Product Description

Designed specifically for players aged 7 to 11, this manual contains a wide range of progressive practice drills to help young players develop. Fun, educational and challenging, all drills are illustrated and cover the essential technical skills including: warming up, dribbling and running with the ball, passing, shooting, heading, crossing, goalkeeping and warming down. As well as easy-to-use instructions, each drill contains information on the equipment needed, the space required and how to organize the players.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #163719 in Books
• Published on: 2004-06-21
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

About the Author
Malcolm Cook was for three years the Technical Director (Youth) at Liverpool FC and was responsible for revolutionising the club's youth scheme and assisting the early careers of established international stars such as Robbie Fowler, Steve McManaman and Dominic Matteo.

Customer Reviews

My coaching bible!
This guide is fantastic! I use it with an under 11's and under 10's team. The drills are really easy to understand, with clear diagrams being used throughout. It covers most aspects of football (not defending though!)and the kids I've done the drills with have really enjoyed doing them. I would definitely recommend this to experienced and inexperienced coaches.

Good ideas but doesn't carry them through
I've been coaching for a while and 101 drills sounded great, but it fails to live up to my expectations. What you get is exactly what the book says you get 101 drills. They are well laid out and the descriptions explain how to set up and the equpiment required. The one complaint I have is the progressions, when you put a session together you usually have a main theme, like passing, so your drills need to progress in complexity through the theme. The progressions in the book look like an after thought and haven't been developed.

Overall the book is fine and is similar to "Soccer Practice Games" by Luxbacher.

101 Youth Soccer Drills age 7-11
A practical guide for any coach. I have used it to plan coaching sessions for under 9's, picking out drills most suited to correcting behaviours displayed in live games. Alternatively, you could use it to plan a whole season of coaching sessions.
A 'must have' if you coach youngsters. Glad I bought it and so are my team!