Soccer Technique: Preparation Touch

December 13, 2009

In our post earlier on in the week, Improving a Soccer Player’s First Touch, I discussed how critical it is for a soccer player to be comfortable controlling a ball with both feet. A player who’s one-sided has a distinct disadvantage in the modern game. In my effort to put increased emphasis on my soccer [...]

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Improving a Soccer Player’s First Touch

December 7, 2009

I tell my soccer player’s that their preparation touch is one of the most important touches they can make in the game. That one touch can make all the difference. Having a good first touch is vital for young soccer players (and soccer players of all ages). A lot of the time I see balls [...]

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Reasons to Attend the NSCAA Convention in Philadelphia

November 29, 2009

Nick Webster and Eric Wynalda give you their 10 reasons why you should go to the NSCAA convention in Philadephia: I’m still on the fence about going – I really want to attend some of the clinics put on by some of the best coaches from Europe, but the driving time from TN to PA is [...]

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Indoor Soccer Training

November 24, 2009

At this time last year my Travel team  (U9 Boys) came off a pretty good Fall soccer season. After starting slow and suffering some pretty heavy defeats early on, they rallied and played some great soccer. The Fall season in Tennessee starts in August and ends at the beginning of November. I had them pre-season [...]

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Soccer Training Ladders

November 21, 2009

No soccer player likes pre-season training and youth players are no different. However, the work you do in the pre-season can be the difference to a successful year and a one that fades into obscurity. A lot of soccer coaches make the mistake of focusing too much on the physical side of the game and [...]

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Coerver Coaching: Passing and Receiving Drills

November 21, 2009

People who follow me on Twitter and regular readers of this site will know that I am a big supporter of Coerver coaching. I believe that the Coerver methods are one of the best coaching methodologies for youth soccer players today. I run two weekly training sessions and one full sessions is devoted to Coerver [...]

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Youth Soccer Winter Training

November 21, 2009

Being a coach of a travel team I have set a winter skill / fitness program that should keep their interest in soccer peaked, but nothing so intensive so they get burnt out. I’m a true believer that over the course of the winter break, the kids should have some time off to be kids. [...]

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Coaching Youth Soccer Players Technique

November 21, 2009

I was watching a video a few weeks ago where Ronaldinho was being interviewed and he said that he loves the feeling of having a ball at his feet. When he’s relaxing with his friends and family, he needs to feel the ball. This type of connection can be very rare. I imagine only the [...]

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Competition in Youth Soccer: Part 2

November 21, 2009

Interestingly enough, after my last article about Competition in Youth Soccer: Part 1, my U9 Boys played lots of indoor games and did okay (we played parity). I tend to use indoor soccer as a chance for the kids to just play. The indoor game is a high intensity, all out action packed 10 minute [...]

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Competition in Youth Soccer: Part 1

November 21, 2009

As the Spring season is just around the corner for my U9 Boys Team, I thought I’d tackle the issue of competition. Not the issue of playing in competitions (not directly anyway), but the issue of youth soccer being too competitive in its nature. I’d like to start out by saying that in my select/travel [...]

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