I had a team play in a tournament that used grass fields last weekend. This is the first time any of my teams have played on grass this spring. In my opinion a good grass field is better than a turf field but it has to be a good grass field. The fields we played on this weekend were good in the past but aren't what they used to be. We're just not used to playing on grass anymore. It slows everything down so much that it's hard for the players to get their … [Read more...]
#187 The Benefits of Building Out of the Back
With just one team in a tournament last weekend I was able to put all of my focus on them and not have a crazy schedule that had me going from one game to the next. Our first game was on Friday night. This team practices on Thursdays so we had a great preparation and came out flying. The team played great and won comfortably. We played two games on Saturday. The first one didn't start well but improved as the game went along. In the second game we played … [Read more...]
#186 How to Avoid Becoming a Frustrated Coach
It was a pretty easy weekend for me. Each of my teams only had one game so I had a lot of time to get some spring cleaning and yard work done. I would have rather been coaching :-) Coming back to league games after a mostly successful tournament weekend can be unpredictable. Sometimes a team can just pick up where they left off in the tournament. Other times there is a bit of a let down. My three teams had three different reactions. The youngest team … [Read more...]
#184 Three Ways to Structure Your Training Session
I finally had a normal week of training and games! A few more like this we'll be able get into the flow of the season. Two of my three teams are playing up an age group this season. The speed and physicality of the opponents is something that is going to take time to get used to. My goal is for us to be able to play our game against the increased pressure which should help us take a big step forward in our development this spring. There were two games for … [Read more...]
#180 What to Work on With U12’s
I took last week off from the podcast to prepare for our 3rd Grade and older coaches meeting for the spring season. So I spent a lot of time getting the rosters and cards ready for our older recreational teams that play through our local league. That means that I didn't get to share my thoughts on the US Youth Futsal Youth National Finals that I had two teams in. You can listen to the episode to hear what I had to say about that. The weather continues to … [Read more...]
#179 What to Work on With U10’s
Last weekend we had our last Futsal games of the league season. The second half of the season was very choppy because of the crazy weather we've had in the midwest but it's been great to watch the progress of the players. They've developed a very solid understanding of how we want to play the game as well as improved their foot skills throughout the winter. Two of my teams will play in the US Youth Futsal Nationals this weekend. There's more winter weather … [Read more...]
#178 What to Work on With U8’s
We're starting to wrap up the winter Futsal season. There's just two weeks left in the league and then we have the US Youth Futsal Nationals. There are 160 teams entered in the tournament and only 20 of them are from the KC area according to the organizers. It's always a great event and I'm really looking forward to it this year. We had a loopside game this weekend that allowed me to work on playing with a "Fly Keeper". It's basically a fifth attacker. It … [Read more...]
#177 The Coach – Parent Relationship
We finally got in a full weekend of games without any weather interruptions. The "Polar Vortex" moved in for the week so we weren't able to train outdoor until Thursday but indoor training went ahead as usual. As I suspected my youngest team were pretty rusty. They looked like they hadn't played a game in six, which they hadn't. They had forgotten some of the basic of Futsal. Fortunately, it only took them about a half and we started to look like ourselves … [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...]
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