The team talk before the game should reiterate what you want to accomplish. This may differ based on the opponent. You may be able to impose your will on some teams and you may have to make adjustments for other teams from the start. There will also be teams that you match up evenly with, [...]
Category: "Soccer Coaching Tips"
Soccer Set Plays – The Nutmeg Free Kick
Just about every soccer coach out there is looking for more ways to score goals. Having designed set plays for direct and indirect free kicks is a great chance to position players for the best outcome. There aren’t a lot of set play opportunities each game, but over the course of the season they can [...]
Learning to Manage a Soccer Game
I had a player ask me why I pulled him out of the final this past weekend. He is the team captain, so I believe he is entitled to ask that question. He was not playing poorly, but I explained to him that we needed to manage the game a little better with a 1-0 [...]
Playing Time – Entitlement or Earned?
I had two parent meetings this week. Both sets of parents were unhappy with the amount of time their children were on the field at a tournament they attended two weeks ago. Some concerns they cited were that they were spending a significant amount of time traveling, paying for meals for the family, hotel accommodation and [...]
College Soccer ID Camps
I have received several emails over the last few months from different universities advertising identification clinics. These clinics are being used to find players who may be college material, but are flying under the radar. The problem is that there is a cost attached, so anyone interested can show up and at the same time…not [...]
