Coaching Girls' Soccer Successfully

The goals for both boys and girls soccer coaches are the same: develop skilled players, build team unity, and compete successfully. The path to reaching these goals, however, is vastly different, as boys and girls each provide physical, social, and psychological challenges unique to their gender. In Coaching Girls Soccer Successfully, Debra LaPrath uses her experience as a top girls coach for one of the most successful high school programs in the U.S. to provide tailored instruction not found in general soccer coaching manuals. Participation in girls soccer at the middle school, high school, and college levels has grown in the past decade, and female soccer players are on track to outnumber male players in the U.S. within the next few years. This book provides the perfect road map not only for player and team development but also for building and maintaining a successful program, managing your team, working with parents and school administrators, addressing the media, and more.