OK, so once all the players were finally cleared to play, we got them out onto the pitch.
The day started at 6.30am with a disciplinary measure since one of our players showed up 2 minutes late to a team meeting. As a result all of the players had to meet me at the track at [...]

Ok, after 10 months of hard work, we finally met all the players today as they reported to the first day of pre season training.
It was great to see all the players, to say hello to the returners and to meet the new recruits. We took care of all the NCAA requirements, then brought them [...]

OK, so if you have read Tip #1 regarding equipment and Tip #2 regarding the Warm Up, your players should be organized, in the right gear and warmed up ready to go.
Now if you are coaching club players, high school, college etc, you will then go into the “meat” of the practice and work on [...]

OK, I have written 5 Tips for a new coach about to carry out the first soccer practice. I know that it is a daunting task running a soccer practice for the first time, I ran my first practice 26 years ago!
Tip #1 concerned equipment and also covered a couple of ways of taking control [...]

OK, so you volunteered to be the soccer coach of your kid’s team, only problem is, you’ve never coached a soccer team before…YIKES!
Not to worry, we are here to help.
I will be posting 5 Tips to help you get through your first practice…
Here is the first one:
TIP #1 Equipment
Cleats must be soccer cleats, no baseball [...]

I have put together a very simple survey which will take you 60 seconds to complete.
The theme of the survey is about planning soccer practices.
Please click on the link and take 60 seconds of your life to answer 6 basic questions.
Click here to take survey
The results will be analysed and it will help me help [...]

So here we are waiting with bated breath for the FIFA World Cup Final to begin tomorrow.
Can you imagine how the players are feeling right now? I wonder what they are thinking and how they are preparing both physically and mentally. Can you imagine being in their shoes right now?
So, if you are preparing your [...]

My assistant coach who is responsible for conditioning as well as the goalkeeper training has asked me to order some new equipment for next season.
He does an incredible job of not only getting our players fit, but he does it in a way that is both challenging and fun for the players. Although the players [...]

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 into the box.
We worked the players really hard with this [...]

We finished the regular conference games this weekend extending our unbeaten run to 11 games. We have only conceded 6 goals in the last 10 games, so our defense deserves a lot of credit.
When I say our defense, I should really say our defensive play. We have to defend from all positions all over [...]