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MEDIA’S IMPACT ON FORMING OPINIONS
I am taking a few courses towards an advanced degree, and was required to study the impact that the media has on impacting our opinions about many issues in sport. For sure, it got me thinking about this complicated topic and was very thought provoking to say the least. I have included a few thoughts that I [...] -
MINIMIZING DROPOUT RATES IN YOUTH SPORTS
The purpose of this paper is to express my views on ways of lowering dropout rates among participants in youth sports. I would take a multi-pronged approach that would involve the following three areas: coaching education, parent education, competitive infrastructure. Coach Education: According to Pugh, DeFrancesco, Gilley, and Heitman (2000) the reasons that motivate elite [...] -
NOTES ON METHODOLOGY
Here are some notes that I wrote down on coaching methodology. Included are some good reminders to review every once in a while. They are a list of principles to follow when thinking about our training sessions. 1. CHALLENGING A. The basic thrill of the game is to be found in a simple set of challenges: can you score on [...] -
REASONS FOR USING ZONES IN TRAINING EXERCISES
The use of zones in training exercises can be used as an effective teaching tool. It gives players a simplified and clear visual picture to interpret, thus allowing for increased learning and repetition at initial stages of a training session. The danger of using zones is that play at times becomes “forced” or over simplified. [...] -
TRYOUT PROCEDURES
I don’t know what it is about the Spring, but when this time of year rolls around, I often think about soccer trouts for some reason. Towards that end, I thought that I might inclued a discussion on the tryout procedures that we used in the last club that I worked with back in NH. [...] -
RESTARTS!
I was watching a Champion’s League game on TV this past week. There was a deciding goal scored on a restart… by a team that played for that tactic (dropped in to defend, hoped to counter attack, and possibly get a restart off of it if possible). It made for an interesting game needless to [...]
