Full soccer practice sessions filmed being coached, from U5 to elite, plus season plans and club-wide accounts. Built for rec and competitive clubs, parent volunteers and directors of coaching.
In short: The Coaching Manual gives every coach at your club proven practice sessions they can watch being coached, then run with their own team. Volunteer coaches get support between US Soccer license courses, and directors of coaching get one standard across rec and competitive teams. Clubs from $1,250 a year; individual coaches can start free.
US Soccer's grassroots licenses and the D license give coaches a foundation in a few days. Most of a coach's development happens afterwards, week to week with their own team, often with nobody to watch or ask. That's the gap we're built for: expert coaches to watch, copy and learn from every week, between one course and the next.
Every session is filmed being coached, so you see the set-up and hear when and how the coach steps in. It's the quickest way to pick up the part a written plan can't show you: the delivery.
"I've been in soccer here in the States for 35 years, at rec programmes, college programmes, high-level club programmes and high school programmes, and not one has ever put me through a training programme. If you want to be the best at something, you're going to need someone to teach you how to do it. That's what The Coaching Manual is for us."
Jamie Killeen, Northern New Hampshire Soccer Club
We've been building coach education for 15 years, and coaches at 2,000+ clubs use The Coaching Manual, across the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
Free sessions and warm-ups, no card needed.
The full session library, with no ads.
Adds season plans and the session design tools.
Premium for every coach, with club and licence management, shared season plans and usage reporting.
Prices in US dollars. Full details on our pricing page.
It depends what you need. If you want every coach, from rec volunteers to competitive coaches, working from proven sessions they can watch being coached, The Coaching Manual is built for that. For registration and payments you'd use a club admin system alongside it. See our honest comparison of coaching apps.
Yes. Sessions are ready to run, organised by age group, with set-up, timings and coaching points, and each one is filmed being coached so a parent volunteer can see exactly how to deliver it.
Yes. Sessions are organised by age group, from the youngest players through the small-sided formats to 11v11, and coaches can adapt them to their numbers and space.
Courses give you a foundation; most learning happens week to week with your own team. Watching experienced coaches deliver sessions, trying them yourself and reflecting is one of the most practical ways to keep developing.
Club accounts start from $1,250 a year. Individual coaches can start on the free Basic plan, with Standard at $48 and Premium at $84 a year. See our pricing page.
Try some free sessions, or talk to us about a club account for every coach.
