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A Different Take

by Mariel Wilner February 11, 2010 Coach Development

I’ve been proud to be a member of the SoccerPlus family for almost 10 years now. During that time, I’ve heard Tony DiCicco espouse what I believe to be a principle tenet to his coaching methodology many times: “challenge [your players], and then guide them to success.” I’ve always appreciated this statement as the fundamental [...]

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Developing Coordination with Youth Age Players – Part 2 of 3

by Billy Elias February 9, 2010 Coach Development

Part II (Motor Coordination and Agility)
Motor coordination – the combination of body movements created with the kinematic (such as spatial direction) and kinetic (force) parameters that result in intended actions. Such movements usually smoothly and efficiently work together. Motor coordination can occur between subsequent parts of the same movement and movements of several limbs. Motor [...]

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Developing Coordination With Youth Players – Part 1 of 3

by Billy Elias February 5, 2010 Coach Development

Let’s face it folks, in today’s physical education programs not only are our children learning nothing about running styles, agility, and basic physical mechanics in regards to athletics, the coordination aspect of youth players is almost non existent.
In my opinion, one of the most important speed, agility, and quickness tools we can give to our [...]

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New program emphasizes development – Great concept

by John Barata February 4, 2010 Parent Development

I found an article in the Boston Globe recently that talks about player development and the unrealistic amount of time spent traveling to games. The article is about hockey but I feel it applies to our wonderful sport — soccer.
How many of our youth players are traveling over two  hours each day to train with [...]

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