Coaching Youth Soccer-5th Edition Paperback – May 24, 2011

Digital Book on Coaching Yo Soccer crashes, it won't go past location 1282 and I am unable to get any technical help on this issue. Also, it appears it can not be returned as well. Please help?

I like the book but for some reason it's freezing in the "Defense" chapter.

If you are like me and don't know what the heck the rules are or what's going on when your son or grandson is playing soccer, this is a Godsend. Easy to read, well illustrated.

If you are a volunteer parent that is kind enough to dedicate your time to coaching soccer, but have never played it nor coached it, this book is for you. I applaud your desire to improve yourself in this department.If you have coached other sports, but are new to soccer, this is a decent intro to the rules of the game and skills required. Though please go watch some YouTube videos on the fundamentals of dribbling, passing, shooting, and tackling mechanics. The descriptions of these techniques are not good.If you know the game of soccer but have never coached, this book has some info regarding player safety, handling parent and player issues, prep for practices and games, etc. But the other half discussing soccer skills and drills is not great.I was looking for new ideas for drills and other techniques for teaching different fundamentals. I did not find them here. Most of the drills in the book are not good. They are unimaginative and I can see some as being counter-productive. One drill jumps to mind where a player must shoot from distance but cannot go past a certain line to follow up his shot....terrible. I need the opposite of this.There is a section that says "19 Gamelike Activities". 5 of these activities are goalie drills...huh?I did find 4-5 games that I may experiment with and adjust to make better, but overall I was a little disappointed. This book is not for anyone who has done any other research elsewhere first.Even for the absolute beginner, there are better places to start. Go pay $20 and take the F license course through US Soccer. Better info, better drills, nearly the same price, and you will have a shiny certificate.