#153 Off Season and Pre Season Conditioning

#104 From High Pressure to Goal Scoring: I had my teams in a tournament this last weekend. We enjoyed great weather and very good competition. These end of the season tournaments are great for me and the players. I can see how far they’ve progressed over the course of the year and the players... by Coaching Soccer Weekly: Methods, Trends, Techniques and Tactics from WORLD CLASS COACHING

29 min listen

#097 Diving and It’s Effects on Youth Soccer: I actually spent more time refereeing last weekend than coaching. I’ve always enjoyed refereeing. Especially when I get to work with new referees. I can see why so many young referees quit. It takes a level confidence that most kids just don’t have nat... by Coaching Soccer Weekly: Methods, Trends, Techniques and Tactics from WORLD CLASS COACHING

25 min listen

#094 Check Your Shoulder!: Technical Training for our club started this week. Once a week all of the teams, U12 and below, complete the same training session. It’s focused on a particular technical topic. I talked about how we structure our technical training back in episode 18 ... by Coaching Soccer Weekly: Methods, Trends, Techniques and Tactics from WORLD CLASS COACHING

35 min listen

#099 Playing Up: In the last month my teams haven’t played every weekend due to spring break and a number of local tournaments that took up field capacity. One team hasn’t played in three weeks. This has given us time to do some concentrated training. by Coaching Soccer Weekly: Methods, Trends, Techniques and Tactics from WORLD CLASS COACHING

39 min listen

#102 Differentiated Coaching: The weather was so bad in the midwest last weekend that we weren’t able to play most of our games. It rained pretty much non stop from Friday morning through Sunday morning. They had it even worse in St Louis where many of their fields are built in 100... by Coaching Soccer Weekly: Methods, Trends, Techniques and Tactics from WORLD CLASS COACHING

43 min listen

#100 Double Box Training Environment: 100 Episodes! When I started this podcast more than two years ago the idea of getting to 100 episodes seemed so far off. Just producing the first three was a huge challenge. Now thousands of coaches listening to each episode. by Coaching Soccer Weekly: Methods, Trends, Techniques and Tactics from WORLD CLASS COACHING

39 min listen

#095 Planning Valuable Team Talks: We had great feedback to last week’s episode on checking your shoulder. The combination of the description, diagrams and actual training video really helped to paint the picture and show how the exercises are organized. by Coaching Soccer Weekly: Methods, Trends, Techniques and Tactics from WORLD CLASS COACHING

36 min listen

#121 US DA vs High School Soccer: With one of my teams last weekend I decided not to coach while the ball was in play. The team had played a tournament the previous weekend and they had heard enough from me :-). I wanted them to take total ownership of the game and make their own decis... by Coaching Soccer Weekly: Methods, Trends, Techniques and Tactics from WORLD CLASS COACHING

34 min listen

#147 The Game-Based Approach to Training Sessions: We’re finishing up our spring league season in the next couple of weeks. Then there are a couple of tournaments to end the season and we’re back to tryout time again! This is also the time of year I set aside time to complete player evaluations for all... by Coaching Soccer Weekly: Methods, Trends, Techniques and Tactics from WORLD CLASS COACHING

43 min listen

#101 What to Do When You Need a Goal: First of all, thanks to everyone that sent me an email, left a comments on the site or provided a rankings and reviews on iTunes about the 100th episode of the podcast. I truly appreciate everyone who takes the time to listen each week and I love heari... by Coaching Soccer Weekly: Methods, Trends, Techniques and Tactics from WORLD CLASS COACHING

35 min listen

#111 Do Good Players Make Good Coaches?: This is the last week before our club starts training for the fall season. The weather in the midwest has been incredibly hot and humid. Fortunately, the heatwave is going break over the weekend and next week won’t be as hot. by Coaching Soccer Weekly: Methods, Trends, Techniques and Tactics from WORLD CLASS COACHING

26 min listen

#110 Playing with a Back Three: Last week provided a nice break over the 4th of July holiday. Stepping away from the field and not thinking about coaching for a bit is always a welcome change of pace. We now only have two weeks remaining in our summer break. by Coaching Soccer Weekly: Methods, Trends, Techniques and Tactics from WORLD CLASS COACHING

32 min listen

#107 Train Fast to Play Fast: We completed our club tryouts last weekend. It’s a crazy time for player, parents and coaches but an important one to make sure that our players are challenged at an appropriate level. I’ve talked about our process in previous episodes including Episod... by Coaching Soccer Weekly: Methods, Trends, Techniques and Tactics from WORLD CLASS COACHING

30 min listen

#106 Keeping Soccer Players Safe and Healthy: We concluded our State Cup tournament in Kansas this week. Each state holds it’s own competition for U13 to U19 teams. The winner of each age group advances to one of four different regional championships where the winners earn the right to attend the ... by Coaching Soccer Weekly: Methods, Trends, Techniques and Tactics from WORLD CLASS COACHING

42 min listen

#103 Why Your Players are Bored: Coaching my games this weekend and covering for a couple of other coaches the “kickball” being played by some of the teams we played against was killing me. It was hard to play against because anytime we build the play up if the opponent won the ball t... by Coaching Soccer Weekly: Methods, Trends, Techniques and Tactics from WORLD CLASS COACHING

36 min listen

#105 Tryouts as a Tool for Development: I took last week off from the podcast to take some teams to Chicago for a Memorial Day weekend tournament. It was a great weekend and a fun way to wrap up the year for the teams. We played on grass fields which really slowed the game down compared to w... by Coaching Soccer Weekly: Methods, Trends, Techniques and Tactics from WORLD CLASS COACHING

44 min listen

#096 Play Quicker!: Last week I talked about what you should and sometimes shouldn’t say during your team talks. Planning that episode made me realize that most of my effective pregame, halftime and postgame team talks followed a similar pattern. by Coaching Soccer Weekly: Methods, Trends, Techniques and Tactics from WORLD CLASS COACHING

36 min listen

#115 Deciding the Game: I’m working with five different teams this year, U9 boys, U10 boys, U11 girls, U13 boys and U16 girls. That may seem like too many teams but I’m able to schedule the practices easily since we have lighted fields and the league and tournament scheduler ... by Coaching Soccer Weekly: Methods, Trends, Techniques and Tactics from WORLD CLASS COACHING

28 min listen

#098 Creating a Cohesive Defensive Unit: Last weekend I had a game on turf Friday night, a game on very rough outdoor field on Saturday and then back to the turf for our match on Sunday. The grass field was so uneven that it made it very difficult to try to play the kind of soccer we normally... by Coaching Soccer Weekly: Methods, Trends, Techniques and Tactics from WORLD CLASS COACHING

30 min listen

#126 How to Remove Diving from Soccer: My teams are making the transition to indoor Futsal training this week. Some of them still have an outdoor tournament this weekend but our club always moving inside on the first of November. I enjoy the change of pace and the focus on different skills ... by Coaching Soccer Weekly: Methods, Trends, Techniques and Tactics from WORLD CLASS COACHING

34 min listen

#116 Drills Don’t Make Players Better: Our club has started a program called, ‘RecConnect’ to provide a resource for recreational coaches. Five of our club’s premier coaches have ‘adopted’ a 2nd grade boys or girls division. We send out weekly tips and suggestions, by Coaching Soccer Weekly: Methods, Trends, Techniques and Tactics from WORLD CLASS COACHING

37 min listen

#109 Four Favorite Possession Games: I continuing to enjoy my summer break from the field. The summer doesn’t start for me until the team meetings are completed and that happened last weekend. I’m using the extra free time to work on the Fall Technical Training Curriculum for our U8 thro... by Coaching Soccer Weekly: Methods, Trends, Techniques and Tactics from WORLD CLASS COACHING

36 min listen

#108 Set the Tone for Your Season: With tryouts behind me I’ve had a nice break from coaching. It’s given me more time to attend and watch some professional games. Unfortunately, the international leagues have finished but the Confederations Cup has had some good games. by Coaching Soccer Weekly: Methods, Trends, Techniques and Tactics from WORLD CLASS COACHING

44 min listen

#133 How to Improve Technically and Tactically at Home: The Central Regional Championships for the US Youth Futsal Nationals was in Kansas City last weekend. I had one team win and qualify for Nationals while the other had a tough weekend. They played some very good teams but didn’t play as well has they ha... by Coaching Soccer Weekly: Methods, Trends, Techniques and Tactics from WORLD CLASS COACHING

45 min listen

#141 How to Become more Involved in Coaching: This week is our spring break in this area so we’re missing a lot of players. This has created opportunities for players to guest play with the teams above them and experience a higher level of competition. by Coaching Soccer Weekly: Methods, Trends, Techniques and Tactics from WORLD CLASS COACHING

25 min listen

#117 From Technical to Functional: Last weekend I had two teams in a tournament in Omaha. We travel with our teams that are U10 and above at least once a season. It’s a great way to see some new competition, in a new environment. The fields were grass as opposed to the turf fields that ... by Coaching Soccer Weekly: Methods, Trends, Techniques and Tactics from WORLD CLASS COACHING

38 min listen

#112 Youth National Championships: We started back to training this week. It seems earlier than usual but that’s just how the calendar came together. There are still a lot of families on summer vacations so attendance has been spotty. That affects what I try to cover because I don’t wan... by Coaching Soccer Weekly: Methods, Trends, Techniques and Tactics from WORLD CLASS COACHING

28 min listen

#119 Training Transition: Last weekend’s tournament in Iowa went well despite some weather issues. The tournament did a good job of managing them but on the show I talk about the best way I’ve seen of dealing with weather delays. As I’ve said before I enjoy having my teams play... by Coaching Soccer Weekly: Methods, Trends, Techniques and Tactics from WORLD CLASS COACHING

39 min listen

#128 Futsal Techniques and Tactics: My Thanksgiving holiday week was full of family, american football and too much food. It was a great break and chance to reset. I usually have my teams take the first week of Futsal off because that gives them a two-week break between the end of the ou... by Coaching Soccer Weekly: Methods, Trends, Techniques and Tactics from WORLD CLASS COACHING

38 min listen

#124 Adding Passive Pressure to Technical Training: Last week was our final weekend of league play which came just in time because the weather is due to get much colder this weekend. Since I don’t have any games this weekend I scheduled my recertification courses for outdoor and Futsal refereeing. by Coaching Soccer Weekly: Methods, Trends, Techniques and Tactics from WORLD CLASS COACHING

37 min listen

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