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Preparing for Summer Tryouts and Testing Your Skills
As we begin winding down our spring program and getting ready for the summer sessions, we have run our players through a battery of drills that we refer to as our Game Speed Test. These 15 tests have proven to give us a clear player profile as we begin to ramp up our training for tryouts, state, … Read More >
Roadmap to Soccer Success…
1 Corinthians 1:10 – “…be of one mind, united in thought and purpose.” I love this phrase when talking about a team, a family, a staff, etc. I am in the middle of writing an overview of our program that will hopefully capture, once and for all, a structure or manual for how we work with … Read More >
Developing the 3 Types of Soccer Speed
Over the last decade we have trained over 6000 athletes. And in that time we have seen players take their speed, strength and power to levels that we never thought possible. But occasionally, this just wasn’t enough to win them a starting role. We quickly realized that enhancing a player’s 40yd … Read More >
Technical Work – The Faster the Better
When it comes to "technical work," can we be TOO technical? Interesting question...and in my opinion the answer is "YES!" I understand that foot angle & toe placement when touching the ball is extremely important. But as coaches, we must ask ourselves "how much technique is TOO much?" The … Read More >
Final Stages of ACL Return to Sport
Last week I put up a post that documents our ACL Return to Sport program and over the last few days I have received emails asking to see some of these activities in action. I videoed a few of the drills from our session last night with 2 girls who are in the final stages of our ACL Rehab Program … Read More >
ACL Series: From Reducing the Risk to Return to Confidence
As spring approaches, and the high school female soccer players return to the field. We though it might be good to review some of the literature regarding ACL injuries and how our program has integrated training progressions that attempt to reduce the risk of this devastating injury. Over the last … Read More >
RESEARCH: Odd Shapped Balls – Reactive Skill Development?
Last week at the NSCAA National Conference, I picked up a few balls from Corpus Training LLC to start a study on reactive dribbling and quick feet that we plan to start in the Spring of 2012. Last night I began our process, by letting some of our athletes play with the balls in a "free play" … Read More >
Weekly Recap: Winter 11-12 Holiday Break
This week, as most of our kids are out of school and coming in during the morning hours, we decided to let them create a workout that benefited their unique talents and needs. It was eye opening... I posted on the dry erase board a 5 day schedule (Monday thru Friday or Day 1 thru Day 5 depending … Read More >
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