We had the US Youth Futsal Regionals here last weekend. I'm going to talk about my teams' experiences and tournaments in general in the main part of the show so I'll save that for later. We had another major winter storm here earlier this week. My teams train on Tuesdays indoor and my oldest team trains outdoor on Wednesday but we lost all of our training sessions this week. I thought our winter break was great but now a couple of my teams haven't played … [Read more...]
#173 The Benefits of Breaks
I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday season. I just returned from a great family ski trip. We’ve been going to the same little ski resort in Colorado since I was 16. It’s not crowded and very family friendly. My kids learned to ski and snowboard there and now my young nieces and nephews are going as well. I love want I do and where I do it but I’m definitely on the lookout for ski town where I can coach during the spring and fall and then ski all winter. … [Read more...]
#168 The Importance of Providing Player Evaluations
I'm now officially finished with my fall season. Two of my teams played in a tournament last weekend to finish off the fall. I always put this tournament on my schedule but it's hard to know what to expect from the weather. We were really lucky last weekend as it was mostly dry and not as cold as it's been some years. Having a tournament at the end of the season is a great way to finish it off. It gives me a chance to see how far we've come and what we … [Read more...]
#167 Fall Season Recap
I only had one team playing last weekend. My U17 girls competed in the Presidents Cup tournament. For those not familiar with how the state tournaments work in the U.S.; the top teams in each age group compete in the State Cup for a chance to win and go on to Regionals. The winners of Regionals move on to the National Championship. A few years ago US Youth Soccer created the Presidents Cup. The tournament gives teams that are not quite competitive enough for … [Read more...]
#163 Game Day
I only had three games again last weekend; one Friday, one Saturday and one Sunday. The teams all played very well. It doesn't always work out that way so it's fun when it does. We’re at the point in the season where I’m seeing the results of what we’ve worked on in training. It's great to see them applying concept to games under pressure. Now it’s time to add on to that. For me, that means spending more time in 1 v 1 and 2 v 2 environments to help the … [Read more...]
#162 It’s Not About You
I took just one team to a tournament last weekend. We had a great schedule; we played at 8 am and noon on Saturday and Sunday and then we headed home. There were only five teams in our group so we played each of them once. Not having to stay around to play a final against a team we had already played was great! Having only one team allowed me to spend more time with the kids and parents than I'm usually able to so that also made it a fun weekend. When I … [Read more...]
#160 Reviewing 160 Episodes
Reaching 160 episodes got me think that I’m sure there are many people listening now have not been listening from the start and may not have gone back and listen to the episodes that were produced before they discovered the show. I’m getting to the point where there are times that I’m not sure if I’ve already talked about a particular topic or training session on a previous show and I have to go back and check. Today I want to go back and highlight some … [Read more...]
#159 What My Teams do on Every Type of Restart
I'm sorry about not telling you that there wouldn't be a podcast last week. I forgot that it was Labor Day weekend and I had two teams going to a tournament. I didn't remember until after I'd already recorded and posted the last episode. The two teams I took to the tournament played very well on Saturday. Unfortunately, it started raining on Saturday evening and didn't stop all night. The fields (natural grass) were too wet to play on Sunday so they were … [Read more...]
#157 The First Games of the Season
I'm sorry for missing last week's podcast. Everything just piled up and I ran out of time. On top of a crazy week I also had three teams in a tournament so there was no time to get it done over the weekend as I've been planning to do. With all of that taken care of now I'm confident that I'll be able to get a new episode out to you each week from here on out. Thanks for your understanding and sticking with the show as I get through the busiest time of … [Read more...]
#155 US Soccer Roadmaps and Developing a Style of Play
If you're anything like me you when through some serious World Cup withdrawal. I'd been spoiled by being able to watch so much good soccer over the last month that I didn't know what to do with myself now that it was over. I discovered the Rugby World Cup Sevens last weekend. I would describe it as all of the best parts of the game compressed into a format that's great for those of us who are not normally rugby fans. My favorite aspect of rugby is the … [Read more...]
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