What's in my Coaching Bag - Black Friday Edition - Gifts for the Soccer Coach in your life!

Hello all - with the holidays coming up, I thought it would be fun idea to go through a bunch of the gear a swear by as a soccer coach, and share it out! Whether you'll buy it yourself, or need something for a loved one to pick up for you, I've gone through a whole bunch of things I use every single week, have been battle tested, and I think can be useful for other coaches out there. Nothing sponsored - all bought with my hard earned money and spent to help the kids I volunteer to help: 00:00 - Kick-off 00:57 - Carrying Stuff 02:10 - Training Gear 04:40 - Soccer Balls 06:28 - Ball Pumps 07:35 - Keeper Gloves 09:00 - Tactics Boards 10:30 - Books 13:18 - Recording Games 16:08 - Misc and Wrap-up Amazon Coaching Items: 18” Tall Cones: https://amzn.to/488A6lU 24 Flat Disc Markers: https://amzn.to/4o7aw6I Mini cones with strap: https://amzn.to/3XaBFdX Large cones: https://amzn.to/4prOrB0 Torx Ball Pump: https://amzn.to/4o7nalY Red digital ball pump: https://amzn.to/4obM0Bk Folding Rolling Cart: https://amzn.to/49w4nNH Puma Orbita 3 Soccer Balls: https://amzn.to/4oRCeWf Puma Orbita 2 Match Ball: https://amzn.to/48qX4pu Nike Academy Soccer Ball: Roll top Drybag: https://amzn.to/4oRfNjN 24 pack training bibs: https://amzn.to/4pn39sD Bulk (12) colored Headbands: https://amzn.to/44nuVgB Renegade Goalkeeper Gloves: https://amzn.to/4pnGLPU Obbsen Kids Goalkeeper Gloves: https://amzn.to/48sdzld Folding Bench: https://amzn.to/4poHKiQ Small Tactics Board: https://amzn.to/48Ug0tP Small Magnets (Light): https://amzn.to/43iHk3S Small Magnets (Dark): https://amzn.to/3wUh6bM Big White Board: https://amzn.to/3x0NBoU Large Soccer Tactics Board: https://amzn.to/3VhzO7d Large Magnets: https://amzn.to/48RGiNv Large Magnets: https://amzn.to/3VfQxIc Waterproof Stickers: https://amzn.to/3Vfhn3b Recording Equipment Buy an AI camera that doesn’t break the bank! Reeplayer https://partner.reeplayer.com/soccercoachkw Insta360 Ace Pro 2 https://amzn.to/3K5K6UX GoPro Tripod Mount - https://amzn.to/3JCtcJO 20’ Tripod - https://amzn.to/4bdSWI1 16’ tripod - https://amzn.to/4aTOi23 Tripod Weights - https://amzn.to/48z81WI GoPro Hero 12 - https://amzn.to/4aJfGzT GoPro Volta External Battery Handle - https://amzn.to/4aJfGzT 256Gb Micro Memory card - https://amzn.to/44gCNPY Insta360 X4 - https://amzn.to/4df7MQs Folding Goals - High Quality: https://amzn.to/3AEITP7 Join United Soccer Coaches: https://hub.unitedsoccercoaches.org/nc__createaccount?startURL=%2FNC__Login%3FstartUrl%3D%252FNC__joinrenew Books: https://amzn.to/4jNrsOC - How to Coach Girls - Are you coaching a girls team? This little book is invaluable to understanding the different mindset and dynamics within a girls/women's team, especially if you've only coached boys - written by 2 women coaches for all to understand the subtle differences and best motivational tactics to try. Coaching younger players? Give this a look for some innovative ideas: https://amzn.to/40RI9j7 Scoreboard Soccer: Creating the Environment to Develop Young Players https://amzn.to/40MuPNb - Soccer Starts at Home General Coaching or Soccer/Football Books: https://amzn.to/4hGf1BP The Coach’s Guide to Teaching: What great classroom teachers do is relevant to coaches in profound ways. After all, coaches are at their core teachers. Lemov knows that coaches face many of the same challenges found in the classroom, so the science of learning applies equally to them. https://amzn.to/4odNpIo - Two Versus One - I like how this book really takes a look at how you can break down attacking moves into focusing on creating and winning 2v1 situations - a great way to break down the concept for both novice and experienced players, with lots of drill set ups to consider. https://amzn.to/3EvW332 Football's Principles of Play - We all know the standard principles of soccer (right?!) - this book looks at those, and then multiple other ways to break down the game, with good example sessions to drills to illustrate the points. https://amzn.to/3DUAY2q - Constrained - Constraints Led Approach Connected to Principles of Play - Great book about using rules and limitations to change player behavior in game-like activities https://amzn.to/4gvYSOT - Inverting The Pyramid Most Dan Blank's Books are worth it for at least ideas to incorporate: https://amzn.to/3CwNKUd - Soccer iQ Presents... POSSESSION: Teaching Your Team to Keep the Darn Ball https://amzn.to/4hSlpGV - Soccer IQ: Things That Smart Players Do, Vol. 1 https://amzn.to/4gxhOwE - Everything Your Coach Never Told You Because You're a Girl: and other truths about winning Lastly - really interesting concept - having 10 or so standard layouts for a practice sessions, and then dozens of different drills that use the same setups (Amazon UK only): https://amzn.to/4hKGxyy Essential Practices for Player Development: The Ultimate Program for an Entire Season of Training