Coaching Philosophy
I feel that one of the most important responsibilities of a coach is to constantly evaluate WHAT they choose to teach their players, HOW they go about teaching it and most importantly, WHY they are...
View ArticleRotating Positions
Do you continue to rotate player through the different positions as they get older? What is ‘older’? I have always made sure to give my players experiences in a number of different positions during the...
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Tryouts for Youth Teams
Each state in the U.S. sets their own time for tryouts. In the mid west the date usually falls in June sometime after State Cup has been completed. In Kansas tryout can officially start one week after...
View ArticleToo Much Talk, Too Little Sport
An article caught my attention recently. It isn’t specifically related to soccer but to physical education in general. The study that the article is based on looked at public school physical education...
View ArticleBrain Based Learning and Differentiated Teaching
This is an excerpt of the second article in a three part series that has been contributed by John Pascarella, Sporting Kansas City Assistant Coach. The first part was published in our Coaching Advanced...
View ArticleTell Them or Ask Them?
I recently came across a blog post that touched on a topic that I wrote about a number of years ago. The difference between ‘telling’ a player what to do and ‘asking’ them what they should do is the...
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Three Different Ways to Organize a Training Session
As a young coach I always organized my session in the same way: simple to complex. This is the way I was taught through the my USSF Licensing Courses and this was what I always stuck to. Only in the...
View ArticlePlay Practice Play Training Session
This week’s Animated Drills Video looks at different way to organize your training session. The Play – Practice – Play methodology is great for young or less experienced teams. It provides a fun and...
View Article5 v 4 Building from the Back
This week’s Animated Drills Video is being created with the ‘Female Player’ template of Academy Soccer Coach. If you’re training female players why not have them in your diagrams. The activity I’m...
View ArticleProgression to Teach Building from the Back
This week’s Animated Drills Video looks at activities that you can use to teach your team to confidently build from the back. The adjustments to the Laws of the Game that went into effect this summer...
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