Tag Archives: coaching soccer
Soccer Coaches, What Are You Selling?
Perfect does not exist. Being perfect is not sustainable and who is perfect anyway?
In the last post we discussed “fail and fail often.” The message was to learn from what’s working. In a nutshell, modify and adjust sessions according to what’s working. Forget about learning from your mistakes for one moment.
If you’re a coach and [...]
Coaching Love Based Soccer
Nobody wants to listen to you. Let me repeat that. Nobody wants to listen to your shit. Trust me they would rather do a million other things before they succumb to your authority.
Your potential players are so busy dealing with life that they haven’t got a spare second for you. They have just bought the [...]
Are You Playing Love Based Soccer?
While watching a video on YouTube I couldn’t help admire a young kid playing his electric guitar. He has definitely plucked those strings more than once. What followed after the video was a little advertisement selling, you guessed it, how to play guitar. Very clever if you ask me and with over 2 million views [...]
Warning To All Soccer Coaches-If You Can’t Diagnose, Don’t Prescribe.
Lets paint the picture and build up the scenario first. Imagine you have been having trouble with some aspect of your game. You decide to confront your soccer coach and ask him for some advice and help. After briefly listening to you, he offers to help and gives you advice.
“You must train harder and run longer [...]