INTRODUCTION

The intent of the Bay Oaks Training Guide is to be one of help and assistance to our coaches. You will find ideas and recommendations on how to run a practice and train your players.

My hope is that through this training guide we can establish a common method as to how our teams and players are trained.

Obviously, the way we train our 10 and 11 year old players is different than the way we train our 17 and 18 year olds. However, I do believe that we need to have similarities in training methods no matter what age group you coach. I also believe that we can demand specific training habits from our players whether they are 10 or 18 years old.

Material in this guide has been taken out of various coaching resources: the US Soccer Coaching Schools, the NSCAA Coaching Schools, the KNVB, the English FA, the AFC AJAX Soccer Schools, FC Boulder training program, Bob Ganslers' Player and Coaching Development program, and Weil Coerver training methods, and many more.

All aspects of the game can be found in this guide and I hope that you will make good use of the material.

Good Luck!

Andy Bonchonsky, Director of Coaching