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5 Great Ways to Make Soccer Coaching Easier by Using Soccer Videos to Improve Player Performance   

Soccerleaders.com  offers these 5 tips to improve players' performance by using instructional videos -- making progress faster, easier and more fun for players, as well as coaches.

Many soccer coaches are finding that using soccer videos as an instructional tool is a great way to improve the speed, effectiveness and fun of teaching youth soccer players the game. With advances in technology like faster internet connections and greater access to DVD and VHS players, this excellent option is fast becoming a powerful tool in soccer coaching.

Although there is no substitute for the exercise and camaraderie found at traditional soccer practice, coaches are discovering soccer videos can be a powerful addition to their coaching arsenal to obtain the best results for their players and team.

Soccerleaders.com suggests these tips for using soccer videos to improve soccer players and practices:

1.   Help solve soccer coaching challenges: Demonstrate skills, drills and tactics by using instructional videos...

Challenging skills and drills are sometimes difficult to demonstrate and explain, so soccer coaches can use

Video Example for Tip # 1

Turn up your speakers now, and check out this quick video below ...  and read on while it gets started...

Video: "Fakes and Feints 1-5, Exercises 1-3":  

TO PLAY VIDEO: 

1 -- Click on the screenshot image above, which opens a new window with video in it.

2 -- In the new window, see the video's Play button (triangle) at bottom left.  (Enlarge the new window if needed)

3 -- Click the Play button (triangle) after a few moments.

(If that doesn't work, please click the "Refresh" button on your browser, then try again to click the Play button)

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Soccer rules (aka "Laws of the Game"), tactics and team strategies can be exhibited more clearly when the players can see the "big picture" or the whole field at once. The adage, "A picture is worth 1000 words," most clearly expresses this truth.

3.   Keep momentum towards improvement between practices:   Assigning videos as homework between practices can be a great way to keep players motivated and progressing away from the field...

Video Example for Tip # 2

CLICK HERE FOR ANIMATED VIDEO of this drill: Defending - Applying Pressure

After video begins, push "play" (triangle) several times, because drill is shown in stages.

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Assignments could come from a player's own copy of a video, a borrowed copy or from an online video resource. Coaches can then review with players, leading them to higher levels of knowledge, insight, and team-building.

4. Play like the legends, coach like the legends:   Videos of soccer legends, great plays and great matches will inspire players at all levels to improve...

Less experienced coaches and all players can learn from the legends in videos. Soccer coaches new to the coaching atmosphere can benefit from the experience of their more advanced colleagues -- from seasoned youth coaches through the ranks of professional soccer stars and coaches.  Also, many video resources can be found online to show specific pro players' styles.

5. Learn from past performances:   Coaches can review video of the team's own games and practices...

Parents or assistant coaches can film games and practices, with technological advances making video recorders more affordable. Coaches can review successful moments and find areas that need further improvement.

Soccer gear is no longer simply soccer cleats, uniforms, balls and nets. Advancing technology allows coaches to add soccer videos to their coaching repertoire in the quest for better ways to train their team on how to play, excel and enjoy soccer. Stay ahead of the curve and make sure fun is the goal.

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