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Having a clear identity - knowing how you want to play is something that separates coaches IMHO.
Contexts can be different as coaches work with other teams - but can you find the common thread?
Examples below include grassroots to players drafted in to MLS.
I will always admire coaches that over perform resources/context.
I will always be frustrated by coaches that under perform resources/context but still seen as doing well.
Discuss.
p.s. This extends beyond coaching.
May the cycle repeat at United..
Former player as interim - does well.
Now permanent manager - shockingly poor from the team.
“Must bring a top manager w no United connection!”
Fail - new interim - and the cycle continues.
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Get ready for @HamlineWSoccer season ⚽️
The schedule is ready to go and we can't wait for our first home game of the season on Aug. 28!
#GoHU #PipeItUp
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I’m increasingly convinced the best coaches don’t give answers. They give references. Tell a player what to do and you own the decision forever. Attune him to the ball, the presser, the space, the moment and he owns it in between the lines. Instruction expires at the whistle. Situation-(perception)Action compounds for a career.
What if we celebrated learning and development more than…
…new gear drops?
…media day selfies?
Image > Development
LMP making an appearance in November!
ODP girls rosters dropped 👀
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See you in Orlando for Phase III ⚽️
Thank you to all the players who came out to the Summer ID events across the regions.
usyouthsoccer.org/olympic-de…
Coaches that wear the hat of the league they coach in or in some cases the league they wish they coached in…
Discuss.
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Today Spain showed that soccer is a team sport.
Big individual talent and physicality take a back seat when you're talking about collective structure through the ball.
Positional play at its finest.
This game has been way too easy for Belgium.
Just a stroll in the park.
Never made to feel uncomfortable.
When a club posts only the scores of their wins all season…
..and then…
Posts their overall record in the leagues they compete…
Tells you all you need to know in youth soccer.
These trainers run rampant in my area with cool social media videos as proof of their work…
I'm tired of young soccer players wasting their time on bs busywork skills sessions.
Find a skills trainer who knows what they're doing. Who COACHES. Who doesn't just run you through an hour of random movements, a circus, and conditioning with the ball during the season.
There are good skills trainers (I know two in my area) who understand periodization, recovery, load management, and true skill acquisition for the game.
Find someone who write sessions that are actually transferable to ⚽️ , who focus on detail with a specific skill for your kid, and who incorporate small sided games and the IQ 🧠 side of soccer, and who DO NOT do general eye wash sessions with a random jumble of hurdles, box jumps, ladders, then dribbling, followed by a quick tap in a ring then a pass.
Worse yet, the trainer is standing there saying "good job." 😂
Wait, what was good about that??
And whattttt are we even working onnnnn.
I know this may come to a surprise to many of you on here because this is exactly what your kid is doing, but it's really that bad out there.













