When is it time to choose 1 sport? As you read on you can think of where you guys are and what is best for your family. Soccer players have different seasons in terms of how many games are played in a short amount of time. Or how many practice/training sessions per week/month. Spring is busy because the kids are…
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Learn 10 ways soccer teams lose games… I’m sure many of you will agree defending & finishing are the 2 main ways to be successful in soccer. Yes, to win games you have to be good at both. To not lose games, you have to have a strong defensive unit. This means the whole unit from the forwards to the…
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Soccer development is something we hear, but what really is development? There are different ingredients necessary to make good soccer players. However, if the soccer player gets spoiled in the sense of they don’t want to keep improving then it’s no good. So many players love soccer but only want to ‘play’ not train. The right elements and hours acquired…
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Knowing the different ways to tackle in soccer is one of the most important elements to your game. How to do it legally is the what every player needs to know. Not every trainer or coach instructs the same way; to be honest we don’t all have the same ethical guidelines on this topic. A player can tackle hard, but…
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If you remember the classic “Field of Dreams” baseball movie with Kevin Costner, you know that there is an iconic line that runs throughout the entire movie, “If you build it, they will come.” Costner’s character spends the movie finding out the meaning of that phrase, by which the revelation (spoiler alert) at the end allows reconciliation & restoration through…
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This is one thing you hardly hear soccer coaches talking about: mechanics! Teaching players the proper form in how to shoot, pass, trap & dribble. As a trainer or coach you can’t not help players with body mechanics. Striking vs dribbling mechanics The most difficult to learn out of all of these is ball striking with top of the foot…
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Soccer players and parents sometimes ask me how juggling helps in a game. It’s such a popular question that I’ve listed 7 ways juggling makes a soccer player better. The ability to juggle will help your confidence, passing and first touch. During youth games, the ball is in the air a lot. Players who can juggle will most likely feel…
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