June 10, 2019
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Play Practice Play in Youth Soccer
If you haven’t heard it yet, there is a new training methodology in soccer town called Play, Practice, Play. It’s not really new. We’ve been doing it in the context of US Youth Soccer for more than a year now and you’ll find correlation with an article titled Teaching Games for Understanding: A Comprehensive Approach […]
Continue reading May 20, 2019
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The Vertical Game in Soccer
Putting the ball up in the air… should be do it, or should we keep it on the ground? Choosing what to train in youth soccer and when to train it is a combination of science and art. US Youth Soccer gives us some useful guidelines, but how closely we follow those guidelines requires a […]
Continue reading May 14, 2018
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#28 – Empowering Our Kids to Succeed
Who is Youth Sports For?Sometimes we forget one of the most important elements in youth sports – who everybody is working for. It’s not the coach, the Club President, mom or dad… it’s our future. It’s our future expressed by, shaped by, and executed by our children. I don’t mean to suggest that kids have the […]
Continue reading April 16, 2018
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Empathy Through Youth Sports
Being able to connect and empathize with teammates and our opponents is a powerful skill that youth sports helps us to develop. In this episode, we talk about learning empathy through youth sports – what it looks like, good examples, bad examples, and some things to look if you’re coaching character development in your program. Too often, […]
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