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Soccer Passing Drills

May 14, 2014 by thomas karapatsos Leave a Comment

Soccer Passing Drills

This soccer passing drill is a great way to warm up and develop close ball control. Before training, set up small grids across from each other. The grids should be roughly 3X3 metres and about 6-8 metres apart. The distance between the grids can be Continue Reading

Soccer Drills for Kids Soccer

May 10, 2014 by thomas karapatsos 1 Comment

Soccer Drills for Kids Soccer

Soccer Warm Up Drills The purpose of this drill is to get the team warmed up while simultaneously improving their touch and ball mastery. The drill is set up using four cones placed approximately 10-15 metres apart to form a square. On the Continue Reading

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April 27, 2014 by thomas karapatsos Leave a Comment

Does anybody know what it’s like to quit smoking? How hard it is to overcome addiction? To break away from abusive, toxic relationships…and to have the courage to leave a twisted working dynamic? How hard it is to change a habit, any HABIT? To Continue Reading

Soccer Dreams Never Die

April 16, 2014 by thomas karapatsos Leave a Comment

Parents sometimes ask me, “Don’t you feel guilty encouraging children to pursue their soccer dreams?” When the odds are so heavily stacked against them. When the odds of success are so overwhelming. When the likelihood of playing for Liverpool, Continue Reading

Soccer Indoctrination and The Need For Change

June 9, 2013 by thomas karapatsos Leave a Comment

When you grow up you tend to look back and remember your best friends. You remember occasions and incidents that only you will take to the grave. My youth was spent watching Fred Savage grow up playing the character Kevin Arnold in the Wonder Continue Reading

Kids Soccer: The Dirty Dozen

April 21, 2013 by thomas karapatsos Leave a Comment

I’d like to start off with “every child is extraordinary”. Every child on this planet has something important to say and do. No matter how small their contribution may seem, there is a place for them in the soccer world, in the stadium of Continue Reading

Kids Soccer: The Sweet Smell of Failure

March 19, 2013 by thomas karapatsos 1 Comment

  My philosophy, as a soccer parent is simple. “Soccer is a metaphor for life” Soccer offers the opportunity to learn in a team environment and allows children to cope with winning, losing and is one of many great workout programs. But my Continue Reading

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