activities require only basic coaching equipment and can be adapted to challenge players of varying ability levels and needs.

Coaches can use the activities to create one-off sessions for their players or use the activities to deliver regular sessions as part of a competitive training program.

It is ideal for grassroots and elite youth soccer coaches and will enhance both the players and teams development.

About the Author

Rob Ellis is a UEFA B License soccer coach, and he currently works for Chelsea FC Foundation. He has been coaching junior and adult players for more than 20 years and has worked for professional and semi-professional clubs in the UK. Rob is also a qualified PE teacher and has taught in secondary schools for 12 years. He has a 1st class honors degree in Sport Sciences and studied, played, and coached alongside elite level soccer players.

He currently lives in London.