Book description
Few experiences are more rewarding than coaching a youth football team.
Your journey through the season will be packed with moments that make
you smile and that you and your players will remember for the rest of
your lives. But what if you've never coached before?
No worries! Coaching Football For Dummies is the fun and
easy way to tackle the basics of coaching youth football. This
friendly guide shows you how to teach your players effectively,
regardless of their age or skill level, and lead your team to
victory-even if you're a first-time coach. You'll discover how to:
- Develop a coaching philosophy
- Teach football fundamentals
- Encourage good sportsmanship
- Improve your team's skills
- Ensure safety on the field
- Communicate effectively with parents
Packed with valuable information on preparing your game plan before
you even step on the field, this hands-on resource gives you expert
guidance in building your coaching skills, from evaluating your
players and running enjoyable, productive practices to working with
all types of kids-uncoordinated, shy, highly talented-at once. You'll
find a variety of fun-filled drills for teaching everything from
tackling and blocking to running and catching, as well as advanced
drills to take your players' skills up a notch. You'll also see how to:
- Conduct a preseason parents' meeting-an often overlooked aspect
of coaching
- Gather the necessary gear and fit the equipment to your players
- Raise the level of play on offense, defense, and special teams
- Take steps to avoid injuries
- Deal with discipline issues and problem parents
- Make critical half-time adjustments
- Transition to coaching an All-Star Team
Complete with tips for working with parents, keeping your players
healthy, and leading your team effectively on game days, Coaching
Football For Dummies is all you need-besides a whistle and a
clipboard-to navigate your players through a safe, fun, rewarding
season!
The National Alliance For Youth Sports has been
America's leading advocate for positive and safe sports for children
for the past 25 years. It serves volunteer coaches, parents with
children involved in organized sports, game officials, youth sports
administrators, league directors, and the youngsters who participate
in organized sports. The Alliance's programs are utilized in more than
3,000 communities nationwide by parks and recreation departments, Boys
& Girls Clubs, Police Athletic Leagues, YMCAs/YWCAs, and various
independent youth service groups, as well as on military installations
worldwide. For more information on the Alliance's programs, which are
listed below, visit www. nays. org.
National Youth Sports Coaches
Association - More than 2 million volunteer coaches have been trained
through NYSCA, which provides training, support, and continuing
education.
Parents Association for Youth Sports - Parents gain a
clear understanding of their roles and responsibilities in youth
sports through this sportsmanship training program, which is used in
more than 500 communities nationwide.
Academy for Youth Sports
Administrators - More than 2,000 administrators worldwide have gone
through the Academy, which is a 20-hour certification program that
raises the professionalism of those delivering youth sport services. A
professional faculty presents the information, and participants earn
Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
National Youth Sports
Administrators Association - This program provides training,
information, and resources for volunteer administrators responsible
for the planning and implementation of out-of-school sports
programs.
National Youth Sports Officials Association - Officials
who go through this certification program gain valuable knowledge on
skills, fundamentals, and the characteristics that every good official
must possess.
Start Smart Sports Development Program - This
proven instructional program prepares children for the world of
organized sports without the threat of competition or the fear of
getting hurt through an innovative approach that promotes parent-child
bonding.
Hook A Kid On Golf - Thousands of children of all ages
and skill levels tee it up every year in the nation's most
comprehensive junior golf development program, which features an array
of instructional clinics and tournaments to choose from.
Game On!
Youth Sports - This worldwide effort introduces children to actual
game experience by giving them the freedom to create and play on their own.
Greg Bach is the communications director for the National
Alliance For Youth Sports, a position he has held since 1993. Before
joining NAYS, he worked as the sports editor of the Huron Daily
Tribune in Bad Axe, Michigan, where he captured numerous writing
awards from the Associated Press, Michigan Press Association, and the
Hearst Corporation. He has a journalism degree from Michigan State
University, which he earned in 1989. He's an avid sports fan and has
coached a variety of youth sports. He also wrote Coaching Soccer
For Dummies.
