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Football - soccer
Football or Soccer? See Wikipedia for a full interpretation of the word 'Football' in different Countries. All of our Football (or Soccer) links may refer to Soccer (or Football) instead of Football (or Soccer).
Please also consider the following pages:
The Global Game
All about Football - soccer
What is Football - soccer
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And-again.com
has an extensive glossary of terms used in soccer
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Coach Cameron
has an Online Soccer Dictionary
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eHow
presents a detailed article attempting to explain the basics of soccer to Americans - but useful to anyone wanting t get to know the game
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First Base Sports
provide their comprehensive soccer glossary
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Soccer basics
from the About Soccer team -how to Get Started Playing Soccer, giving a grasp of the basics of the game
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Wikipedia
attempts to explain common tactics and skills involved in playing football
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AllRefer.com
has a basic introduction to Football
Soccer Positions
Soccer positions are more loosely defined than in some other sports, and some soccer positions have evolved over time.
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Expert Football
provides specific information about each soccer position, including the responsibilities of the player role and the sort of player that it might suit
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Google Images
can show you a range of soccer position diagrams
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Wikipedia
has a detailed breakdown of soccer positions and their definitions
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Assigning positions
One of the most important jobs as a coach is putting the right players in the right soccer positions
Football - soccer Formations
 It is important that a coach is familiar with different soccer formations and is able to adjust the formation for his own team to the capabilities of his team and the formations used by the opposition. Formations can vary with time during a match, especially to change from an attacking to a defensive strategy or visa versa. It is also important that his players understand their roles and how these roles change with different formations.
4-3-3 as shown by Soccer Training Guide
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Coaching Youth Soccer for Success
Youth Soccer Formations. A number of factors play a part in deciding which formation to use ........
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Expert Football
Soccer Formations and Systems. There is no "best formation" -a formation makes optimal use of your player's abilities. The strengths and weaknesses of some common soccer formations are briefly discussed.
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Soccer Manager
Soccer Formations - aplied to the simulation game, but the principles still apply and this site covers the most popular in some detail
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Soccer Training Guide
Guide to Soccer Formations - the most common formations are explained with diagrams.: 4-4-2,4-3-3, 3-4-3, 3-6,1, 3-4-2-1, 4-5-1, 5-2-2-1, 4-3-3, 3-5-2.
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Associated Content
The 3-5-2 soccer formation. The 3-5-2 formation plays only three defenders. These defenders play more in the center, as center-backs, and tend to drop a little deeper. Overall, there are a lack of defenders on the left and right side........
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Elite Soccer Conditioning
Tips, Articles and Ideas about the 4-3-3 Soccer Formation
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Elite Soccer Conditioning
Tips, Articles and Ideas about the 3-5-2 Soccer Formation
The History of Football - soccer
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Wikipedia
has good detail and a timeline for World Soccer History
History of Women's Football
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Dick Kerr Ladies
1917 - 1965. In the history of women's football, The Dick, Kerr Ladies are the most successful team in the world .....
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Education Forum
Women and Football - first games; connections to feminism and socialism
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Spartacus Education
Nettie Honeyball - helped to pioneer women's football in England. In 1894 Honeyball placed an advert in the press and persuaded about 30 young women to join the British Ladies Football Club.
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Spartacus Education
Role of Lady Florence Dixie in promoting early Women's Football
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USA Women Soccer History
In the United States, organized women’s soccer did not take root until the late 1970’s, and even this was partly an outgrowth of the Title IX legislation of 1972 mandating gender equity in education ...
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Woman's Football
- an extensive collection of research into the early history of women's football.
Football - soccer Rules
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The English Football Association
has a pdf download of the full, latest Rules and Regulations of Association Football, as well as previous versions in an archive
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Ask The Ref
(US based) designed to provide continuously updated information about the sport of soccer to the coaching community, the officiating community, the players (at a local level) and the player's parents and fans, through a panel of recognized experts drawn from these communities.
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eTeamz message boards
has a thread that discusses urban myths regarding the rules of soccer
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GC Centennial Clinic
has a thorough evaluation of the Laws, with each one summarised and commented followed by FAQs for that law
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Livermore Refs
reprints the article "Soccer Rules are brilliant", a very detailed look at the rules, their origins, and the development over time. Ever heard of Green Cards - allowing medical officials onto the field?
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Offside Ref
gives a simple explanation of the offside rule and the offside trap with the use of diagrams
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Soccer for Parents
has an easy to understand plain language version of the rules
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Wikipedia
has a page dedicated to the specifications of a Football Pitch
Football - soccer Officials
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An assessment of top soccer referees
BBC Sport Blog from Matt Slater; "Despite what some managers think, English refs are role models for aspiring officials around the world" ......
Football - soccer Equipment
Footwear and Apparel
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Soccer Boots
Informs on what boots are on the market at the moment and provides information on the development of the soccer boot, the history of the companies, taking care of your boots and what to look for when buying a pair.
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Soccerphile
from their World Cup 2002 archive, "Analyzing data collected from star players, sportswear makers are in fierce competition to develop and improve soccer footwear.". Stud design, stress tests, injury concerns
Football Training
Football Training is a critical part of the sport, and there is a wealth of online soccer training advice.
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Kwik Goal
pairs up with Soccer Tutor to provide you with a selection of free fully animated soccer training and coaching drills
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Soccer Training Info
extensive football training information and resources, great for ideas
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Sweetspotsoccer
has soccer training information all aimed at players on Warming up, technical side, team work, ball handling, books etc
Goalkeeping
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JB Goalkeeping
An excellent site with lost of very useful advice for every goalkeeper
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Keeper Skool
Dedicated to goalkeeper specific performance. It contains a lot of scientific content aimed at enhancing the performance of goalkeepers
Tips for Coaching Football - soccer
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Active.com
has a channel for Soccer, mostly focusing on coaching information
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and-again.com
has prepared extensive information for you to browse in full; coaching forum and glossary too
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eHow
has a long series of articles regarding coaching soccer
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Professional Footballers Association
provides coaching tips, to improve individual and the team's technique, game appreciation and general understanding of the principles of football
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Soccer Coach List
US based mailing list for the discussion of coaching soccer; has an full archive of topics discussed available on the site, plus links of interest to coaches
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Soccer Coaching Forum Archive
from Soccer Coaching International;a forum for soccer coaches, as well as a forum for coaching discussions
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Soccer Drills, Soccer Coaching & Football Training
SoccerTutor.com offers a FREE Lifetime membership product called Total Team Manager Free Edition, once registered with just first name and email address, it gives the member a newsletter, unlimited access to 70 animated soccer drills, 11 videos, all 70 drills can be printed, a session planner and some team management tools. A pro edition is available for an annual fee geared towards multi members, providing much more detailed information.
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Soccer Practice Books
has a wide selection of coaching tips covering all aspects for all ages
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SoccerIQ
A free online magazine for all soccer coaches, players and teachers. Does not work in Firefox, use IE.
Drills for Soccer
Please note - many of the links included in our Coaching section include useful drills. Please check that section as well.
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Coaching drills
From Canada Soccer in English and French
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Mastersport Multimedia
provide descriptions of many soccer skills, from basic shooting and passing skills up to advanced techniques, such as bending the ball around a wall and overhead kicks; with pictures
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Soccer Training Guide
provides you with tips and advice on how to become a better soccer player, covering many techniques. Includes videos of training drills
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Justsoccerdrills
Fun, tried and tested soccer games and practises suitable for all ages.
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TeachPE.com
Soccer Drill Videos for coaches. A printable version is available to take to the session.
Football - soccer Fitness Training
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Active.com
highlights - and debunks - seven myths associated with nutrition and soccer
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Peak Performance
provide articles to improve you and your team's technique, speed, strength and stamina.
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Soccer Training Information
provides some articles designed to help with soccer fitness
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Sport-fitness-advisor
has information designed to help soccer players with the fitness levels required to play the game at it's best
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Strength Coach
has some articles that are free, of general interest to all athletes. Mostly focused on speed, fitness, and injury prevention
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Run Faster and Kick Farther
in just days using these powerful exercises to increase your kicking distance and running speed. Magnify your performance with speed, acceleration and quickness.
Nutrition for Soccer Players and Athletes
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Kids First Soccer
has an article discussing nutritional needs for exercise
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Peak Performance
has an article on "Overcome the second-half slump" - the importance of carbohydrates.
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UC San Diego Athletics
has a "Triton Sports Nutrition Presentation", with a questionnaire to identify calorie intake requirements, providing meal plans accordingly, nutrition guides and nutrition/performance articles
Periodisation Training
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Dragon Door
gives a thorough overview of Periodisation and it's applications
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Runners Web
covers Periodisation, comparing team v field sports.
Football - soccer Science
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Athletic Quickness
provide information designed to explain the differences between training for speed and training for strength. Some content requires subscription and/or payment
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University of Texas Sports Science and Nutrition
has pdf college papers analysing the performance needs of soccer players and discussing appropriate training requirements to match these
Play/Watch Football - soccer
Football - soccer Organisational bodies
Football's governing body is FIFA founded in Paris on 21 May 1904 - they maintain the rules of football. It has over 200 Associations around the world, managed by 6 Confederations - Africa, Asia, North and Central America and Caribbean, South America, Oceania and Europe.
Football - soccer Events
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FIFA
host the official site for the Women's World Cup 2011 in Germany
Football - soccer News
Football - soccer Live scores
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Live Score
has live data from around the world
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LiveGoals.com
Live soccer scores, statistics and in-play commentary from football leagues around the world, with an focus on the major European leagues.
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ScoresPro
Live Score and Results real time service - Soccer Live Scores and Sports Results all over the world
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Soccer Vista
Covers livescores, results and stats for leagues around the world
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Soccerway
has news, results, live scores, tables and statistics for football all around the world
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Football Scores
FootballScoresNow.info brings you up to the minute football scores, news, highlights and odds from around the world.
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Goalserve
Goalserve delivers live soccer scores and news from all major leagues around the world.
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Live football scores
Goalshack provides live scores, results and archives of several competitions in Europe, Asia and America. It keeps track of all scores in world soccer, including FIFA, UEFA, champions league, premier league, serie A, la liga and friendlies. All scores are updated in real-time.
Football Players Websites
Websites for individual players are always listed by their nationality. If you are looking for a information about a specific soccer player, it is also worthwhile checking the Players heading for specific countries on SportsVL.com
Football - soccer Portals
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Soccer Lens
Soccer Blog and news around the world
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Albion Road
An encyclopedia of the world's football/soccer clubs - histories, emblems, colors, nicknames, trophies, stadium maps and more. Everything that makes each club unique
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Big Soccer
World coverage, blog and Forum that includes fantasy soccer
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Football songs and chants Homepage
the most comprehensive resource for chants that we have found
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Ole!Ole!
The football fan's network. Live scores, US soccer and International football news plus football fan community blogs in multiple languages.
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Soccer Clips
is a community centred around the display and upload of soccer videos
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Soccer Fans Network
has news, forums, headlines etc.
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SportCloud
is a Football Community with many different types of user-generated content
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Football-linX
A human-edited Link Directory - offers links to 6000+ football/soccer-related websites world-wide
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FC Songs
Football songs, hymns and chants from football clubs all over the world.
Football - soccer Forums
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Soccer Pulse
is a worldwide soccer forum
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Football forums
Claims to be the biggest and most complete football message board in the world. 'A Great place to talk about football, soccer and meet other sports fans of your favorite team.
Commercial aspects of Football - soccer
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Soccer Tutor
provides Tactics Manager, which lets you design and create your own football training drills and team tactics in 2D and 3D views. Save, print, and share your drills with others.
Variations of Football - soccer
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