Wearing a Watch
Story Time: In the infancy of my coaching career I was coaching a youth club team in the shadows of a division 1 University that had a storied men’s soccer…
September 2023
Passing Square – Think Ahead
Every soccer coach I’ve worked with has known about the simple passing square. Pass the ball to a player at a cone and then run to that cone. It’s a…
Short Passing Repetition
Getting a lot of touches on the ball is crucial to improvement. This passing exercise gets your players a bunch of touches on a ball. As I mentioned in my…
Creating Angles – Passing Exercise
I have heard from numerous coaches that are way more experienced than me that players need to create angles. A passing exercise that I have used a lot to help…
Passing Exercise
Below is a simple passing exercise that many people have probably seen some variation of before. Remember, pace of the lay off and pace of the pass are both important.
A Talk about Cardio/Fitness
Fitness is the bane of my existence. Not that I don’t like doing fitness activities… It’s just that I think coaches way overdo fitness, especially in the USA. We seem…
Some ways to Solve the Game
A follow on to “General Ideas to the Game.” As a coach you will run into teams that have strategies they use to try to beat your team. Some will…
General Ideas to the Game
Over the years I have tried to compile some general ideas to help keep the game simple. For newer coaches, learning all kinds of formations and tactics can be daunting.…
Things to Keep in Mind
As a coach you are many things to your players. You impact them in not only soccer but also as who they are as a person. Many times coaches get…
Y Passing Drill
Below is a simple passing drill with two progressions that can be used for players of nearly all ages.