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Evolving Players, Evolving Coaches: How Coaching Methodology Affects Player Development.
Introduction: The Current State of Women’s Soccer: The women’s soccer game on the international level has been improving steadily over the past decade and a half (FIFA, 2008). In observing the 2007 Women’s World Cup, the 2004 and 2008 Women’s Olympics, the most recent U17 and 20 youth World Cups, it is readily apparent that the [...] -
Street Soccer
Recently, I conducted a session that the players really enjoyed, and we got a lot accomplished in the process. I played what I call “street soccer.” It was a time where the players were given a lot of the decision making power as to how they played. We assigned each player to a team, gave [...] -
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 [...] -
COACHING EDUCATION FOR THE NON-SOCCER PEOPLE.
I am currently teaching a ‘D’ License here on campus as an academic course. I have to admit, it is a pretty good idea to allow students to test for the ‘D’ License who are taking the soccer coaching course that is usually offered to PE Majors. We just adjusted the curriculum a [...] -
The result…or good soccer?
My new job finds me coaching a team that is young and “ripe” to learn the game. I am coaching a different “system”, and have different priorities for their play. I find myself struggling to balance teaching “effective” soccer (we MAY score more goals… but would not “create” the goal… if that makes sense), and “attractive” [...] -
Can you coach too much?? Q&A with Jeff
OVER COACHING: ‑What is overcoaching? EXCESSIVE INPUT FROM THE COACH WHILE THE PLAYERS ARE PLAYING IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE COACH’S INPUT BECOMES DEBILITATING TO THE PLAYER’S ABILITY TO PERFORM TO THE BEST OF HER ABILITY AND STIFLES HER DEVELOPMENT. IN SHORT, THE COACH IS PLAYING INSTEAD OF THE PLAYER, MAKING ALL OF HER DECISIONS [...]
