Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Hard Work

Times are difficults. Do we have to play or compete?We are going to have kids that are growing up... Our competition is going to be more difficult. We have to start to teack our kids to work hard and compete. Players who PLAY bring skill; players who COMPETE bring everything!We have focused so much on playing that we haven’t taught players to compete, to fight, to work hard or to have the will to win. I am using "we" and you could say that I am the coach and it is my responsability but I need also your help for juggling and motivation etc...Players...

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Expectations

Player Expectations:• Players confident enough to take risks with the ball in training and game situations• 25 juggles in one minutePractice schedule and exercisesEvery practice session is informed and shaped by observations from the previous match. However, we can sketch an outline of a typical session:• Warm-up takes place indoors and consists of cycling, soccer tennis and strength exercises.• The main session starts with small games focusing on attack tactics: short pass combinations, moving up from the backfield, and 1 v. 1 situations on the...

6 years old!

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