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I received some great feedback about last week’s episode on developing your own style of play. Some coaches asked for show notes to be included.

I usually don’t include show notes on episode where there aren’t any diagrams or training sessions to describe. But for this episode I’ve added show notes that include a worksheet that you can use to help you layout and describe your own style of play.

Check out episode #085 Developing Your Style of Play for a link to the show notes at the bottom of the page.

Last week I talked about working on Futsal restarts that I’ve been working on with my teams. I did a video about them for the Weekly Animated Drill on our YouTube Channel. Here’s a link to that video.

This week’s question is from Sean and is about how to encourage players to use the moves they’ve learned in training, in games as well

Sean says:
“I’ve got an ’08 daughter who is one of, if not the strongest player on her travel team. She has really mastered moves such as the maradona, scissors, rollover, pull-backs etc.. However only uses them sporadically (sometimes not at all) within actual game settings. For instance, she went through a 3 game stretch where she did the Maradona a couple of times a game and it was very successful. However, now she hasn’t used that move in weeks. She has a great pull-back that goes behind her legs but hasn’t used that in over a month. Some games she forgoes everything and just kicks and runs (which I hate!)

Just curious, what do you recommend to encourage her to use these footskills and moves to beat defenders within actual games on a consistent basis?”

On the podcast I talk about why I think this happens and something that you can do to encourage young players to try the moves that they have worked so hard to develop in training and at home.

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I’m fortunate that what I do during the day compliments my coaching so much. I spend time everyday reviewing blogs and social media looking for interesting topics for this show and new methods to improve my coaching.

An article I came across recently really got me thinking about how I can learn from some of the best coaches in the world. I thought the study would be interesting to you as well so today I’ll talk about the qualities and habits of the most successful coaches in the world.

In Future Episodes

I have a number of topics that I’m working on for upcoming episodes on a wide variety of topics. I haven’t decided which one I’ll discuss next week so it’ll have to be a surprise. Let me know if there’s something you’d like me to cover.