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• 1v2 Attackers - SoccerCoach-L compilation (MS Word - 258KB)
• Teaching Side Support and Penetration by Jeff Tipping, NSCAA Director of Coaching Education (NSCAA Coaching Newsletter - 2/16/2005)
• Developing Speed of Play by John Ellinger, U.S. U17 Men's National Team Coach
  (Courtesy of Success in Soccer Magazine - Taken from the NSCAA Coaching Newsletter - August 4th, 2004)
• Teaching Vision and Support Play By Vince Ganzberg, Regional Technical Director
  (from the NSCAA Coaching Newsletter - April 28, 2004)
• Switching the Play By Mick Smoothey, NSCAA Regional Technical Director (From the NSCAA November 2003 Newsletter)
• Breakaways - A Defensive and Attacking Exercise by Ken Gamble
• Attacking Runs by Forwards by Lawrence Fine
• U12 Penetration Passing Lesson Plans 2 - Coaches Connection
• 4 Across The Top - Chris Morrissey
• Looking for Numbers Up Situations - Lawrence Fine
• Time, Space and Third Player Running - Dan Minutillo
• Exercise of the Day - 2v1 + 1v1 + 2v1 - Gary Rue
• Attacking The Near Post - Gary Rue
• Bent Runs and Timed Passes by Lawrence Fine
• An Introduction to Finishing - Tim Bradbury, ProExcel
• Attack from the Flank by Ric Miller
• Attacking Principles and the System of Play (.PDF)
• Better Attack:  Runs Off the Ball (.PDF)
• Better Use of Negative Space - A practice plan by Ric Miller
• Building Zonal Defense (.PDF)
• Controlling Game Tempo - Long-Ball Versus Ball-Possession Tactics by Ric Miller
• Counter Attack From Corner Kicks (.PDF)
• Coaching Set Plays (.PDF)
• Penetration in the Attack (.PDF)
• Possession Games (.PDF)
• Premier Course & Systems of Play (.PDF)
• Small Sided Games (.PDF)
• Teaching Tactics (.PDF)
• Using Match Analysis to Develop Training Sessions (.PDF)
• Winning 1v1 (.PDF)
• Switching the Point of Attack - A comprehensive coaching manual on teaching the art of switching attacks - another great article by George Lasher (Word doc)
• Switching the Point of Attack - A comprehensive coaching manual on teaching the art of switching attacks - another great article by George Lasher (.PDF)
• Exercise of the Day - Center Halfback Game
• Exercise of the Day - Numbers Up/Down
• Exercise of the Day - 5v5v5 Transition
• Session: Transition and Counter Attack Clinician: Hylton Dayes (Wright State) at NSCAA Convention, January 18, 2001
• Session: Attacking the Zone Defense by Clinician Mike Parsons, Director NSCAA Coaching, NSCAA Convention, January 18, 2001
• Session: Condition to Transition - Clinician George Perry, Wabash College, NSCAA Convention, January 18, 2001
• Ways to Teach Changing the Point of Attack by Lauren Gregg - 1999 NSCAA Convention
• Session: Playing With Your Back To Goal Clinician: Hayden Knight (Black Soccer Coaches Committee) at NSCAA Convention, January 19, 2001
• How to Score More Goals by Crosses
• Pattern Runs for Strikers Rotations and Decision Making
• Creating Attacking Space in the Box by Shelly Howieson
• Exercise of the Day - Second Attacker Support
• Exercise of the Day - 5v2 - Attack
• Exercise of the Day: Switching the Point of Attack
• Exercise of the Day - Drive and Drop
• Exercise of the Day - 2+4v2
• Exercise of the Day - Beat the Trap Games
• Exercise of the Day - Three Team Scramble
• Goal Scoring Techniques
• Anticipating Play
• Finishing Drill
• Off-the-Ball Training
• Attacking out of the Back
• Clockwise vs Counter-clockwise Runs
• Four Corners - Dribbling and Vision
• Transition Between Lines (Part 1 of 2)
• Anticipating the Second Touch Service - by Ric Miller
• Attacking Play: Runs from the Back  - by Ric Miller
• Possession with an Intent to Penetrate - Lawrence Fine
• Taking Players On - Lawrence Fine
• Possession, Penetration and Movement off the Ball by Lawrence Fine
• Get out of Here!
• 1v1 Attacking Progression by Ken Gamble
• Jeff Pill's 1v1 Individual Attacking and Defending Practice Session
• Individual Attacking and Defending by Lawrence Fine
• Training the Target Player - Passing and Finishing by Lawrence Fine
• Training the Outside Backs by Lawrence Fine
• Spread Offensively, Compact Defensively
• Training the Featured Player and an Exercise on How to Defend Against The Featured Player - FineSoccer.com
• Beating a Zonal Defense with a Negative Pass
• Forward running
• Crossing and finishing
• Central Fast Break Attack
• Pass and move to shoot
• A Goalkeeper and Forwards shooting practise
• Coming out to go back in. Attacking play in fours
• Creating Space in and around the penalty area
• Attacking Centrally in a functional practice
• Finishing from Crosses in a functional practice
• Winger Crossing, in a Functional practice
• Developing Counter Attacks By Klaus Pabst, German staff coach, and Roy Morris, English youth coach (from the NSCAA Coaching Newsletter - August 18, 2004)
• The ‘Early Cross’ By Jeff Tipping, NSCAA Director of Coaching (from the NSCAA Coaching Newsletter - September 1, 2004)
• First Attacker
  • First Attacker - Decisions 1 (Word Version) by Matt Callahan
  • First Attacker - Decisions 1 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
• Coach the Playmaker (Word Version)
• Coach the Playmaker (PDF Version)
• Coach the Playmaker 2 (Word Version)
• Coach the Playmaker 2 (PDF Version)
• Improve Attack off of Crosses (Word Version)
• Improve Attack off of Crosses (PDF Version)
• Improve Central Combo Play - Midfield and Forward (Word Version)
• Improve Central Combo Play - Midfield and Forward (PDF Version)
• Improve Possession to Penetrate (Word Version)
• Improve Possession to Penetrate (PDF Version)
• Improve Possession to Penetrate 2 (Word Version)
• Improve Possession to Penetrate 2 (PDF Version)
• Improve the team's ability to get into the Final Third (Word Version)
• Improve the team's ability to get into the Final Third (PDF Version)
• Improve the team's ability to Win the Ball (Word Version)
• Improve the team's ability to Win the Ball (PDF Version)
• Improve Wide Attacking (Word Version)
• Improve Wide Attacking (PDF Version)
• Playing the Ball out of the Back with 3 Backs (Word Version)
• Playing the Ball out of the Back with 3 Backs (PDF Version)
• Playing the Ball out of the Back with 4 Backs (Word Version)
• Playing the Ball out of the Back with 4 Backs (PDF Version)
• Switching The Point of Attack (Word Version)
• Switching The Point of Attack (PDF Version)
• Tactical Functional - 3 Forwards (Word Version)
• Tactical Functional - 3 Forwards (PDF Version)
• Tactical Functional - Twin Center Mids (Word Version)
• Tactical Functional - Twin Center Mids (PDF Version)
• Tactical Functional - Twin Strikers in Defense (Word Version)
• Tactical Functional - Twin Strikers in Defense (PDF Version)
• Tactical Functional - Twin Strikers (Word Version)
• Tactical Functional - Twin Strikers (PDF Version)
• Technical Functional - FWD's Turning and Shooting (Word Version)
• Technical Functional - FWD's Turning and Shooting (PDF Version)
• Wide Backs Overlapping in Attack (Word Version)
• Wide Backs Overlapping in Attack (PDF Version)
• Zonal Back Defending (Word Version)
• Zonal Back Defending (PDF Version)
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