Below is Part Two of Alan Jaeger’s Off Season Workout. If you missed Part One, click here. Long Tossing Indoors (into a net if necessary) Where surgical tubing can help make a significant difference in your ability to both properly warm...
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A Team of One
By Tony Earp Spending some time at a soccer tournament this past weekend and watching a lot of youth soccer games, mainly U12 and under, I noticed something very interesting. On many teams, the same player was being called on...
Lazy Volunteer Coaches?
By Brian Gotta, President of CoachDeck Over the years we’ve had the fortune to have thousands and thousands of youth sports organizations provide our unique CoachDeck to their coaches. Of course, not everyone we approach becomes a client, and we...
Formations and Positions – Not for U6-U8 Play
Why, do you ask? Because children at this age do not understand, do not have the capacity to grasp the concept of “functionality.” They don’t understand that the pieces make up the pie as a whole. They only can understand...
How to Raise a Lion Chaser (Part 1 of 2)
By John O’Sullivan “Coach, I don’t want to take a penalty shot,” said a very nervous 13 year-old player of mine a few years back. We were in the Oregon Soccer State Cup semifinals, and this talented but not quite...