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Scott Asher: Winning While Building Character
Scott Asher, Girls Soccer On the website that overviews Arrowhead’s soccer programs, there is a motto developed by a former coach that says, “Working on championships while building character.” Varsity girls soccer coach...
Soccer: Keeping your goalkeepers active
So heres how it goes: "All right, everybody out on the field," says the coach — and then he sees the goalies. "Oh, you two, go over there and do whatever it is goalkeepers do." In far too many programs, that’s about how much coaching the...
Did AD Deserve To Be Fired For Eligibility Mistake?
Editor-in-Chief Michael Austin discusses the an athletic director who resigned due to a clerical error costing her soccer team a chance to play in a regional semifinal match.Please comment underneath the video or email Michael Austin....
Board Forces Athletic Directors To Choose Between Jobs
NorthJersey.com, Mike Lambertihttp://www.northjersey.com/news/137226448_BOE_forces_its_athletic_directors_to_make_choice.html?page=allChris Olsen has a decision to make. The Wayne Hills athletic director and head football coach must relinquish one of...
Reversing course: The story of the 2010 Xavier soccer team
A blueprint for how head coach Andy Fleming turned around a struggling program [caption id="attachment_25481" align="aligncenter" width="491"] Photos courtesy of Xavier athletics.[/caption] The Xavier Musketeers men's soccer team took the field i...
Soccer: Drilling transition movements into players
One of the beautiful things about the game of soccer is its free-flowing nature with the constant transitioning of teams from attack, to defense, and back to attack. [caption id="attachment_13260" align="alignright" width="266"] Photo: Sarah Jones...
Soccer: 1-on-1 drills to break down defenders
Using 1-on-1 drills in your soccer practices helps build the skills and confidence your players need to break down an individual defender, which is a situation they constantly are facing during game play. And while soccer is a team sport, it is a ...
Variations Of The 4 Vs. 4 Game
Many coaches believe that the best training game is 4 vs 4. The KNVB (Royal Netherlands Football Association) started using 4 vs. 4 in the 1990s with great success. The 4 vs. 4 game offers many elements of 11 vs. 11, but is better to use in a trainin...
Looking Into Soccer’s Future
Jay Martin’s two best sports growing up were lacrosse and basketball — and in fact, he played professional basketball in Germany. Somehow, though, he wound up as the winningest active men’s soccer coach in Division III at Ohio Wesleyan Unive...
Soccer: 5 vs. 5 vs. 5 drill
This is a great drill to run at any level because it's easily adjusted to work on the counterattack, playing against a team that sits and defends, playing with a single striker, playing direct, possession and attacking from the back. DIAGRAM: Set ...
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