http://www.soccercoachingblog.com "Let's talk soccer" Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:34:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en OK, so back down to earth with a bump after a 2-0 loss today. We went up against our cross town rivals who beat us 4-0 last year. They are currently ranked 8th in the nation in NAIA, so obviously they are a good team. We got off to a bright start ... http://www.soccercoachingblog.com/index.php/uncategorized/college-soccer-second-game-of-the-season/ Ok, so tomorrow we play our second pre season game of the season. We go against a team ranked 8th in the nation, who last year had their best season on record. They have started out slowly this year losing their first three games 0-1. They beat us last year ... http://www.soccercoachingblog.com/index.php/coaching-college-soccer/college-soccer-game-preparation/ OK, so we played our first pre season game tonight. I had come to think I had scheduled this game too early, but I think we got it right. We only started pre season 6 days ago, but the players needed to get out on the field for a game. I ... http://www.soccercoachingblog.com/index.php/soccer-player-management/college-soccer-season-underway-first-win-under-the-belt/ So, everything has been going so well with our pre season, but today we suffered an injury setback. One of our new international recruits, went for a ball and landed awkwardly and dislocated his elbow. Ugly injury, but fingers crossed it is not going to be too bad. We are hoping ... http://www.soccercoachingblog.com/index.php/coaching-college-soccer/college-soccer-injury-setback/ So we just posted an interview discussing our upcoming season at Pre Season Interview. Check it out and leave a comment. Let's Talk Soccer! http://www.soccercoachingblog.com/index.php/coaching-college-soccer/video-interview-for-the-upcoming-mens-college-soccer-season/ 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 ... http://www.soccercoachingblog.com/index.php/coaching-college-soccer/college-soccer-pre-season-practices-12/ 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 ... http://www.soccercoachingblog.com/index.php/coaching-college-soccer/college-soccer-pre-season-begins/ OK, so I am going to put it out there, here are my predictions for the English Premier League..... Champions Manchester United Runners Up Chelsea Third Place Arsenal Fourth Place Manchester City Relegated Blackpool, Wigan Athletic and Wolverhampton Wanderers First Coach to be fired, Mick McCarthy, Wolves Top Scorer, Didier Drogba There you go, leave a comment ... http://www.soccercoachingblog.com/index.php/pro-soccer/english-premier-league-predictions/ 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 ... http://www.soccercoachingblog.com/index.php/coaching-kids-soccer/first-soccer-practice-tip-3-fun-soccer-games/ 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 ... http://www.soccercoachingblog.com/index.php/coaching-kids-soccer/first-soccer-practice-tip-2-warm-up/