We have a pretty long conversation that I want to share with you about VAR today so I’ll just give you a short recap of my week and skip our usually Q & A. My team meetings followed the same format we've been using. We reviewed the players progress on the Techne App and our Flipgrid videos. The challenge we gave the players was to juggle as many times as they could in one minute. If the ball hit the ground they picked it up and kept counting from where … [Read more...]
#192 Soccer Rules Changes for the 2019-20 Season
I always take a team or two to Chicago over Memorial Day Weekend. This year was no different but unfortunately the weather they had up there was even wetter than we've been experiencing in our area. Only about half of their fields are turf so they had to compress the schedule once the grass fields were closed for the weekend. They did the best they could but that left us with four 30 minute games, half of what we were hoping for. I don't blame the … [Read more...]
#181 US Youth Soccer Rule Changes – Three Years Later
The high school girls that I coached during the fall and winter had their school tryouts last week. A couple of my best players weren't picked for any teams at their school. These are Juniors in high school that could have played "C" Team, JV or Varsity. There are players that were selected for these teams that are not as good as the players that were left out. I don't understand the motivations of many high school coaches. They'll select Seniors just … [Read more...]