Coach Evans offers an explanation of the drills and several options that accompany them while using the triangle offense for any level of soccer. Coach Evans shows how the triangle offense will work for your team despite the different player make-ups or abilities that your team may possess. This system is versatile enough to use against many different styles of play that your team may come up against. Evans shows several options ranging from basic to sophisticated to help you adapt your team's level of play to the skills being taught. This video shows how the triangle offense is utilized by dropping the two forwards to help with defensive stability in the midfield. Coach Evans demonstrates this phenomenal system in an easy to understand way by diagramming every aspect of the offense. This is a quality tape that any coach or player can use to better understand this effective, versatile offense.

70 minutes. 2003.

RD-02027B: with Randy Evans,
former University of Oklahoma Women's Head Soccer Coach

Coach Evans shows in this video the technical and tactical drills used to train your soccer players the Triangle Offense. Coach Evans illustrates the fundamentals of outside and inside foot cutting that you can do either with cones or with the presence of a defender. This video also presents the many techniques that Coach Evans uses when teaching his players how to beat defenders one on one. This includes the different uses of the crossover and even how to beat two defenders with the double crossover. Coach Evans stresses the accuracy of your players shooting, demonstrating the different drills he uses when teaching his players, including the use of benches in front of the net as a goalie's weak spot. Coach Evans uses some of his own team video highlights to prove how these drills have taught his players and brought success to the Oklahoma program over the years. This video is an excellent guide to teach any age group the fundamentals and techniques needed to be successful!

59 minutes. 2003.

Coach Bluem brings a wealth of knowledge to this DVD on training the flank midfield player. Bluem begins by sharing several warm-up activities that will prepare players for practice. These activities are designed to practice flank combinations, the middle attack, passing and timing and meeting the ball at full speed. Bluem introduces a phase of training called 8 v 6. This session provides realistic defensive pressure, which helps develop proper decision making by the flank midfield players. All footage shows OSU players on the field in practice situations with Bluem narrating the action. The 9 v 9 session gives each team three defenders, three midfield players and two strikers and encourages the players to penetrate on the flanks. Coach Bluem teaches his players to change the point of attack and improve the results of each possession. This DVD includes sessions designed to work on combination play, penetration and improve the overall play of midfield players.

34 minutes. 2007.

For 27 years John Bluem has coached soccer in the US at a variety of levels. In that time Coach Bluem has developed a great appreciation for coaching soccer to different age groups. These 12 training games cover the areas of possession, penetration, finishing and tactical awareness. The games range from 1 v 1 to 4 v 4 settings and work on passing and receiving under pressure; safe possession before making penetrating passes; transition, dribbling and shooting; combination play to create scoring opportunities; and off ball movement. Tactical awareness is another component of this presentation. The Through the Gates game works on support, mobility, defensive marking and tracking. This DVD provides an organized three-prong approach to developing the flank midfield player.

86 minutes. 2007.

This innovative DVD focuses on possession drills that will encourage players to see the field better and recognize opportunities made available by opposing defenses. Coach Vittrup utilizes an innovative ball called the "Fucci" Ball, which is heavier than a regulation soccer ball. The Fucci Ball makes practice more exciting, helps build leg strength, and gives players a better feel for the ball through the drills provided in this video. Using small groups, Coach Vittrup teaches players to move to open spaces on the field, improve their communication with teammates, and develop their ball control. Changing direction on the move, pushing the first touch away from pressure, and countless other tips will enable your team to improve on different passing schemes. This is a very practical DVD to help enable your players and team to go beyond their limits and take their fundamental skills to the next level of soccer!

42 minutes. 2006.

Being "smart on the ball" is one of the most basic skills needed in any fundamentally sound program. So being able to improve these skills is essential to being successful on the field. By being able to receive the ball and quickly deciding what to do with it provides teams with an asset that will pay dividends in the win column. This insightful instructional DVD focuses on this important subject by teaching and demonstrating over a dozen advanced turns that skilled players must have in their repertoire, including knowing where the defender is on field and how to make quick effective decisions with the ball. It provides coaches with a detailed description of how to organize a training session, as well as plenty of detailed diagrams and thorough on-field demonstrations. This unique guide will provide you with countless hours of practice material as well as effective drills that will keep your players looking forward to game day.

49 minutes. 2006.