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Talking Soccer
http://talking-soccer.blogspot.com
- Author: Henry Scuoteguazza
- Listed in: Sports Sports
- Tags: soccer Coaching competition sportsmanship playing time coaching education
- Added on: Mar 8th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
Soccer coaching observations
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Getting it wrong on player development
I’ve coached youth soccer for about 10 years. Started out as an assistant for the town team that my twin daughters were on when they were younger. Eventually I started educating myself, read books, bought tapes and DVDs, watched games on Fox Soccer...
Observations from Refereeing
On a Massachusetts soccer forum one poster asked why many games in Massachusetts Premier League (MAPLE) don’t have three officials. This spurred a number of posts by referees who shared their horror stories dealing with abusive parents and coaches....
"Coaching the 'Do's'"
Below is a post from the And-Again soccer coaching forum. I like what the coach says. It’s similar to Tony DiCicco’s Catch Them Being Good: Everything You Need to Know to Successfully Coach Girls. DiCicco recommends that coaches emphasize what pl...
Running up the score or running down the competition? To What End?
This week the girls U12 club team that I co-coach easily won an indoor game against a local town team. When we jumped ahead by 4 goals we told the girls that they had to string at least 3 passes together before shooting on goal, that they had to use ...
Playing Time
Playing time pops up occassionally in the different coaching forums that I monitor. Over the years of coaching both in town and club (in MAPLE and MASC) I’ve tried to make sure everyone plays as evenly as possible. Everyone doesn’t necessarily pl...
