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Coach Resources

This page contains Coach resource information.  Click on the link below for the desired topic.  Or, if you don't see it here and want it included in our website, please email our general email box along with the document, we would be happy to post it for you.

 

 

Sample Training Sessions 
U10/U11  U12 U14

Week 1

Week 1

 Week 1

Week 2

 Week 2  Week 2
Week 3  Week 3  WeeK 3
Week 4

 Week 4

 Week 4

 

 
Age specific characteristics and skill development
U10/U11 U12  U14 
Player Characteristics Player Characteristics Maintaining Shape and Balance
Passing

Defending - pressure & cover
 Defending

Passing

Shooting

Pentration
Penetration Lesson 2

Penetrating Passes

Tackling Possession

Possession with a Purpose
Possession - Speed & Purpose (U13s)

Dribbling Dribbling Speed of Play
Speed of Play (U14s - U16s)
Heading Give and Go Turning & Receiving
Receiving Lofted Balls Movement off Ball Team Shape - Support 
 Team Shape #1
 Team Shape #2
Foot coordination and speed 4v4 to Targets
  First Defender
 

Spatial Awareness

 

Game Characteristics by division

CCYS has put together a comprehensive table of game characteristics by ages.  As a coach progresses with their player through the different divisions

It can be quite useful to answer basic questions about field sizes and goal types used at each age level.  Click here to see the full table including side, field and goals sizes, use of referees, and playing rules.

In-Town Training Guides

Over the years, our In-Town program has developed specific guides to assist coaches in training the younger players in our program.  Feel free to review what we have put together and let us know your thoughts on what works and what does not.  You can email us with your feedback.

 

 Links

Refrence Materials for Coaches

Books and Tapes at Concord Library


The Club has purchased for the Concord Public Library soccer books and tapes to be available to all coaches:
(Many thanks to Dan Frost for choosing and purchasing these resources for the Club as our gift to the Library and the Concord Carlisle soccer community.)

Tapes

  • Training Girls and Women to Win, April Heinrichs
  • The Skills of Goal Keeping, Dr. Joe Machnik 
  • Goalkeeping Fitness and Tactics, Dr. Joe Machnik 
  • Goalkeeping, the Next Dimension, Dr. Joe Machnik 
  • Microsoccer, Coaching 7, 7, and 8 Year Olds 
  • Coerver Fundamentals Part 1: Ball Control 
  • Coever Fundamentals Part 2: Beating an Opponent 
  • Coever Fundamentals Part 3: Scoring Chances

Books

  • Positive Coaching, Jim Thompson 
  • Baffled Parents' Guide to Coaching Youth Soccer, Bobby Clark (this is a TREMENDOUS  book) 
  • Soccer Fundamentals for Players and Coaches, Wil Coerver 
  • Coaching Soccer, Tim Schum ed. 
  • Grokking, the Dutch method of coaching... Better Soccer More Fun
     

Coach Training

CCYS supports its coaching by offering Coach Licensing courses sponsored by our parent organization MA Youth Soccer.  For more information about coach licensing, go to the Coach Resources section of our website.