Coerver is known throughout the world as one of the best training tools for young soccer players. Regardless of skill level or ability, each youngster that is taught the Coerver Coaching method is given all the tools to succeed in the game of soccer – all they need is a little determination and application. Take [...]
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Sad news this week as legendary Dutch soccer coach Wiel Coerver passed away on Thursday morning. He was 86. Coerver was a pioneer of technical soccer training, inventing one of the most successful forms of soccer coaching. The Coerver method was developed from studying video tapes of successful players, such as Pele, and breaking down [...]
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One of the most time consuming items when coaching soccer is planning a training session. If you’ve been through the USSF or NSCAA coaching courses, you’ll know that planning a training session for your soccer team takes a lot of work. You have to keep it fun so your players will enjoy it, but you [...]
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For soccer clubs whose Spring season begins in March, it’s time to start making preparations for the new season. There are several weeks to go until you should start bringing your players back for pre-season training, so the more planning you can do now, the more smoother your season will go. Coaches generally look to [...]
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Many of you reading this may already be familiar with the Coerver Coaching Player Development pyramid. The pyramid is broken down into 6 phases of player development, with each phase contributing to a specific topic which then progresses to group play. The Coerver Coaching pyramid starts off with ball mastery – the fundamental aspects which [...]
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There are lots of sessions similar to the one explained below on Coerver DVDs. For more sessions like this one I recommend the Coerver Make Your Move DVD set. I first discovered a mention of the Coerver Box in one of the PDFs which came with my subscription to the World Class Coaching magazine. The [...]
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Prior to starting coaching soccer, many coaches go out and spend hundreds of dollars on equipment that they may only use once or twice. In reality, there are only a few pieces of equipment which are necessary to run successful, fun, and energetic Coerver sessions. As you will see in the Coerver DVDs, the same [...]
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It’s so important for young soccer players to be comfortable with the ball at their feet. Fun Coerver drills which involve two or more kids encourage working as a team, getting lots of touches with the ball, and helping out team mates. The video below shows several examples of coerver change of direction moves you [...]
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Many soccer coaches I speak to love the idea of Coerver Coaching, but often struggle to adapt Coerver in their training sessions. As a select / travel soccer coach, we train twice a week with games on a weekend. Our training schedule is Tuesday and Thursday. I make sure that one of those sessions is [...]
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Coerver coaching is not only popular in the United States, but in Europe and Asia too. In fact, a lot of the players progressing through to the professional ranks have had experience with Coerver. Why shouldn’t the youth players of today have the same kind of experience? Reasons to Use Coerver It’s fun! The kids [...]
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