Set pieces are a great opportunity for teams to take advantage of a situation and come away with a goal. A team that can set up their attack quickly and communicate their intentions amongst themselves have an advantage against a defense that is scrambling to set up.

In this DVD, Richard Smith provides examples of several different ways to organize an attack when taking a free kick, corner kicks, and throw-ins and explains the reasoning behind the player positioning, the need for players to time their runs, and the need for trickery and improvisation.

Through the exclusive use of training footage, this video will effectively help you and your players identify the most common situations that can either help or hinder successful set pieces. Using this information, Coach Smith shows multiple starting points and runs that keep coaching points simple but allow your team to create dozens of effective scoring plays.

In one session, Coach Smith first shows you why the ball is most often lost on an attacking throw-in. He then clearly demonstrates how to make the most of throw-ins by creating space so that the ball can be advanced on the attack. From that point you will learn how to use quick combination play to get out of tight spaces or go directly to goal. Not only will you see ways to increase scoring opportunities, but Coach Smith shares his knowledge of defending set pieces as well.

His key coaching points include:

• executing the proper timing and spacing of runs
• using the proper signals to organize your set pieces during the game
• attacking the ball in front of the goal
• individual and team responsibilities using zonal marking

It's estimated 30% to 50% of the goals scored in professional soccer come from set pieces. No coach can ignore the opportunities set pieces provide. This DVD will provide new ideas on how you can attack on set pieces.

94 minutes. 2012.

and Mike Vincent,
USSF "A" Coaching License and USSF National Youth license, as well as the National Soccer Coaches Association of America International Premier and Advanced National Diplomas

Fill your drill library with technical and tactical crossing and finishing exercises to create a goal-scorer's mentality. Richard Smith provides you with a wealth of information to help your team improve their attack through many different drills and small sided games. Each topic is coached in four stages unopposed, opposed, small side game, and expanded small side game.

These drills will place your players in many different situations--the same situations that they will encounter during a game, including:

• Scoring goals from long range - With so many teams playing with numbers behind the ball it is harder to penetrate and get into the box, so getting goals from outside the box is now critical for team success.
• Create goal scoring opportunities from crosses - Modern defenses are built to stop you from attacking up the middle of the field. Therefore it is important that players learn how to get behind defenses by going around them and creating goal scoring chances from the outside.
• Score under pressure - Players need to be put into practice scenarios that replicate a realistic game situation. For scoring that means the addition of pressure.

This DVD provides coaches with a great amount of drills and small sided games that will definitely improve a team's attack.

This DVD will give you new ideas for drills and small-sided games that are sure improve your team's attack.

148 minutes. 2012.

Help your players understand attacking using this effective, progressive approach.

This video for coaches demonstrates many of the off-season drills and practice games that Coach Betty Ann Kempf-Townsley uses at the collegiate level. The repetition and muscle memory that players accumulate and retain between seasons is a key factor to team success when facing real competition.

Let Coach Kempf-Townsley show you how to progressively build your training sessions step-by-step, from 1 v 1 training drills all the way up to 6v6 small-sided games. By using a combination of lecture, diagrams and practice footage, Coach Kempf-Townsley walks you through the process that will help your team employ an effective attack and keep your opponent on its heels.

Once Coach Kempf-Townsley shows you how to coach the attack using progression, a segment featuring crossing and finishing will help you teach your players how to make all that hard work pay-off. You will see ways to train your players to quickly cross from both flanks and then make the appropriate runs to maximize the chance that the play will end with a goal. The segment concludes with a quick and competitive scoring game that will make your players think about scoring every time they touch the ball.

In addition to the drills and small-side games, this DVD finishes with an excellent pre-game warm-up that you can use with your team to get them into an attacking mindset before the first whistle even blows.

77 minutes. 2012.

When training your goalkeepers, you have to take your whole team into consideration. Using live demonstrations, John Murphy guides you through a thorough goalkeeper practice that will help you blend your keepers into a team concept.

This progressive session begins with footwork and ball handling exercises and then moves into the goal for some individual work. As the session progresses, Coach Murphy adds field players, expands the exercises to use more of the field, and then adds defenders as the exercises become more complex and game-like.

These live action exercises provide looks for your goal keepers from areas that are being exploited in today's game. Murphy takes the time to emphasize why he does these exercises and the important teaching points that will arise when you use them. His attention to detail will assist you in improving this often overlooked position.

Help yourself and your team by creating a positive environment for goalkeepers to grow and perform at their best.

54 minutes. 2012.

Modern goalkeepers need to be more than just shot stoppers.

Clemson University's John Murphy fills this instructional soccer DVD with coaching ideas and exercises that can be integrated into your practice to train and coach both field players and goalkeepers.

Coach Murphy opens with a great agility warm-up drill where the goalkeepers practice communicating with their teammates. This drill teaches keepers how to use their voice and gets them used to having to organize the players in front of them, which is critical during game situations. This is a great way for goalkeepers to develop confidence in their leadership abilities. The warm-up session also includes a passing drill that highlights the goalkeeper and the importance of your goalkeeper being good with their feet.

Moving to the practice session, Murphy demonstrates a fast-paced, small-sided game that encourages players to take shots on goal, which also gives the goalkeepers many chances to make saves. These exercises will put players in game-like situations that will give your players more experience and confidence to execute in an 11v11 game.

This video will help you develop leadership and confidence into your goal keepers by integrating them into a regular practice session.

50 minutes. 2012.