Player Tips
Useful resources for players from ATSC and from around the web
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Recommended Reading
Books and articles recommended by ATSC coaches
These are books and articles recommended by ATSC coaches. Unless otherwise noted, book descriptions are from Amazon.com. (Buying these books by clicking these links to Amazon.com helps support ATSC.)
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9 Critical Characteristics of Successful Soccer Athletes
Courtesy of the ATSC Pride ('91G)
9 Critical Characteristics you must have to be a successful soccer athlete!
By Jeremy Boone
Soccer has rapidly evolved into a quicker and faster game. Not only does it take excellent technical and tactical skills, but also a higher degree of athleticism in order to be a competitive player. Because of this increased level of play, there are great soccer players and there are great soccer athletes. Take for example Rivaldo,
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Juggling Tips
By Larry Paul, a founding member of WAGS
Juggling is often viewed as the quickest method to acquire touch and ball mastery. It has become something of a benchmark that relates to skill. But what does it actually show? Is a player that can juggle 300 times twice as good as one that can only juggle 150? When practicing juggling what is the angle of the balls flight to the player? Straight down. Does this
Principles of Defense - from WUSA
Courtesy of the West Chester (PA) United Soccer Club
Principles of Defense
By Tony DiCicco
For all you young (and not so young) fans who watch the WUSA games, try to watch the teams as well as the players and take notice which side of the ball they are on. In the next two articles, I will describe the "Principles of Defense" and the "Principles of Attack." I think if you understand these principles a bit better, you will appreciate what the players are doing and understand why they are doing it. Then you will become a better player yourself.
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