COACHING PERSONALITY

Coaching Personality
I recently read an excerpt from a book Coaching the Dutch 4-3-3 that is put out by World Class Coaching. In this article, there was a particularly compelling section on coaching personality. I must say that the author makes a very good point.
Here is the excerpt:
A coach needs to express themselves as they are coaching. This shows the players that. . . [more]

WHY PLAY ODP?

Over the past several years, it has been my privilege, and challenge, to work with the ODP program in many different capacities. I have been able to work as a district coach, assistant state coach, head state coach, regional coach, and most recently, with the national teams. It is from this perspective that I offer the following thoughts as to why players. . . [more]

Getting People to Support the Club!?

Getting parents and families to support the club scene is a challenge. Everyone leads a busy life. How can I get the parents to help out… and become involved.

We all know that clubs thrive when people are supportive. I always found that the best way to get people to be supportive, is to make them feel part of the process. Towards that end, we. . . [more]

MISSION STATEMENT FOR CLUB SOCCER

I decided to post the mission statement from the club that I used to work with in NH. This was a club that looked to serve players that were intent on improving, and playing at the highest level that they could. Their intent was to provide a service to those players living in the Capitol Region of the state… in and around. . . [more]

Small sided video drills

Teaching a group of U-12s’ from Bow NH.

This is a 2v.1 drill here. I worked with www.completesoccercoach.com to put these together. We are planning on a Pill’s Drills video series…. anybody interested??

2 on 1

This is a progression of the previous drill. 2 on 2

I hope that you enjoyed these,and will apply these principals in your next practice.

I would like to hear your thoughts on. . . [more]

COACHING REMINDERS FOR CLUB COACHES

Here is a list of reminders that I used to hand out to the coaches in the clb that I worked with back in NH.
I think that these reminders helped the coaches keep things focused and in the proper perspective.

Let us know what you think about them!

REMINDERS:
1. The game is the best teacher. The majority of training time should be spent PLAYING the game.. . . [more]

U20’s Win World Cup!

In case you haven’t been watching, our U20 National Team won the Youth World Cup.  What an accomplishment for head coach Tony DiCicco and his staff.  Tony may be the only person who has won both a senior and youth World Cup as a coach.  He won this one without having a few players that would have been selected as they chose to play. . . [more]

Mentoring Coaches

I had an experience a few years back that had a lasting impact on my thoughts on coaching education.
I was working with my daughter’s youth team, and I had another parent volunteer to work along with me with the group. She was interested in taking a team by herself, but felt that she did not have the experience to do so. I approached this. . . [more]

FUTSAL… Great Off Season Training

Two years ago, I enjoyed the opportunity to take a Regional ODP team to Brazil.  While there, we were able to enjoy the game of FUTSAL… which is basically indoor soccer on a basketball court sized field.

It is played with a smaller ball, which hardly bounces, so it is PERFECT for indoor surfaces.  Because there are no “boards” like the popular “indoor soccer” game that. . . [more]

Principles of attacking in small groups

1 vs. 1 inside of the grid.

Object of the game is to have the attacking team to get the ball from one target player at the corner to the other.
The ball must be played in to the field player to start the game.
Whenever the ball is played to a target player, that target comes on to the field with the ball.  The field player. . . [more]