By Tony EarpA staple to all soccer training and helping players develop a comfort with the soccer ball is teaching fundamental foot skills and moves. These movements include foundation touches using the inside of the feet, pulling the ball, cutting...
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Positive Instruction
By Brian Gotta, President of CoachDeck I’ve talked about this before, but it is important enough that it bears repeating. When you are coaching young players, your main goal is to make the experience a positive one so that they’ll...
Make it a Game
By Brian Gotta, President of CoachDeck We’ve all been there. Running a practice with a swarm of kids and trying our best to make it fun and entertaining while still teaching good, solid fundamentals. It is commonly accepted that the...
At what age should kids begin playing “travel” or competitive sports?
We all know that travel or competitive sports for kids have grown explosively in the past decade. Do you believe this is a good thing? And, if so, how old do you feel kids should be before they are allowed...
The state of baseball in the inner-city
A very discouraging article ran in the San Diego Union Tribune which highlighted the fact that many inner-city teams cannot field a JV team due to lack of players. This, obviously, does not bode well for the future of the Varsity programs. There...