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Love Based Soccer, Back By Popular Neglect
Young players usually ask themselves (unconsciously) 3 basic questions when they listen to the coach/parent.
Who cares?
So What?
What’s in it for me?
The best way to combat this lack of interest in some players is to let them know your human.
That’s right, human!
Love-Based Soccer Is Changing The Odds
All soccer experts who say pain is the greatest motivator have forgotten the power of love.
People will scale mountains with luggage on their backs, swim upstream in a creek full of crocodiles, go into a hurricane and battle against armies and unbeatable odds to fulfil the emotion in us to love and be loved. [...]
Soccer Lessons and The Silver Spoon
Let’s start today’s post with a little musical. A few verses from one of my favorite songs, “Cats in the Cradle”, by Cat Stevens.
My child arrive just the other day
He came to the world in the usual way
But there were planes to catch, and bills to pay
He learned to walk while I was away
And he [...]
Soccrastination Is Not A Word, But It Does Exist
Soccrastination (soc-kras-tuh-ney-shuhn) is the deferment of soccer to a later time, often a mechanism for coping with fear or self-doubt.
Don’t Google the word, it doesn’t exist, it’s one of my creations.
If you’ve been playing soccer for a while, you know the pain of soccrastination.
You know how ugly soccrastination can be. Soccrastination disrupts your goals; crushes [...]
Youth Soccer: Stop Feeding The Incompetent Beast
The good ol soccer coach, gotta love em. Failed player trying his hand at coaching, perhaps. Superstar wanting to give back to the game, maybe. Volunteered parent with no idea but with the best intention, we hope.
What makes a youth coach great?
Ask the question amongst the “so called” experts and you will get significant differences. [...]