Welcome to Forward Thinking Soccer, a website aimed at providing information to those of you who wish to coach the beautiful game. Use what you can to help in your endeavors of becoming a quality coach!

• Wearing a Watch
  Story Time: In the infancy of my coaching career I was coaching a youth club team in the shadows of a division 1 University that had a storied men’s soccer… Read more: Wearing a Watch
• Passing Square – Think Ahead
  Every soccer coach I’ve worked with has known about the simple passing square. Pass the ball to a player at a cone and then run to that cone. It’s a… Read more: Passing Square – Think Ahead
• Short Passing Repetition
  Getting a lot of touches on the ball is crucial to improvement. This passing exercise gets your players a bunch of touches on a ball. As I mentioned in my… Read more: Short Passing Repetition
• Creating Angles – Passing Exercise
  I have heard from numerous coaches that are way more experienced than me that players need to create angles. A passing exercise that I have used a lot to help… Read more: Creating Angles – Passing Exercise
• Passing Exercise
  Below is a simple passing exercise that many people have probably seen some variation of before. Remember, pace of the lay off and pace of the pass are both important.