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...]
#161 Pattern Play to Develop Attacking Ideas
This was a pretty easy weekend for me. I had one game a day over Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I almost didn't know what to do with all my extra time.! During these games I was thinking about the way I change the positions that players are in during games. The way I used to do it was to have everyone play the same position for the first four games of league play and then rotate the attackers and defenders. This was far to long between changes for a kid that … [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...]
#158 Individual and Team Possession
This is the fourth week of training for the teams in our club. I'm finally getting into the flow of the season. Each team has had a number of games and I'm starting to learn more about the players and they're starting to understand what I'm look for from them. The recreational league games started last week as well so with that, the amount of time and energy I have to devote to that area of my job will become less and less just as my coaching and Age Group … [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...]
#156 Starting Your Season with Structure or Skill?
This week has just been insane. Create cards and rosters for our older team and getting the uniforms and coaches meeting organized for the younger teams has been a bigger job than I could ever have imagined. his weekend I have to get the schedule done and then hopefully I can get my life back into balance again. On top of all of that, we also started training our teams this week. With all of my responsibilities to the rec program over the summer I really … [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...]
#154 Impressions of the 2018 World Cup Final
I want to give you some info that will help explain how I’m going to present episodes in the future. Usually I record on Thursdays but it's going too hard with my coaching schedule this fall. I'm now going to produce them on Sunday so I'll have a bit more time to put it together and I can talk about what's happened over the weekend. I’m recording this one about an hour or so after the World Cup Final on Sunday, July 15. It’s been a great weekend for sports. … [Read more...]
#153 Off Season and Pre Season Conditioning
I enjoyed the bit of time off I took over the last couple of weeks. It gave me some extra time to spend with friends and family over the 4th of July holiday. Things are still in full swing with preparations for the recreational season coming up so it wasn't a complete break but still a nice change of pace. It also gave me time to enjoy watching the quarter finals of the World Cup and a few Sporting KC games (we won't talk about those). My frustration with … [Read more...]
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