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Why Soccer Is One of the Best Sports for Young Athletes
Soccer is one of the most popular youth recreational sports—and for good reason. It encourages constant movement, teamwork, and skill development. Young players build endurance, balance, and coordination while learning how to communicate on the field. Soccer also helps children...
The Incredibly Massive Importance of Play (Part 1)
By John O’Sullivan Let me be blunt and scream this from the rooftop: the best athletes PLAY sports. They don’t work them, they play them. When sport becomes more work than play, athletes struggle, they grind, and if they cannot...
The Breakaway
By Brian Borde The breakaway can be the most intimidating game situation for a goalkeeper. There are fears of injury, failure, not to mention embarrassment associated with this situation. Most young goalkeepers prepare for dealing with breakaways with a stationary...
Let Them Do What They Want?
By Brian Gotta, President of CoachDeck I have read recent interviews with parents and parents-to-be who say they are not going to force their kids to play sports. The sentiment is that some parents are so over-the-top, so hungry to...