Archive for April, 2010

One soccer drill, 10 coaching points

Last night at practice I put together a drill that worked on 10 different topics: 1. Side foot driven pass 2. Sprint 3. Body shape 4. First time lay off 5. Movement after the lay off to follow up 6. First touch 7. Driven shot 8. Rebounds and first time finishing 9. Communication 10. Runs [...]

English Premier League coming down to the wire

So, as the EPL reaches its climax who do you think will go on and win it? What a difference a weekend makes! In my opinion the momentum has swung back in Manchester United’s favour even though they are still one point behind. Sir Alex Ferguson has been here before, has the video and wears [...]

The Best Soccer Reference Ever!

I just received the following reference from the coach of a potential recruit for my college team. I don’t know about you, but the way he describes this player gives me goosebumps! “He is very much like Brendan, a stalwart in defense, probably better skill on the ball than Brendan, not quite as big, but [...]

The soccer juices are flowing again!

OK, so I am now beginning to come out of hibernation in regards to my college soccer team. I am the only part time, temporary coach in my conference, so once the season is over I slip into semi hibernation. In the Spring I appear from my cave and work furiously on helping all of [...]