Soccer Training Books

A hand-picked reading list of 50 books on soccer coaching, training, drills and tactics. Each links to its page on Open Library, where you can find the book, editions and where to read or buy it.

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📘Coaching 16 books

Coaching

The Modern Soccer Coach

by Gary Curneen
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Coaching

Making the Ball Roll

by Ray Power
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Coaching

The Soccer Coaching Bible

by National Soccer Coaches Association of America
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Coaching

The Spanish Soccer Coaching Bible

by Laureano Ruiz
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Coaching

Total Soccer Coaching

by Riccardo Capanna
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Coaching

Pep Guardiola: Another Way of Winning

by Guillem Balague
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Coaching

Pep Confidential

by Marti Perarnau
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Coaching

Coaching Soccer Successfully

by Roy Rees
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Coaching

Soccer Coaching and Team Management

by Malcolm Cook
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Coaching

The Soccer Coaching Handbook

by Martin Bidzinski
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Coaching

Coaching Better Every Season

by Wade Gilbert
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Coaching

The Manual of Soccer Coaching

by Roy Rees
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Coaching

How to Coach Soccer

 
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Coaching

The Talent Lab

by Owen Slot
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Coaching

Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise

by Anders Ericsson
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Coaching

The Coaching Manual

by Ian Barker
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🧠Tactics 13 books

Tactics

Soccer iQ

by Dan Blank
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Tactics

Soccer iQ Volume 2

by Dan Blank
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Tactics

Soccer Tactics 2014

by Ray Power
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Tactics

Soccer Systems and Strategies

by Jens Bangsbo
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Tactics

Attacking Soccer

by Massimo Lucchesi
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Tactics

Coaching the Tiki Taka Style of Play

by Jed Davies
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Tactics

Inverting the Pyramid

by Jonathan Wilson
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Tactics

Zonal Marking

by Michael Cox
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Tactics

The Mixer

by Michael Cox
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Tactics

Attacking Football

 
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Tactics

Soccer Coaching, Development and Tactics

by Andrew Caruso
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Tactics

Soccer Modern Tactics

by Alessandro Zauli
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Tactics

Soccer Strategies

by Robyn Jones
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⚽Drills 5 books

Drills

Deliberate Soccer Practice

by Ray Power
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Drills

Soccer Practice Games

by Joseph Luxbacher
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Drills

Soccer Skills and Drills

by National Soccer Coaches Association of America
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Drills

Soccer Training Games, Drills and Fitness Practices

by Malcolm Cook
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Drills

101 Youth Soccer Drills

by Malcolm Cook
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🧒Youth 4 books

Youth

Coaching Soccer for Dummies

by Greg Bach
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Youth

The Baffled Parent's Guide to Coaching Youth Soccer

by Bobby Clark
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Youth

Coaching Youth Soccer

by Tony Carr
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Youth

Developing Game Intelligence in Soccer

by Horst Wein
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🧤Goalkeeping 2 books

Goalkeeping

The Complete Soccer Goalkeeper

by Timothy Mulqueen
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Goalkeeping

Soccer Goalkeeping

by Alex Welsh
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💪Fitness 5 books

Fitness

Complete Conditioning for Soccer

by Greg Gatz
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Fitness

Soccer Anatomy

by Donald Kirkendall
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Fitness

Science and Soccer

by Thomas Reilly
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Fitness

Soccer Fitness and Skill Training

 
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Fitness

Soccer Fitness Periodization

 
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🎯Skills 1 books

Skills

Soccer: Steps to Success

by Joseph Luxbacher
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🧭Psychology 2 books

Psychology

Soccer Tough

by Dan Abrahams
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Psychology

Soccer Brain

by Dan Abrahams
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📊Analysis 2 books

Analysis

The Numbers Game

by Chris Anderson
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Analysis

Football Hackers

by Christoph Biermann
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⚽Matches & lineupsFixtures, match records, match sheets and a lineup builder.
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