I wasn't able to schedule a time to talk with Scott Moody of SoccerFIT about their new soccer conditioning app this week. I decided I would spend my time putting the show notes together for last weeks show on directional rondos. So go back to episode 152 and you'll find a link to those notes. Nothing fancy here; I just put diagrams of the activities into my outline of the show. Hopefully they paint the picture of the activities well enough. With next … [Read more...]
#152 A Rondo Session with Direction
I had to take last week off from the podcast because it was our week for tryouts. I've described our tryout process in detail in a number of previous podcasts so you can do a search for, "Tryouts" and listen to those episodes if you're interested in more information on those. At the same time as tryouts are occuring we're also coming up on the deadline for the recreational soccer registration. That's a new role for me on top of everything else. I now have a … [Read more...]
#151 Evaluating Players During Tryouts
Well, my 2017/18 season has finally come to an end. The team I had in State Cup lost in the Semi Final. Only one team per age group really ends the season having accomplished its goals and having won the title but looking back I'm very happy with the progress of my team and especially of the individual players. That's really what it's all about those. No college coach will ever ask any of these players how they did in State Cup or any other tournament when … [Read more...]
#150 Traveling to Tournaments
Last weekend I traveled with three teams to a Memorial Day Soccer tournament in Chicago so I didn't release a podcast. I talk about the tournament and out of town tournaments in general later in the show. Tonight I had my last practice of the year with the team I have playing Jr. State Cup this weekend. We had two training sessions this week. Yesterday we focused on shooting and finishing. Today we worked on building possession with a purpose and finishing … [Read more...]
#149 Providing Useful Feedback
I had a huge tournament weekend a week ago. Having four teams in a tournament makes for a busy weekend but it's the best way for me to give all of my teams a chance to play with the least amount of disruption to our league schedule. This was the last tournament for one of my teams while the other still have one or two events to play. For those teams that are still playing, this tournament was a preparation for bigger events to come. This year my teams … [Read more...]
#148 Focus on Technique Before Speed
Last weekend I feel like I coached three great game and one awful one. The players weren't awful, it was me. I have a team that's playing up an age group and there were promoted to the first division after a very good fall season. The difference between DI and DII is substantial and it's been a difficult spring for the team. They played well in the first half this weekend and were up a goal at halftime. We talked about ways we could improve in the second … [Read more...]
#147 The Game-Based Approach to Training Sessions
We're finishing up our spring league season in the next couple of weeks. Then there are a couple of tournaments to end the season and we're back to tryout time again! This is also the time of year I set aside time to complete player evaluations for all of my teams. If you've listen to the podcast over the last three years you know that our club uses ZoomReports.com to communicate and save the evaluations for our teams. It's a great system and if you're still … [Read more...]
#146 Using ‘Levels’ to Encourage Development
I had some good and bad last weekend in terms of weather to play in. One game started at 10:30 am and was miserable. It was hard for the girls to play anything like the way we usually try to. I found myself coaching their effort to fight through the conditions more than anything else. By 1:00 pm is was beautiful and the teams were able to play some great soccer in very competitive games. It looks like we've finally turned the corner on spring. Hopefully this … [Read more...]
#145 Bio-Banding Comes to US Soccer
It seems that I'm always talking about the crazy weather we're having this spring. Last week was our third weekend with snow this spring. I ended up only have one game because of thunderstorms on Friday and bitter cold and snow on Sunday. I helped referee some tournament games on Saturday night. The snow was blowing in sideways! The goalkeeper couldn't take a goal kick because the ball wouldn't sit still long enough to play it out. They had to have a … [Read more...]
#144 Starting Practice with a Small-Sided Game
I was fortunate to have an opportunity to tour the new US Soccer National Training Center. It's an amazing facility that was built as a partnership between US Soccer, Sporting Kansas City and Children's Mercy Hospital. The three entities all have their separate areas build to suit their specific needs but they also share areas of the facility that they all benefit from. I give you an overview of the tour on the podcast but I'd highly recommend that you … [Read more...]
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