Useful Web Resources

FCA/WCCYSL Coach/Parent Lending Library

FCA maintains a Lending Library for all FCA /WCCYSL Coaches and Parents. (click for more info)

GENERAL INFO:
 
http://www.wccysl.com
WCCYSL home website.  Information on rules, policies, fields, league news and contact info for league officials.
 
http://www.cysanorth.org/
CYSA home website.  Includes downloadable manuals and forms.
Good source for generic rules and policies governing soccer in Northern California.
 
COACHING AIDES:  (All these sites have high quality free content and no memberships.)
 
http://www.uefa.com/trainingground/index.html#34001/
UEFA (European Soccer Federation) training page.
A great selection of short “How-to” videos for training basic skills and movements.
 
http://www.footy4kids.co.uk/basic-soccer-skills.htm
Excellent resource for youth soccer coaches. Provides coaching points, drills, games, tips for youth coaches pre-school through adolescents.
 
http://www.eteamz.com/soccer/pills/jpill.htm
A long menu of skill drills and practice plans broken down by age group from Jeff Pill,  National staff coach for US Soccer.
 
http://www.soccerhelp.com/Soccer_Practice_Plans.shtml
http://www.soccerhelp.com/Soccer_Drills.shtml
These two links have some basic practice plans and examples of training games.
Also included are links to other free help for developing a soccer practice plan.
 
http://www.topleague.co.uk/
Another UK soccer training site with ideas for practice points and drills.
 
http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~dgraham/manual/
A complete how-to manual for the beginning coach. Not much animation, but a lot of good information.
 
 
Soccer Laws:
http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/lawsofthegame.html
FIFA is the world governing body for soccer. These are the laws of the game.

Link to the FIFA 11+ complete warm up program to prevent injuries: 
http://f-marc.com/11plus/download.html

Warming up prior to playing and training is a matter of routine for any serious player. A smart warm-up not only improves your performance, but also helps you to prevent injuries. "The 11+", the new injury prevention programme from FIFA's Medical Assessment and Research Centre (F-MARC), provides a complete, football-specific warm-up and can easily be integrated into a daily training routine.

"The 11+" is divided into three parts: it starts off with running exercises (part I), moves on to six exercises with three levels of increasing difficulty to improve strength, balance, muscle control and core stability (part II), and concludes with further running exercises (part III). The different levels of difficulty increase the programme's effectiveness and allow coaches and players to individually adapt the programme. "The 11+" takes approx. 20 minutes to complete and replaces the usual warm-up before training. Prior to playing a match, only the running exercises are performed, for about ten minutes.

"The 11+" has proven to cut injuries by up to half - if performed correctly and regularly. When it is adopted together with the values of fair play, it enables you, as a player or coach, to protect yourself, your team and your opponents and thus increase everyone's enjoyment of the game.  

Link to the FIFA 11+ complete warm up program to prevent injuries 
http://f-marc.com/11plus/download.html

English pdf :    http://f-marc.com/11plus/files/11+cards_english.pdf 
Spanish pdf :  http://f-marc.com/11plus/files/11+carta_espagnol.pdf