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These articles are on the DecaturSports website:

• Line Soccer
• North Carolina's Triangle Passing Drill - Long Ball Service and Reception
• Coaching Corner: Angle Passing - By Jeff Tipping, NSCAA Director of Coaching Education (from the June 2005 NSCAA Coaching Newsletter) NEW
• U12 Passing July 2005 Coaches Connection Newsletter (.PDF)
• U12 Crossing July 2005 Coaches Connection Newsletter (.PDF) NEW July 2005
• Coaching Corner: Youth Training - Focus on Technique (Part 1 of 3) By Klaus Pabst, German Staff Coach (Courtesy of Success in Soccer)
  (from the NSCAA Coaching Newsletter - March 30th, 2005)
• Coaching Corner: Youth Training - Focus on Technique (Part 2 of 3) By Klaus Pabst, German Staff Coach (Courtesy of Success in Soccer) (from the NSCAA Coaching Newsletter - April 2005)  NEW
• Coaching Corner: Youth Training - Focus on Technique (Part 3 of 3) By Klaus Pabst, German Staff Coach (Courtesy of Success in Soccer) (from the NSCAA Coaching Newsletter - April 2005) NEW
• U14 Passing For Possession - April 2005 Coaches Connection Newsletter (.PDF) NEW
• Teaching Side Support and Penetration by Jeff Tipping, NSCAA Director of Coaching Education (NSCAA Coaching Newsletter - 2/16/2005)
• Coaching Corner: Fakes to Help Receive the Ball Under Pressure by Jeff Tipping, NSCAA Director of Coaching Education (NSCAA Coaching Newsletter 3/16/2005)
• Passing, Vision, and Communication
• U15 Possession from the March 2005 Coaches Connection Newsletter (.PDF)
• U10 Receiving Lofted Balls - Coaches Connection Lesson Plan (.PDF)

• U12 Penetration Passing Lesson Plan 1 - Coaches Connection Lesson Plan (.PDF)

• U12 Penetration Passing Lesson Plans 2 - Coaches Connection
• Jeff Pill's Passing Session

• U14 Passing - Coaches Connection Lesson Plan (.PDF)

• U14 Penetrating Passes - Coaches Connection Lesson Plan (.PDF)
• Four Corners (The Triangle Drill) by Ken Gamble

• U8 Receiving - Coaches Connection Lesson Plan (.PDF)

• U10 Passing 1 - Coaches Connection Lesson Plan (.PDF)

• 2v2 Development - The Overlap
• 2v2 Development - Diagonal Runs
• Technical Corrections by Jeff Tipping, NSCAA Director of Coaching Education
  (from the NSCAA Coaching Newsletter - December 8th, 2004)
• Working the Ball out of the Back
• Passing and Combination Progression by Lawrence Fine
• The 10-10-10 Practice Plan by Coach George M. Lasher

• Boxes Warm-Up - Challenging Players to Think By Paul Payne, NSCAA Academy Staff (from the NSCAA Coaching Newsletter - February 4, 2004)

• How to Score More Goals by Crosses
• Passing and Moving by Lawrence Fine
• Bent Runs and Timed Passes by Lawrence Fine
• Providing Better Support by Lawrence Fine
• Exercise of the Day - Drop and Penetrate
• Exercise of the Day - Pass and Split
• Exercise of the Day - 1v1 + Target Player
• Exercise of the Day - Playing to a Target Player
• Exercise of the Day - Into the Corners
• Exercise of the Day - Center Halfback Game
• Exercise of the Day - More Passing Patterns
• Exercise of the Day - Bringing in the Wings
• Exercise of the Day - Color Sequence
• Exercise of the Day - Short, Short, Long
• Exercise of the Day - Check and Spin
• Exercise of the Day - Target Player Game
• Exercise of the Day - Target Player Game
• Exercise of the Day - The Wheel Deal
• Exercise of the Day - Four Corner Passing
• Exercise of the Day - Passing Pattern #1
• Exercise of the Day - Passing Pattern #2
• Exercise of the Day - Passing Pattern #3
• Practice #2 - Emphasis on Receiving
• Passing - Inside of Foot Mechanics
• Passing - Front Foot Mechanics
• Passing - Instep Foot Mechanics
• Passing - Support Foot Position
• Passing - Pass and Change Lines
• Passing - Rules of Thumb
• Passing - Movement
• Passing - Kicking Leg Mechanics
• Passing - Youth Training
• Passing - Pass and Change Sequences
• Passing - Accuracy
• Practice Tip - Crossing Point
• Exercise of the Day - Around the Barn Passing
• Exercise of the Day - Circle Passing
• Practice Tip - Pass and Move
• Practice Tip - First Touch - 1v1
• Passing and Receiving Coaching Manual by Coach George M. Lasher. 
• One-Two Combination Practice Plan - by Coach George M. Lasher. 
• Exercise of The Day - Diagonal Runs
• Goal Scoring Techniques
• Timing: Feet and/or Space?
• Anticipating Play
• Anticipating the Second Touch Service - by Ric Miller
• Possession Soccer - Turning the Ball
• Possession Soccer - Turning the Ball - Part 1A (Word Document)
• Possession Soccer - Turning the Ball - Part 1B (Word Document)
• Making the Killer Pass by Coach George M. Lasher. 
• Passing, Movement, Fitness & Penetration by Lawrence Fine
• Shape, Balance, & Movement off the Ball by Lawrence Fine
• Possession, Finding the Target Player and Supporting the Penetrating Pass by Lawrence Fine
• Exercise of the Day - 2v2 - Through Ball
• 2v2 Development - Second Defender Support
• Possession with an Intent to Penetrate - Lawrence Fine
• Soccer Tennis - A Fun Game for First Touch, Receiving and Movement
• Get out of Here!
• Breakaways - A Defensive and Attacking Exercise by Ken Gamble
• Crossing and Finishing - Lawrence Fine
• Jeff Pill's 4v4 Practice Sessions
• Jeff Pill's Passing and Receiving Practice Session
• Jeff Pill's Receiving Practice Session (Focuses on Technical)
• Training the Target Player - Passing and Finishing by Lawrence Fine
• Animal Ball by Lawrence Fine
• Receiving a Ball with a Defender on Your Back by Lawrence Fine
• Warm-Up Game - Developing a Soft Touch and Receiving Balls Out of the Air
• Beating a Zonal Defense with a Negative Pass
• 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)
• Sequential Passing By Jeff Tipping (from the NSCAA Coaching Newsletter - September 15, 2004)
• PAVE: Preparation Awareness Vision and Execution: A new model for training passing. - A Manual by Gavin Spooner - This is a competitive level training program that addresses many of the problems that coaches reinforce through the ‘standard’ passing activities that they use. It is highly active, requires a lot of decision making, and creates the constant need for movement off the ball. From experience, the most common topic that coaches want help with at the competitive level is “how can I train movement off the ball?” PAVE provides the answer for this major component of the game in an easy structure. The manual came out of working as a DOC and DPD for youth clubs over the last 12 years. The manual is a web based PowerPoint presentation.
• The ‘Early Cross’ By Jeff Tipping, NSCAA Director of Coaching (from the NSCAA Coaching Newsletter - September 1, 2004)
• U6 Ball Movement - Coaches Connection Lesson Plan (.PDF)

• U12 Penetration Passing - Coaches Connection Lesson Plan (.PDF)

• Double Pass 1 (Word Version)  by Matt Callahan
• Double Pass 1 (PDF Version)
• Overlap 1 (Word Version) by Matt Callahan
• Overlap 1 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
• Wall Pass 1 (Word Version) by Matt Callahan
• Wall Pass 1 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan

Long Passing

• Long Passing - Practice Plan #1 (Word Version) by Matt Callahan
• Long Passing - Practice Plan #1 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
• Long Passing - Practice Plan #2 (Word Version) by Matt Callahan
• Long Passing - Practice Plan #2 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan

Short Passing

• Short Passing - Practice Plan #1 (Word Version)
• Short Passing - Practice Plan #1 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
• Short Passing (Accuracy) - Practice Plan #2 (Word Version)
• Short Passing (Accuracy) - Practice Plan #2 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
• Short Passing (Speed of Play) - Practice Plan #3 (Word Version)
• Short Passing (Speed of Play) - Practice Plan #3 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
• Short Passing - Practice Plan #4 (Word Version)
• Short Passing - Practice Plan #4 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
• Short Passing (Penetration) - Practice Plan #5 (Word Version)
• Short Passing (Penetration) - Practice Plan #5 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
• Short Passing (Combination Play) - Practice Plan #6 (Word Version)
• Short Passing (Combination Play) - Practice Plan #6 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
• Short Passing - Practice Plan #7 (Word Version)
• Short Passing - Practice Plan #7 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
• Short Passing (Speed of Play) - Practice Plan #8 (Word Version)
• Short Passing (Speed of Play) - Practice Plan #8 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
• Short Passing (Penetration) - Practice Plan #9 (Word Version)
• Short Passing (Penetration) - Practice Plan #9 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
• Short Passing (Mobility) - Practice Plan #10 (Word Version)
• Short Passing (Mobility) - Practice Plan #10 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
• Short Passing (Outside of Foot) - Practice Plan #11 (Word Version)
• Short Passing (Outside of Foot) - Practice Plan #11 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
• Short Passing - Practice Plan #12 (Word Version)
• Short Passing - Practice Plan #12 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan

• Receiving - Practice Plan #1 (Word Version)
• Receiving - Practice Plan #1 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
• Receiving - Practice Plan #2 (Word Version)
• Receiving - Practice Plan #2 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
• Receiving - Practice Plan #3 (Word Version)
• Receiving - Practice Plan #3 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
• Receiving - Practice Plan #4 (Word Version)
• Receiving - Practice Plan #4 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
• Receiving - Practice Plan #5 (Word Version)
• Receiving - Practice Plan #5 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
• Receiving - Practice Plan #6 (Word Version)
• Receiving - Practice Plan #6 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
• Receiving - Practice Plan #7 (Word Version)
• Receiving - Practice Plan #7 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
• Receiving - Practice Plan #8 (Word Version)
• Receiving - Practice Plan #8 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
• Receiving Flighted Balls - Practice Plan #1 (Word Version)
• Receiving Flighted Balls - Practice Plan #1 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
• Receiving Flighted Balls - Practice Plan #2 (Word Version)
• Receiving Flighted Balls - Practice Plan #2 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan
• Turning - Practice Plan #1 (Word Version) by Matt Callahan
• Turning - Practice Plan #1 (PDF Version) by Matt Callahan

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These articles are on other websites:

• Passing Keeping the ball away from the defender.
• Receiving the Ball Back to Goal
• More About Receiving the Ball Back to Goal
• Technical Threads for Weekly Training
• Settling the Ball
• NSCAA Clinic Reports 1998
• Passing Drills from Space City Soccer
• Chest traps
• Receiving 'air balls'
• Shielding
• Exercise of the Day -   1- 2 and 3 and 4...  
• Push pass
• Passing & receiving
• Receiving
• Heading intro
• Heading
• Passing in Midfield by Shaun Green
• Pass and Stop
• Zig Zag
• Golf
• 1 wall Passing
• Rotational Wall pass
• Switch Ball
• Opposite Movement
• Lose your Marker
• Pass 'em Cowboy
• Playing to feet
• One hole versus two hole passes
• Bending balls
• Safe versus Creative passes
• Clinical Accuracy in Passing and Conditioning (.PDF)
• No Man's Land
• One, two past three
• Give and go
• Triangle pass and move
• Piggy in the middle
• Switch play
• Spot the gap
• Heading keep ball up
• Moving the Ball/Off the Ball
• Passing
• The Through Ball Game 1
• The Through Ball Game 2
• Counter Attack
• Crosses Galore
• World Cup
• Third’s Game
• Target Man
• Zone Soccer
• 4 Goal Game
• The Wall Pass
• Basic Passing Skills for U6 & U8 Players
• Shuttle drill
• One-two passing drill
• Triangle drill
• Circle drill
• The Square
• Pig-in-the-middle
• Switch play
• Over-the-gap
• Give-and-go
• Silent soccer
• Keep-ball
• Break-out
• Conditioned passing
• Blockade