Pirlo: One of the great playmakers

Whenever you ask someone who their favorite player is, more often than not you’ll hear them talk about a striker or a playmaker. Continue Reading

Kids and Coaches at Challenger Soccer Camp

In addition to helping develop your child’s skills and understanding of the game, soccer camps are extremely valuable for young players to develop socially. Continue Reading

Discover Soccer’s “Carnival of Athletic Training” features links to other sites for all things related to athletic training. Continue Reading

Training for Speed, Agility, and Quickness is by far my favorite SAQ (Speed, Agility, and Quickness) resource anywhere. Continue Reading

Often times, especially in recreational leagues or semi-competitive leagues, people are thrust into coaching not because of desire nor ability, but out of necessity. Continue Reading

Don’t count the days, make the days count. Continue Reading

As a coach, I have personally seen situations where  parents are undermining and down right hostile toward good coaches. This is not to say this is always the case, and indeed, I’ve seen situations where parents are too supportive of bad coaches. Has the problem of bad parents driving good coaches away become an epidemic? Continue Reading

Most people have the will to win. Few people have the will to prepare to win. Continue Reading

Commitment is usually one of the things that successful teams attribute to their success. Lack of commitment is usually one of the things identified in teams that fail. Continue Reading

Discover Soccer’s “Carnival of Athletic Training” features links to other sites for all things related to athletic training. Continue Reading