Last weekend should have been State Cup for my 2005 but it was moved to the November because the facility that was supposed to host it was closed to all non-professional sports. I had blocked out the whole weekend for my other teams so they didn't have any games scheduled. We ended up moving a reschedule game for my 2005's into the empty weekend. That gave me just one game last weekend and that one wasn't until Sunday afternoon. It gave me lots of extra time to … [Read more...]
#239 Developing as a Coach
Our tryouts were last Friday. I don't know of any coaches, players or parents who enjoy the necessary process of tryouts. Everything has been different this year and the same can be said for tryouts. We only had new players attending so there were a few times when there were only had slightly more players than coaches. It was difficult evaluate the new players in comparison to our current players but we just had to do the best we could. I'm sure that we made … [Read more...]
#223 Coaching Conversation with Marcus Walfridson
This is the 5th Anniversary of the CSW Podcast! It's hard to believe I've recorded 223 episodes that have been downloaded more than 1.6 million times. I really appreciate everyone who listens, contributes or spreads the word about the show. THANKS! Last weekend we had our last Futsal games of the winter. It was weird having games after the Nationals but there was a weekend that was canceled due to snow and ice so they were rescheduled to the weekend between … [Read more...]
#220 Five Year Review
The last two weeks have been crazy; I finish the second meeting for the Grassroots Instructor's License Wednesday afternoon through Saturday afternoon. The first meeting back in November covered the course content for the Grassroots In-Person Courses (4v4 through 11v11). The second meeting was focused on presenting the D License Course. The D is like getting an advanced degree in the Play - Practice - Play methodology. It involved applying this to not only one … [Read more...]
#218 Developing as a Coach
I've been working through some issues I've had with the audio quality of the podcast for the last few weeks. I'd appreciate it if you would leave a comment below if you've noticed a problem in previous episodes and if it's been resolved in this one. If you haven't noticed a issue then I'd like to know that as well. My teams were supposed to play their first games after the winter break last week. The goal of those game was to prepare for the US Youth Futsal … [Read more...]