Product Description
Soccer: Steps to Success offers 10 easy-to-follow steps designed to help players learn and practice key skills. This new edition features 94 drills that develop players’ offensive and defensive skills. The drills come with performance goals and a list of key points to remember when executing each drill. Plus, many include instructions for increasing or decreasing the difficulty of the drill. Each step is an easy transition from the one before. The first few steps cover basic skills and concepts–passing and receiving, dribbling, heading, shielding, and tackling. As players progress, they’ll be able to apply these individual techniques to more effectively execute team tactics. By studying the book’s 135 illustrations and following the simple instructions, players will learn . why each skill or concept is important, the keys to proper technique, . how to analyze and correct common errors, how to practice each skill in a realistic way, tactics for one-on-one attack and defense–from maintaining ball possession to defending on an individual basis; basic shooting skills, including the instep drive shot, full volley, half volley, and swerving shots; and techniques and strategies for more effective goalkeeping. The book also offers tips on new systems of play designed to facilitate better team tactics and offensive success. As they work their way from one step to the next, players and their coaches will benefit from Joe Luxbacher’s more than 30 years of expe
