About Us

CoachDeck cards were created to assist the millions of hard-working youth sports volunteers and parents who would like to help players learn important skills and fundamentals though fun drills and games. The time commitment involved in coaching is enormous, and sometimes it is not possible to thoroughly prepare for each practice. Designed by professional coaches, the drills in CoachDeck can be performed by players from 6-16 and are laid out in a fast, easy-to-understand format that allows you to conduct an extremely effective clinic with little or no preparation. Because the Deck is portable, you’ll always have it with you. The nearly infinite number of drill combinations you can create means kids will never get tired of the "same old practice".

Inside each deck you will find 52 color-coded drills. Nearly every drill contains a unique, "Make it a Game" feature that will ensure your players want practice to go on forever. Each Deck also contains two double-sided instructional cards on Safety, Terminology, Practice and How to Use CoackDeck. We're sure that once you use CoachDeck you’ll wonder how you ever did with out it and, you’ll agree, that A Perfect Practice is in the Cards, with CoachDeck.

Brian Gotta - Baseball

Brian Gotta began coaching youth baseball professionally during his high school playing days, and continued through college. He now has four children of his own who are all involved in sports, and devotes many hours as a volunteer coach. Between his extensive playing and coaching experience, Coach Gotta has spent a substantial portion of his life around baseball. He has a BA from Indiana University and is the author of four youth sports novels, The Season's Not Over, Hanging in There, Time for Willy and The Unbelievable Point Guard, as well as a best-selling business book, Congratulations! You're a Millionaire! (published by Possibility Press), all of which can be found at (www.booksbygotta.com). He and his family reside in San Diego, CA.

Guy Newman - Soccer

CoachDeck Soccer is designed by Guy Newman. Guy began his playing career in 1977, winning a National Championship with the Los Angeles Macabee. He then went on to play with the Tampa Bay Rowdies and Ft. Lauderdale Strikers of the North American Soccer League. In 1980 he was a member of the US Olympic Team and then finished his illustrious career as a player with the San Diego Sockers of the NASL and MISL, winning five Indoor Championships and three Outdoor Division titles. Guy began coaching in 1985, leading the Sockers to an Indoor National Championship and continued his pro coaching career winning another National Championship with the expansion Las Vegas Dustdevils, before coaching the Kansas City Wizards. For the past seven years, Guy has focused on youth soccer as director of the Sharks Soccer Club (www.dmcvsharks.com) in Del Mar, CA., and is a USSF "A" licensed coach.