Coaching Soccer Weekly: Methods, Trends, Techniques and Tactics from WORLD CLASS COACHING
By Tom Mura: Soccer Coach, Skills Director, Co-Owner WORLD CLASS COACHING and Blogger
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Get an in-depth look at the methods, strategies and techniques used by a youth coach working full time with players of every age and skill level. This includes training plans, team management and planning ideas, latest trends in coaching and education, as well as interviews with other coaches and trainers that are on the cutting edge of soccer development.
| Episode | Date |
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392 – Indoor season preview
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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391 – What’s wrong with Manchester city
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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#390 – Left Wing vs right wing
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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389 – 4V4+4 and 3v3+3
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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388 – Why I Stopped Using Line Drills
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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387 – Mastering Mixed Skill Levels
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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#386 – Using manifestation to solve any coaching problem
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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385 – Building from the Back: Mastering Transitions and Possession Play
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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#384 – Crossing A Highway
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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383 – Homecoming in Kansas Revisiting an old friend
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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#382 – Going Back to Go Forward
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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#381 – how to dribble like messi
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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#380 – offisde trap
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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379 – Push Press
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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378 – Unleashing the midfield
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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377 – When to Change Your Formation
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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376 – Coaching Mentality
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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#375 – The Big Debate
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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374 – Why your team can’t build out of the back
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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373 – believe in the impossible
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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372 – Developing Soccer IQ: Enhancing Decision-Making on the Field
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May 25, 2023 |
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371 – Getting everything you want out of a practice session
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May 17, 2023 |
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370 – Why you are always losing the close games
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May 09, 2023 |
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369 – The Outliers in Youth Soccer: Exploring the Secrets of Success
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May 04, 2023 |
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368 – Developing Resilience Building Mental Toughness in Youth Soccer Players
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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367– Locking it Down Mastering the Art of Defending in Soccer
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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366- 2v2
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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365– Parent meetings
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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364– The power of failure
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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#363– First second and third priority
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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362– Chelsea visit part 3
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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361– Chelsea visit part 2
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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360– Chelsea visit part 1
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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#359– Scan Choose Do
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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358– Attack vs defence game
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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357 – Shark Attack Passing game
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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#356 – Marcelo Bielsa: The 5 Different ways of Creating Separation
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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#355 – Questions and answers
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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#354 – 5 things to reflect on in 2022
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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#353 – horizontal lines
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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#352 – learn from your opponents
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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#351 – 4v4
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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#350- Building a soccer facility
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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#349 – no more rondos
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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#348 –The red haring fallacy
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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347 – Lines from the ball
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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346 – assigning value to players
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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345 – Defensive changes during the game
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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#344 – The red card dilemma
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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#343 – Parent meeting
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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#342 – Creativity off the ball
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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#341 – playing a false 9 in 7v7
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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340- Jono Callaghan
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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339– The Heart of the Game
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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338– reflecting on the summer
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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#337-Perfectionsim
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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336– The problem with youth soccer
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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#335– exploration method of coaching
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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#334– The Ice warrior game
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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#333– The process of teaching a new move
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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#332– 4v4+3
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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#331– Shooting and learning formations
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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#330 – Going with the flow
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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329 – Interview with Jeff Lowdermilk
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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328 – Interview with Andrew Clifton
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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327 – Coaching the youngest age group step by step
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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#326 – It’s all coming together
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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325 – Building out of the back and the Off-side rule
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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#324 – Building a defensive structure
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May 27, 2022 |
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#323- Gate 5 and the quarterback
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May 22, 2022 |
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#322- Intro to 9v9
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May 15, 2022 |
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#321 – 4v3 towards goal
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May 08, 2022 |
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#320 4v2 for attacking half possession
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May 01, 2022 |
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#319- 4v3+1
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Apr 24, 2022 |
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#318 – The big trap – Rondo
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Apr 17, 2022 |
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317 – How to make a full time income as a part time coach
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Apr 03, 2022 |
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316 – Using the ball to maximize possession
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Mar 27, 2022 |
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#315 How to create a March Break Camp
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Mar 13, 2022 |
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#314 Building from the back
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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#313- 3v3 to teach decision making
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Feb 27, 2022 |
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#312- How to start a soccer academy
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Feb 20, 2022 |
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311- details of keeping possession
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Feb 13, 2022 |
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#310- How to use soccer stats
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Feb 06, 2022 |
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309- The Pace of the game
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Jan 30, 2022 |
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308– Playing in the final third part 2
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Jan 23, 2022 |
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#307– Playing in the final third
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Jan 16, 2022 |
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306 – Playing defense while in possession
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Dec 26, 2021 |
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#305 – Interview With Anson Dorrance Part 2
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Dec 19, 2021 |
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#304 – Interview With Anson Dorrance Part 1
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Dec 12, 2021 |
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303 – How to use the 4V4+3 rondo
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Dec 05, 2021 |
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302 – The details of possession soccer
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Nov 28, 2021 |
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#301 – The big picture
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Nov 21, 2021 |
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#300 – Interview with Tom Mura
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Nov 14, 2021 |
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#299 – How To Build a Press
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Nov 07, 2021 |
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#298- Keeping Girls in Sport
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Oct 31, 2021 |
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#297 – COPA Soccer Training Center
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Oct 24, 2021 |
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#296- How to you use your voice as a coach
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Oct 17, 2021 |
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#295- Triggers and 7v7 tactical activity
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Oct 10, 2021 |
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#294- Understanding Overloads and Coaching the give and go
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Oct 03, 2021 |
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#293- Summary of outdoor season and dictating the speed of play
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Sep 26, 2021 |
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#292- Inverted full-backs – everything you need to know
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Sep 19, 2021 |
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#291- How to play against a physically Stronger team
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Sep 12, 2021 |
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#290- Man City’s secret to the final third
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Sep 05, 2021 |
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#289 – Shark Attack Warm-up game
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Aug 29, 2021 |
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#288 – Interview With Andy Barney Part 2
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Aug 22, 2021 |
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#287 – Interview With Andy Barney
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Aug 15, 2021 |
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#286 – Tactical Defending
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Aug 08, 2021 |
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#285 – How to build a tactical rondo
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Aug 01, 2021 |
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#284 – Bears and Bees Game
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Jul 25, 2021 |
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#283 Building out of the back
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Jul 18, 2021 |
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#282 How to structure an effective drill
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Jul 11, 2021 |
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#281 – How to create a competitive environment
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Jul 04, 2021 |
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#280 Interview with former Manchester United Academy player Kevin Grogan
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Jun 27, 2021 |
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#279 Interview with former US national team member Yael Averbuch
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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#278 Interview with amy dirks part 2
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Jun 13, 2021 |
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#277 Soccer Nutrition- Interview with Amy Dirks
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Jun 06, 2021 |
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#276- Rondos Everything You Need To Know – updated
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May 30, 2021 |
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#275- Resources for coaching education
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May 23, 2021 |
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#274 Interview with John Fisher Part 2
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May 16, 2021 |
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#273 Interview with John Fisher Part 1
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May 09, 2021 |
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#272 – The power of mastering your session
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May 02, 2021 |
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#271 – The importance of Coordination
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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#270 Possession Play for 7v7
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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#269 Interview for the Athlete Maestro Podcast
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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#268 Q & A with My Daughter Alex
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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#267 Two Training Sessions to Prepare for the First Game
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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#266 Coaching Conversation with Travis Yoakum
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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#265 What My Teams Learned from Futsal this Year
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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#264 Creating Game-Like Activities
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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#263 The Impact of Formations on Individual and Team Development
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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#262 Recognizing and Executing 2 v 1 Situations
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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#261 The Role of the Assistant Coach
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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#260 2020 Soccer Year Review
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Dec 18, 2020 |
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#259 Technical Training in Game Like Environments
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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#258 Effective Futsal Defending
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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#257 Activities in Small Spaces
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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#256 Analyze your Opponent
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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#255 How to Prepare Meaningful Player Evaluations
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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#254 Do You Need a Coaching License?
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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#253 Encourage Creativity and Confidence in Your Players
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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#252 Training the #6
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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#251 Soccer’s Biggest Problem
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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#250 Training Players to Recognize and Create 2 v 1 Situations
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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#249 Training Team Concepts with Young Players
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Sep 18, 2020 |
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#248 Playing with a Triangle in Midfield
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Sep 11, 2020 |
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#247 The Solution to Recording Soccer Games without a Camera Operator
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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#246 Interview with Exact Sports
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Aug 21, 2020 |
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#245 Coaching Conversation with John Murphy
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Aug 14, 2020 |
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#244 Creating Confident Female Players
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Aug 07, 2020 |
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#243 The Pros and Cons of Counter Attacking Tactics
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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#242 Club and Team Culture
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Jul 24, 2020 |
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#241 Debating the 4-3-3 vs 4-2-3-1
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Jul 17, 2020 |
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#240 Sun Tzu Soccer: The Art of War in Soccer
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Jul 10, 2020 |
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#239 Developing as a Coach
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Jun 26, 2020 |
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#238 Social Distance Training Session
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Jun 19, 2020 |
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#237 The Pros and Cons of Playing with a Back Four and a Back Three
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Jun 12, 2020 |
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#236 Coaching Conversation with Tim Wszalek
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Jun 05, 2020 |
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#235 The Great Debate – Direct Play vs Possession Play
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May 28, 2020 |
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#234 Using Play – Practice – Play vs. Progressive Training Method
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May 15, 2020 |
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#233 What Should be Done with VAR?
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May 08, 2020 |
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#232 Using Game Design in Training Sessions
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May 01, 2020 |
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#231 ‘Soccer in the City’ with Director Michael Holstein
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Apr 24, 2020 |
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#230 The Impact of Mindset on Performance
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Apr 17, 2020 |
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#229 Getting FIT at Home with Rise Futbol
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Apr 10, 2020 |
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#228 Technical Training at Home with Techne Futbol
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Apr 03, 2020 |
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#227 Tactical Training at Home with Sports Lab 360
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Mar 27, 2020 |
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#226 Dealing with a Season Postponed by COVID-19
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Mar 20, 2020 |
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#225 The Art of Using Guided Questions
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Mar 13, 2020 |
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#224 Coaching Conversation with Ted Hansen
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Mar 06, 2020 |
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#223 Coaching Conversation with Marcus Walfridson
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Feb 28, 2020 |
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#222 The Importance of Normalizing Errors for Your Players
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Feb 21, 2020 |
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#221 Coaching Conversation – Robert Scott
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Feb 14, 2020 |
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#220 Five Year Review
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Feb 07, 2020 |
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#219 Coaching Conversation with Mario Zúñiga
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Jan 24, 2020 |
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#218 Developing as a Coach
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Jan 17, 2020 |
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#217 Looking Back & Looking Forward – The Power of Reflection
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Jan 10, 2020 |
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#216-Everything that Goes into My Winter Futsal Season
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Dec 20, 2019 |
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#215 Increasing Injury Rates Among High School Athletes
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Dec 13, 2019 |
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#214 Coaching Conversation with Michael Davitt
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Dec 06, 2019 |
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#213 Using Technology to Improve Your Coaching
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Nov 22, 2019 |
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#212 Attending a Coaching Course
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Nov 15, 2019 |
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#211 Should Coaches Train their Own Children
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Nov 01, 2019 |
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#210 Using the Play-Practice-Play Method in Practice
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Oct 25, 2019 |
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#209 Experiencing Different Soccer Cultures
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Oct 18, 2019 |
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#208 Ways to Encourage Your Players to Compete
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Oct 11, 2019 |
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#207 What’s in Your Coaching Toolkit?
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Oct 04, 2019 |
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#206 Choosing the Best Size Field for Your Small-Sided Games
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Sep 27, 2019 |
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#205 Eight Different Coaches You See Every Weekend
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Sep 20, 2019 |
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#204 A Coaching Conversation with Scott Moore
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Sep 13, 2019 |
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#203 Session Template Software
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Sep 06, 2019 |
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#202 The After Effects of the Heading Ban in Youth Soccer
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Aug 23, 2019 |
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#201 Formations for U13’s Transitioning to 11 v 11
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Aug 16, 2019 |
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#200 Too Many Coaches
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Aug 09, 2019 |
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#199 A Coaching Conversation with Ricardo Diaz
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Aug 02, 2019 |
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#198 Should We Be Doing Isolated Technical Training?
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Jul 26, 2019 |
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#197 Are Youth Soccer Championships a Good Thing?
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Jul 19, 2019 |
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#196 Technical and Tactical Q&A
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Jul 12, 2019 |
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#195 Impacting Your Team’s Performance
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Jun 28, 2019 |
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#194 Post Season and Pre Season Preparation
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Jun 21, 2019 |
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#193 Roles and Responsibilities of a Director of Coaching
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Jun 14, 2019 |
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#192 Soccer Rules Changes for the 2019-20 Season
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May 31, 2019 |
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#191 The Techne App – Individual Training made Simple
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May 24, 2019 |
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#190 Owning Your Development with Yael Averbuch
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May 17, 2019 |
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#189 SPORTING KC Academy Affiliate Observation Day
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May 10, 2019 |
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#188 Why Your Session Isn’t Working
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Apr 26, 2019 |
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#187 The Benefits of Building Out of the Back
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Apr 19, 2019 |
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#186 How to Avoid Becoming a Frustrated Coach
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Apr 12, 2019 |
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#185 Preparing for PK’s
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Apr 05, 2019 |
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#184 Three Ways to Structure Your Training Session
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Mar 29, 2019 |
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#183 The Role of the Age Group Director
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Mar 22, 2019 |
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#182 Teaching the Five Core Soccer Skills
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Mar 15, 2019 |
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#181 US Youth Soccer Rule Changes – Three Years Later
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Mar 08, 2019 |
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#180 What to Work on With U12’s
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Mar 01, 2019 |
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#179 What to Work on With U10’s
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Feb 15, 2019 |
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#178 What to Work on With U8’s
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Feb 08, 2019 |
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#177 The Coach – Parent Relationship
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Feb 01, 2019 |
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#176 Tournaments – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
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Jan 25, 2019 |
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#175 Using Tactical Periodization to Plan for the Season
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Jan 18, 2019 |
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#174 Coming Back to Training After a Break
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Jan 11, 2019 |
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#173 The Benefits of Breaks
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Jan 04, 2019 |
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#172 Functional Shooting Activities
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Dec 14, 2018 |
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#171 Training the Key Elements of Attacking
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Dec 07, 2018 |
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#170 Training Defensive Compactness
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Nov 30, 2018 |
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#169 Don’t Just Follow Your Pass
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Nov 16, 2018 |
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#168 The Importance of Providing Player Evaluations
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Nov 09, 2018 |
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#167 Fall Season Recap
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Nov 02, 2018 |
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#166 Week 3 of Decision Making MicroCycle
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Oct 26, 2018 |
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#165 Week 2 of Playing the 5 v 2 Game to Score
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Oct 19, 2018 |
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#164 Training Combination Play to Score
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Oct 12, 2018 |
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#163 Game Day
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Oct 05, 2018 |
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#162 It’s Not About You
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Sep 28, 2018 |
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#161 Pattern Play to Develop Attacking Ideas
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Sep 21, 2018 |
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#160 Reviewing 160 Episodes
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Sep 14, 2018 |
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#159 What My Teams do on Every Type of Restart
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Sep 07, 2018 |
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#158 Individual and Team Possession
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Aug 24, 2018 |
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#157 The First Games of the Season
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Aug 17, 2018 |
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#156 Starting Your Season with Structure or Skill?
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Aug 03, 2018 |
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#155 US Soccer Roadmaps and Developing a Style of Play
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Jul 27, 2018 |
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#154 Impressions of the 2018 World Cup Final
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Jul 20, 2018 |
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#153 Off Season and Pre Season Conditioning
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Jul 13, 2018 |
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CSW Extra 8 – Rondo Session Show Notes
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Jun 29, 2018 |
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#152 A Rondo Session with Direction
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Jun 22, 2018 |
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#151 Evaluating Players During Tryouts
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Jun 08, 2018 |
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#150 Traveling to Tournaments
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Jun 01, 2018 |
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#149 Providing Useful Feedback
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May 18, 2018 |
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#148 Focus on Technique Before Speed
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May 11, 2018 |
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#147 The Game-Based Approach to Training Sessions
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May 04, 2018 |
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#146 Using ‘Levels’ to Encourage Development
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Apr 27, 2018 |
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#145 Bio-Banding Comes to US Soccer
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Apr 20, 2018 |
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#144 Starting Practice with a Small-Sided Game
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Apr 13, 2018 |
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#143 The Stages of Goalkeeper Development
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Apr 06, 2018 |
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#142 Balancing Skill Development with Game Understanding
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Mar 30, 2018 |
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#141 How to Become more Involved in Coaching
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Mar 16, 2018 |
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#140 Dealing with a Poor Performance
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Mar 09, 2018 |
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#139 The Transition to the Spring Outdoor Season
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Mar 02, 2018 |
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#138 Reviewing My Season Long Plan
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Feb 23, 2018 |
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#137 Attack vs Defense Game to Train Decision Making
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Feb 16, 2018 |
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#136 The Responsibilities of an Effective Coach
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Feb 09, 2018 |
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#135 Training Players to Move Individually and as a Team
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Feb 02, 2018 |
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#134 The Choice between Rec and Premier
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Jan 26, 2018 |
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#133 How to Improve Technically and Tactically at Home
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Jan 19, 2018 |
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#132 New Grassroots Coaching Pathway
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Jan 12, 2018 |
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#131 A Coach’s New Years Resolution
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Jan 05, 2018 |
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#130 Movement to Create Options
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Dec 15, 2017 |
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#129 Four Key Elements of an Effective Warm-Up
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Dec 08, 2017 |
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#128 Futsal Techniques and Tactics
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Dec 01, 2017 |
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#127 Building Technical Training Progressions
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Nov 17, 2017 |
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#126 How to Remove Diving from Soccer
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Nov 10, 2017 |
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#125 Prepare their Mind to Train their Skills
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Nov 03, 2017 |
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#124 Adding Passive Pressure to Technical Training
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Oct 27, 2017 |
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#123 Where We Go from Here
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Oct 20, 2017 |
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#122 Silent Saturdays Aren’t the Answer
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Oct 13, 2017 |
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#121 US DA vs High School Soccer
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Oct 06, 2017 |
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#120 Don’t Look at the Ball
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Sep 29, 2017 |
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#119 Training Transition
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Sep 22, 2017 |
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#118 Avoiding Common Coaching Mistakes
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Sep 15, 2017 |
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#117 From Technical to Functional
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Sep 08, 2017 |
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#116 Drills Don’t Make Players Better
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Aug 25, 2017 |
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#115 Deciding the Game
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Aug 18, 2017 |
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#114 Do You Have the Courage to be Patient
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Aug 11, 2017 |
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#113 Early Season Training Sessions
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Aug 04, 2017 |
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#112 Youth National Championships
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Jul 28, 2017 |
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#111 Do Good Players Make Good Coaches?
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Jul 21, 2017 |
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#110 Playing with a Back Three
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Jul 14, 2017 |
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#109 Four Favorite Possession Games
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Jun 30, 2017 |
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#108 Set the Tone for Your Season
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Jun 23, 2017 |
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#107 Train Fast to Play Fast
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Jun 16, 2017 |
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#106 Keeping Soccer Players Safe and Healthy
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Jun 09, 2017 |
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#105 Tryouts as a Tool for Development
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Jun 02, 2017 |
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#104 From High Pressure to Goal Scoring
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May 19, 2017 |
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#103 Why Your Players are Bored
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May 12, 2017 |
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#102 Differentiated Coaching
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May 05, 2017 |
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#101 What to Do When You Need a Goal
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Apr 28, 2017 |
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#100 Double Box Training Environment
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Apr 21, 2017 |
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#099 Playing Up
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Apr 14, 2017 |
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#098 Creating a Cohesive Defensive Unit
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Apr 07, 2017 |
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#097 Diving and It’s Effects on Youth Soccer
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Mar 31, 2017 |
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#096 Play Quicker!
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Mar 24, 2017 |
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#095 Planning Valuable Team Talks
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Mar 17, 2017 |
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#094 Check Your Shoulder!
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Mar 10, 2017 |