{"id":10,"date":"2023-09-05T03:37:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T02:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forwardthinkingsoccer.com\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2023-09-05T22:25:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T04:25:13","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forwardthinkingsoccer.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Forward Thinking Soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forwardthinkingsoccer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-Banner-e1693882266747-1024x307.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17\" style=\"width:611px;height:183px\" width=\"611\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forwardthinkingsoccer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-Banner-e1693882266747-1024x307.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/forwardthinkingsoccer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-Banner-e1693882266747-300x90.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forwardthinkingsoccer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-Banner-e1693882266747-768x230.jpg 768w, https:\/\/forwardthinkingsoccer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-Banner-e1693882266747-1536x461.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/forwardthinkingsoccer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-Banner-e1693882266747.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome to Forward Thinking Soccer, a website aimed at providing information to those of you who wish to coach the beautiful game.  Use what you can to help in your endeavors of becoming a quality coach!<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list aligncenter is-style-twentytwentyone-latest-posts-dividers wp-block-latest-posts is-layout-flow wp-block-latest-posts-is-layout-flow\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/forwardthinkingsoccer.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/15\/wearing-a-watch\/\">Wearing a Watch<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">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&#8217;s soccer\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/forwardthinkingsoccer.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/15\/wearing-a-watch\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Wearing a Watch<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/forwardthinkingsoccer.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/13\/passing-square-think-ahead\/\">Passing Square &#8211; Think Ahead<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Every soccer coach I&#8217;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&#8217;s a\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/forwardthinkingsoccer.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/13\/passing-square-think-ahead\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Passing Square &#8211; Think Ahead<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/forwardthinkingsoccer.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/11\/short-passing-repetition\/\">Short Passing Repetition<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">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\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/forwardthinkingsoccer.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/11\/short-passing-repetition\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Short Passing Repetition<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/forwardthinkingsoccer.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/08\/creating-angles-passing-exercise\/\">Creating Angles &#8211; Passing Exercise<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">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\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/forwardthinkingsoccer.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/08\/creating-angles-passing-exercise\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Creating Angles &#8211; Passing Exercise<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/forwardthinkingsoccer.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/07\/passing-exercise\/\">Passing Exercise<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">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.<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Forward Thinking Soccer, a website aimed at providing information to those of you who wish to coach the beautiful game. 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