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Written by Rob Antcliff
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In order to surf SSR efficiently, you’ll want to learn about the three great searches you can use to find the specific soccer products you’re looking for.
To start, there’s the standard search box located on the top of every product category page. Type something in and it will search all the titles, reviews, and summaries for all the items in that specific category.
Next, is our advanced search- you’ll find the text right next to the standard search. Click on it and you’ll be taken to a screen that will allow you to search a specific classification of a product. Or, by selecting multiple classifications, you can create a really targeted search.
Finally, you can use the “click to search” feature- that’s when you click on a blue classification (like topic or influence). This gives you all the results for that particular classification. For example, if you are looking at the book “The Principles of Brazilian Soccer”, and you want to see all the books with a Brazilian influence. Click on “Brazilian” next to “influence” in the book’s details, and boom…you will see before you all the books that are written with a Brazilian influence. You can search any one of the classifications that are in blue and it’s an easy quick search method.
Now, we’d love to have you surf all around SSR but when you want to find something specific, these three searches should help you find exactly what you’re looking for.
Yours on the far post,
-Rob |
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Written by Rob Antcliff
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Like a lot of soccer coaches, I used to start my soccer coaching book and video research at Amazon- since that was the only place I could find soccer books with reviews. Then, I noticed something; there were very few soccer products that were actually reviewed (only around 40% by one count). That’s why I decided that at SSR, I would not only review all the items before posting them, but I would also dig deeper and provide more information on each item.
That’s why you’ll see items with details that go beyond “author, length, and release date”. I want coaches to know more about the products including: what type of item it is (instructional or entertainment); what the focus is (technique and/or tactics, mind/body, game, etc); what topics are covered (attacking, defending, GK, team play, etc); and for what level of coaching experience the product best fits. In addition, I came up with two other unique classifications- breakdown and influence.
“Breakdown” is a way to show what percentage (approximately, of course) of this book, video, magazine is devoted to exercises (drills) and what percentage is devoted to tactics.
I think this is important because it seems that coaches are looking for either drills (OK, lots of drills). Or, they want to find out how to achieve a team goal (a new formation, playing a zone, learn about Brazilian philosophy, etc) which I’m calling the tactical aspects of the game. I think this item breakdown will really help make sure coaches get what they want.
Another way I’m classifying items is by “influence”. This tells coaches from what angle, country wise, the material is coming from. This should provide some additional insight into the product and may help the decision making process. For example, if you’re looking for a good defending DVD, I would lean towards the one by the Italians then, say, one by my beloved Dutch. To be fair, if I was looking for an attacking book, I would certainly take a Dutch one over an Italian one (Hup Holland!).
Add in the item’s table of contents and an honest and unbiased review and I’m hoping you’ll get a pretty good feel for each of the products you're researching.
But, I want to hear from you. Let me know what you think and help me make SSR the best resource for soccer coaches on the web.
Yours on the far post,
Rob |
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We’re your assistant coach in charge of scouting. Books, videos, magazines, software, or equipment- if it’s for soccer coaches, we’re on it. Our team of reviewers has looked at hundreds of soccer related products and can help you find the ones that make the cut. Our goal is to help soccer coaches at all levels determine what products will work best for them. We can do this because we’re just like you- WE LOVE SOCCER! Nothing like it on the web. We’ve looked around and there is no other place where coaches can find this much information on soccer resources. Our approach pulls together the offerings of manufacturers, publishers, distributors and retailers; we sort and categorize them; and then tell you what we think. Plus, we also let you post your own reviews to help us create a community of helpful opinions from all levels of coaches. (more) |
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