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Club Joint Effort
I have the good fortune to regularly exchange ideas on youth soccer with many coaches and administrators across our nation. One recent exchange was with a club director of coaching whose clu... More
Tom Fleck
On Christmas Eve Tom Fleck died. Dr. Fleck was my mentor since we met in 1980. More importantly he was a fast and true friend. Doc, as he was known to many, had battle... More
Heads Up
Over the last fifteen years there have been studies conducted on the physical and mental impacts of heading. Nothing is conclusive at this time. Consider this from the U.S. Soccer Sport... More
National Championship Series Notes
In 2009 I attended two of the region stage tournaments of the US Youth Soccer National Championship Series as well as the national finals. I made a report on the events that was given to... More
Taking a Knee Part II
Last June I wrote some notes on the practice of players 'taking a knee' during an injury. It has been mentioned by a reader t... More
Goalkeeping Begins at U-10 Part II
Well, I have enjoyed reading the discussion on when the role of a goalkeeper should be introduced in youth soccer. I applaud those involved, as I feel that open debate is a sound educational... More
Skills Training
It is not uncommon for coaches to train young players in one component of the game at a time. This is often seen in a separate training on technique which is accomplished through specific dr... More
Versatile Players
Is there an article, blog post, or statement dealing with the positioning of U11-U12 players over the course of a season, or a year? I coach in a couple of different frameworks, but in one framewo... More
Passback Tour
This past Saturday I had the pleasure to work at a U.S. Soccer Foundation Passback clinic in Dallas. Here's some background on the program in case you are not familiar with it.... More
Goalkeeping begins at U-10
I had the following interaction with a coach in Florida not long ago: Sam, can you send me some good articles or a comment on why we should play without goalies a... More
Get In The Game
For several years US Youth Soccer has had advertisements for TV and other mediums called "Get Out and Get in the Game". The idea was to promote young people to get outside play soccer a... More
Appropriate Field
Last week the U.S. Soccer Developmental Academy held a tournament at Pizza Hut Park, which is the location of the US Youth Soccer national office. I was able that week to watch some great ma... More
Taking a knee
This week's question concerns the irregular habit of all of the players on the field of play taking a knee when another player goes down with an injury. ... More
Team Captain
Not long ago I was asked about the process of selecting a team captain in youth soccer. The question and comments were this: I have been coaching youth socce... More
Coaching Ball Skills
I get asked some great questions about our beautiful game and I enjoy the dialog. So, here's a discussion on coaching ball skills I've had with a youth coach. ... More
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