The Baffled Parent's Guide to Coaching Youth Soccer

Written by soccer great and championship Stanford coach Bobby Clark, COACHING YOUTH SOCCER: THE BAFFLED PARENT'S GUIDE tells you how, starting at point zero, an uninitiated coach can meld kids into a team and help them enjoy one of the most rewarding experiences of their youth. (In the end, you may be the one who reaps the biggest reward, as you watch kids learn and grow in an experience they'll treasure for a lifetime.)

Author: Bobby Clark
Publisher: International Marine Publishing
Published: 08/09/1999
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.22h x 7.34w x 0.29d
ISBN13: 9780071346085
ISBN10: 0071346082
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Soccer
- Family & Relationships | Parenting | General
- Sports & Recreation | Coaching | Soccer

About the Author

Bobby Clark is director of men's and women's soccer at Stanford University, where he coached the men's varsity team to national runner-up in the NCAA Division I for 1998. A former coach of the New Zealand national team and for Dartmouth College, he began his coaching career while playing championship soccer in the Scottish professional league, when he served as youth coach for the Aberdeen Football Club. He honed his positive, teach-through-games approach to coaching soccer over a career that spans nearly 40 years. Bobby now lives on the Stanford campus with his wife, Betty. Their three children, Tommy, Jamie, and Jennifer, have all played or coached soccer professionally.

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