About Us

Written by Administrator Saturday, 05 January 2008

About Barefootballer.com©

Barefootballer.com© was designed to aid in the soccer development of players, coaches, and parents through real life experiences from professional players and coaches. Many of today's athletes are first generation soccer players that are not always privy to proper coaching resources. With this in mind, Barefootballer’s goal is to bridge the gap by passing down knowledge acquired by pro athletes and teach aspiring players, coaches, and parents at varying skill levels.


Barefootballer.com© is broken down by sections providing opportunity for players, coaches, and parents to navigate through a user friendly site to find exactly what one may want in a reliable soccer resource website.

Drills Section

The drills section contains instructional videos led by professional soccer players and specifically labeled diagrams of various drills for all soccer skill levels. Players and coaches have the capability to filter through drills to assist in daily training or act as an aid in helping put together practice plans.

Chalktalk Section

The chalktalk section is where we use game examples to teach players and coaches. Game video is broken down into teaching lessons so that players and coaches can learn from a specific example and carry them into their next practice or game.

Interviews Section

There is nothing better then getting advice from those who have had made it to the professional level. This section containes interviews from professional players and coaches who talk about their path to the pros and lessons they learned along the way.

Coaching Section

This section is a resource for players and coaches. It breaks down various soccer tactics, formations, strategies, and principles of the game. Coaches can obtain the information they need to further build upon current soccer knowledge, additionally enhance their understanding of the game, and intensify the quality of running practices for players.

Recruiting Section

This section strives to give players, coaches, and parents insight into the recruitment process with regard to varied skill and ability levels. Whether trying to get recruited by local club teams in your region, colleges and universities across the country, or professional teams around the world, there are abundant resources here to help. Articles and advice in this section offer a guide as to what players can expect and how to acquire help to get noticed by coaches and teams at all levels.

Fitness Section

The fitness section is a resource for players, coaches, and parents to become educated on everything related to soccer fitness, including soccer nutrition, fitness exercises, and injury prevention. This section contains a flavor of various soccer related fitness and nutrition articles, as well as a searchable database of fitness exercises instructed by professional soccer players.

 

Practice Plans

Practice Plans Link
Need Help with Practice? Get a practice plan from our archives. Click here

Soccer News

Coaching Forms

Coaching Forms Link
Need a diagram for a practice or game?
View our coaching forms archive. Click here