Soccer Coach’s Kit

SOCCER COACH’S KIT

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In addition to the First Aid Kit, the Trainers Kit, and the Water Kit on game days, soccer coaches should also create, maintain, and have with them the following equipment as a Coach’s Kit:

Practice

Air pump

Ball bag(s)

Cloth to erase diagramming board

Cones

Diagramming board (dry erase board with outline of field) and dry erase markers and erasing cloth

Discs

Disk strap and/or cone holder

Dry erase markers

Goal targets

Inflation needles

Magnetic diagramming board with magnets (for teaching positioning)

Permanent marker

Practice balls

Scrimmage vests (pinnies)

Small goals (mini-goals, pop-up goals, portable goals)

Team equipment bag

Vest bag

Volleyball

Whistle and lanyard

For Heading:

Balloons

Sponge Ball

Playball

Volley Ball

Hanging Ball or Tether Ball

Games

(In addition to the practice items…)

Assistant referee flags

Backup game jerseys

Backup goalkeeper jerseys (2 different colors)

Backup whistle and lanyard

Captains arm band

Game balls

Goalie gloves

Hair ties (Girls’ “scrunchies”)

Shin guards

Shoelaces

Twine or string (to use to repair nets)

Portable plastic folding outdoor soccer team bench

Field Marking

Field diagram

Field marker

Large nails or stakes

Marker spray cans (athletic paint)

String

Tape rule, metal (100-feet minimum)

Game Field Set-Up

Corner posts and flags (and/or corner posts and flags specific to artificial turf fields – weighted hard-rubber bases)

Corner posts and flags carry bag

Goal anchor bags

Hammer

Net bag

Net pegs (tent pegs)

Net ties or clips

Nets

Ropes for nets, if no clips or ties are available

Stepladder (2- or 3-step)

Other Items for Consideration

Agility dots

Agility ladders

Agility poles for artificial turf fields

Bag of Sand (for filling holes)

Canopy, team (for shade and gathering place)

Hurdles (same-sized or graduated sets)

Mini Cones / Mini Disks

Pendulum ball

Rebounder net

Referee/coaches watch

Resistance bands

Scorebook

Small bucket or pail (for bailing water or collecting rocks, glass or debris)

Speed ladders

Speed rings

Stopwatch

Thin Plastic (“Caution”) Tape (for use as a makeshift goal “crossbar”)

SEE: “ADVANCED SOCCER FITNESS AND TRAINING EQUIPMENT” FOR DETAILS AND OTHER ITEMS